title: Shale Gas Production in the Post-Soviet Countries: First Results and Problems
abstract: This chapter considers the approaches and possibilities of exploration and use of shale gas in the countries of the former USSR. Many of them became interested in the results of the US “shale revolution” which opened the new stage in gas production. Some post-Soviet countries are eager by using shale gas to reduce their dependence on external deliveries, thus, attaining energy independence. The data on shale gas reserves in the post-Soviet countries are taken together; the preliminary results of
journal: Post-Soviet Issues