Emerging importance of shale gas to both the energy & chemicals landscape

作     者：John N. Armor 

作者机构：GlobalCatalysis. Com L. L. C. 1608 Barkwood Dr.Orefield PA 18069 USA 

出 版 物：《Journal of Energy Chemistry》 (能源化学（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2013年第22卷第1期

页      面：21-26页

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学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学] 

主　　题：applied catalysis: energy: shale gas chemical and petrochemical processes methane activation 

摘      要：This perspectives article is intended highlight the growing importance and emergence of shale gas as an energy resource and as a source of chemicals. Over the next decades huge amounts of newly discovered deposits of trapped gas are expected to be produced not only in the USA but elsewhere providing a wealth of methane and ethane not only used for energy production, but also for conversion to lower hydrocarbon chemicals. This manuscript seeks to focus on the potential of trapped natural gas around the world. The potential new volumes of trapped gas within shale or other mineral strata coming to the marketplace offer a tremendous opportunity if scientists can invent new, cost effective ways to convert this methane to higher value chemicals. Understanding how to selectively break a single C-H bond in methane while minimizing methane conversion to C02 is critical.