Comments on: Shale gas solution?

By: rashid zaidi

rashid zaidi — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:35:42 +0000

If we could get our priorities right we could collaborate in various fields to benifit both countries. Shale in Pakistan is in the south and west, there is no danger there in fracking as most of it is desert. Balochistan, where SUi Gas has been pumped for the past 56 years is sparsely populated. North western Punjab has the potential also. I say go for it. The problem is investment. These things can be worked out as India and Pakistan both need sustained engery to make rapid progress. We cannot just sit on our hands, every new technology has its challenges. Nuclear, radiation, coal particulate pollution, Hydro power silting damage to the river's eco system, so it has to be done at a cost.

By: Koshy Samuel

Koshy Samuel — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 08:28:28 +0000

The Shale Gas Secret is a Solution and Revolution in coming years..

By: Saif

Saif — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:54:29 +0000

The writer says the electric vehicles are unsafe but hasn't explained how! Also the writer follows this by saying that the elite in South Asia with snap such (electric) vehicles…but if they are unsafe why would the elite and the rich will ever think of buying them as they can afford safer vehicles even if they are more expensive…

By: Asif

Asif — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:31:16 +0000

Coal-Bed Methane is an easier and more feasible option for Pakistan. Even if our coal reserves are of poorer quality, associated coal-bed methane should be explored. As the saying goes however (for thsoe who know Urdu) "billi kay galay main ghanti bandhay ga kaun". Our "leaders" are making merry, most of our industrialists are risk averse, and capital is sparse. If we could solve these fundamental issues, the rest would be a piece of cake (almost) !!

By: saju

saju — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:13:01 +0000

Rate at the consumption of fossle fuel being consumed today not been produced at as resourse in ground, a tiny drops of hydro carbon need to origin may take more than1000s of years, looking at today seniario of consumption world may exhaust with anothor 40years more with hydrocarbon, as cheap as feasable similar energy resourses to be identified in global leavel, if our generation want to sustain, also for enviornment protection. I am not scientiest, still I put the comment as water as a good sourse of energy H2O, as amount of Hydrogen with good caloric value and waste as oxiygen withe with friendly to nature, why dont be our scientfic culture to work on.(however we are aware the explosive nature of H2).

By: Sunil Sharan

Sunil Sharan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:31:11 +0000

My understanding from press reports is that Reliance had bought 40% of Atlas Energy, a s shale gas developer in the U.S., and then Chevron bought the remaining 60% of Atlas Energy, a development that Reliance tried to forestall as it wanted a controlling stale in Atlas Energy.

The article does not sat that India and Pakistan should cooperate in shale gas development. It says that bought of them can benefit from this resource. The only place where it alludes to some kind of cooperation is CNG vehicles, but there too both countries are large-enough car markets that if one country decided to make a concerted jump to CNG vehicles, it can make car manufacturers offer better CNG cars.

By: Sunil Sharan

Sunil Sharan — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:17:52 +0000

The lithium-ion battery of the Chevy Volt electric car in the U.S. has caught fire a number of times in government testing. My article does say that CNG cars need a better design. There are millions more CNG vehicles on the road than lithium-ion electric cars, and they are thus much more field-proven than the latter.

By: kanak

kanak — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:38:53 +0000

India's Reliance has invested billions of dollars in shale gas fields in the US and has not seen any return from them. With low gas prices, it as decided not to invest in shale gas further. The author does not understand the economics of shale gas today. It is highly capital intensive as of now and does not give any profit to the investor. There is no need for co operation between countries as they can go on their own.India Pakistan relations need not be linked in everything.

By: RazaH

RazaH — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:13:24 +0000

Fracking causes havoc to the environment and tends to pollute the water table as well
While the writer brings up positives selectively to substantiate his point, he has also failed to underscore the concerns which have prompted the EU to ban fracking in almost all its member countries

By: mustafa

mustafa — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:48:41 +0000

Shale gas has been explored in Pakistan by no less than ENI and is not cheap by any standard, it will be above the IPI gas pipeline. Plus many us states have started to ban Fracking, the release of the gas is uncontrolled and i dont think as poor as we are we will ignore gas in our water supply and kitchens exploding in houses. We have not developed our coal or our gold / copper, why do we keep looking for the next shiny magic bullet. Lets optimise what we have than moving on to the next big thing.