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Manuscript ID : IJES-2109-1652 (R2) Visit : 159 Page: 87 - 103

10.30495/ijes.2022.1940263.1652

Article Type: Original Research

Exploration and development of Shale gas in China: A review

Subject Areas : Petroleum Geology

Nafees Ali 1 , Saqib Jamil 2 , Muhammad Zaheer 3 , Wakeel Hussain 4 , Hadi Hussain 5 , Sayed Muhammad Iqbal 6 , Haaayat Ullah 7

1 - State Key Laboratory of Geomechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, ChinaUniversity of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
2 - School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) 430074, China
3 - Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Hazara University Mansehra 21300, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) Islamabad 44000, Pakistan|National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE) Islamabad 44000, Pakistan
4 - Faculty of Earth Resources and School of Oil and Gas Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
5 - Faculty of Earth Resources and School of Oil and Gas Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
6 - Faculty of Earth Resources and School of Oil and Gas Engineering, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), China
7 - Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Hazara University Mansehra 21300, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Received: 2021-02-14 Accepted : 2021-07-05 Published : 2021-07-05

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