Carbon Footprint and Shale Gaze Emissions

Conventional  and  unconventional  energy  production  has  an  important  contribution  to carbon  footprint  enhancing.  Because  of  large  controversy  of shale  gaze  exploitation  perspective  in Romania,  we  consider  of  high  interest  to  emphasize,  a  methodology  for  quantifying  the  carbon footprint of the methane resulted from shale gaze exploitation. In context of analyzing the relatively new  unconventional  energy  resource  as  shale  gaze  exploitations,  we  are  mentioning  the  American literature,  who  shows  that  3.6% -  7.9%  of  the  methane  from  shale-gas  production  escapes  to  the atmosphere in venting and leaks over the lifetime of a well. The methodology, we analyze, takes into account  direct  emissions  of  CO2  from  end  uses  consumption,  indirect  emissions  of  CO2  from  fossil fuels  used  to  extract,  develop,  and  transport  the  gas,  methane  fugitive  emissions,  venting  and equipment leaks, in accordance with steps recommended by the Organization Environmental Footprint (OEF)  Guide.  The  source  of  examples  is  EPA  emissions  report  2010.  An  important  step  for responsible  management,  of  this  new  approached  perspective  of energy  producing  in  Romania,  is to take  into consideration  all issues that could  contribute  to  environmental  safety,  and  among  these  the calculation of the carbon footprint is of interest, due to the important details it supplies.