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field of mineral energy economies, is a comprehensive study of the current state of knowledge of unconventional sources of natural gas. It covers a broad spectrum of issues, ranging from the development of the gas industry in unconventional deposits, through the political importance of unconventional exploitation of resources, to characteristics of economic indicators of a selection of major world gas fields. Issues related to the exploitation of unconventional natural gas resources have a special place. In 23 chapters, prominent specialists discuss not only the general geopolitical situation, but above all legal regulations and economic conditions, which on the one hand enable, and on the other limit possibilities of using unconventional natural gas resources. However, there is little information on the characteristics of the deposits themselves. The introductory chapters, ‘The rise of unconventional gas: the story so far’ (pp. 1–7; Gronshaw, Grafton & Moore) and ‘Geopolitical Dimensions of global unconventional gas perspective’ (pp. 8–34; Umbach), present the subject of unconventional energy sources to the reader. These chapters concern economics as well as legal and environmental regulations that apply in different parts of the world. The authors indicate the main problems related to the operation and legal supervision of gas exploitation and highlight the aspects of environmental protection in relation to the region where shale gas is extracted. They discuss the development of the industry in the United States in opposition to European countries and China. Similar to the United States, other countries rich in shale gas have also experienced a kind of industrial revolution associated with the development of technologies for the exploitation of unconventional minerals, which has covered all areas of life. In the next chapter, J.R. Lozano Maya describes the development of unconventional gas industry within the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), with special attention devoted to Australia, Canada, Chile and China. In the following chapters this issue is discussed in relation to other regions of the world: the United Kingdom (Bradshaw), Alberta (Moore), Colombia (Sanches-Torin & Cobrales, pp. 230–250) and India (Kelkar & Panandiker, pp. 251–266). However, the emphasis is definitely on unconventional gas deposits in Australia (Goldstein, Malavazos & Hayter, pp. 374–390; Cox, pp. 411–426), Canada (Moore, pp. 197–223; Nikolakis, pp. 451–466) and the United States, while other countries with less experience in this young industry are discussed more briefly. The most precious information for geologists involved in the management of deposits are the updated (up to 2015) tabular and graphic representations of gas production from areas of unconventional gas deposits, both known (e.g., Barnet Shale), as well as smaller or newly discovered (e.g., the Sydney Basin). Chapters that the wider audience would find interesting are those related to unconventional gas Geologos 24, 1 (2018): 93–94 doi: 10.2478/logos-2018-0009

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Risks, rewards and regulation of unconventional gas, by R. Quentin Grafton, Ian G. Cronshaw and Michal C. Moore, 2017. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 509 pages. Hardback:. price £71.99, ISBN 9781107120082.