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Managing the Risks of Shale Gas: Identifying a Pathway toward Responsible Development
November 14, 2011

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Event Agenda
9:00 –  9:05 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
Molly Macauley, Vice President for Research, RFF
9:25 –  9:30 a.m. Session 1: Issues in the Expansion of U.S. Domestic Natural Gas Resources
Alan Krupnick, Director of the Center for Energy Economics and Policy, RFF
9:30 –  10:00 a.m. Session 2: RFF’s Project: Managing the Risks of Shale Gas Development
Sheila Olmstead, Fellow, RFF
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. Session 3: Introduction to the Shale Gas Development Process
Mukul Sharma, Professor and “Tex” Moncrief Centennial Chair in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 – 11:15 a.m. Session 4: Identifying the Sources of Fugitive Methane Associated with Shale Gas Development
Karlis Muehlenbachs, Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta
11:15 – 11:45 a.m. Session 5: Water Quality Issues Associated with Shale Gas Development
James Saiers, Professor of Hydrology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University
11:45 a.m. – 12 p.m. Final Q&A/Wrap-Up