题 目：天然气行业的公司行为
主讲人：Meagan Mauter
卡内基梅隆大学工程与公共政策学院 助理教授
时 间：3月26日（星期四）9：00-11：00
地 点：294俄罗斯专享会302会议室
Introduction
One third of US natural gas production now originates from horizontally drilled, hydraulically fractured wells in deep shale plays. The rapid expansion of these drilling practices has elicited concern over their environmental and human health impacts on both the global and local scales. A separate set of reports argue that these issues are not intrinsic to horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, but instead stem from inadequate regulatory oversight and poor management practices. Such practices will vary by firm, and a unique data set from the Marcellus shale allows for the first quantitative assessment of firm attributes and firm behavior as a determinant of environmental impacts associated with produced water management.
We find significant variation in the waste management practices of Marcellus firms, with a large portion of this variance attributed to waste disposal method, company experience operating in the Marcellus, and drilling practices. We also find significant variation in the frequency and severity of oil and gas drilling violations in the Marcellus, but find that much of this variation is explained by enforcement discrepancies. Taken together, this work suggests that impact minimization is a function of company and regulatory agency decision making on a highly localized scale.
Bio
Professor Meagan Mauter's research interests lie at the intersection of energy and water. After finishing undergraduate degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering and History at Rice University, Mauter completed a Ph.D. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering in at Yale University. Her dissertation, Implications and Applications of Nanomaterials for Membrane-Based Water Treatment, emphasized the role of next-generation membrane materials and processes in minimizing the energy consumption of separations. Following her doctoral work, Professor Mauter joined the Science Technology and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government as a Fellow in Energy Technology Innovation Policy. Professor Mauter joined Carnegie Mellon University in 2012 with joint appointments in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy. Her present research continues to apply novel materials, advanced treatment processes, and innovation analysis to the pressing challenge of resource efficiency in water and energy systems.
