IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/energy/v176y2019icp353-364.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Assessing the sustainability of the shale gas industry by combining DPSIRM model and RAGA-PP techniques: An empirical analysis of Sichuan and Chongqing, China

Author

Listed:
  • Wang, Qiang
  • Zhan, Lina

Abstract

Shale gas is a kind of unconventional natural gas stored in shale formation. Compared with traditional fossil fuels, it is more efficient and environmentally friendly. It can help to reduces a country's overdependence on high-energy and high-pollution resources. The sustainable development of the shale gas industry is a prerequisite for achieving an efficient, green, and long-term use of shale gas resources. In order to evaluate the sustainability of the shale gas industry correctly and scientifically, the driving force-pressure-state-impact-response-management (DPSIRM) model, the real-coded accelerated genetic algorithm (RAGA), and projection pursuit (PP) were combined to develop an assessment model for the sustainability of the shale gas industry (the DPSIRM-RAGA-PP model). The proposed model was then applied for an empirical analysis of the sustainable development of the shale gas industry of Chongqing and Sichuan, which currently produce over 90% of the Chinese shale gas. The obtained results show that (1) water shortage, water pollution and pipe network density are the major influencing factors for the sustainable development of the shale gas industry in the 15 indicators selected by DPSIRM model. (2) Compared to other factors, geological conditions, market risks and core technology exert less impact on the sustainable development of the shale gas industry in Chongqing and Sichuan. This may be related to the current stage of the shale gas development in Chongqing and Sichuan and the available statistical data. (3) The projection eigenvalues of the Chongqing and Sichuan samples are 3.1184 and 1.6826, respectively. It indicates that the sustainability of shale gas industry in Chongqing is better than that in Sichuan. Moreover, the proposed DPSIRM-RAGA-PP model can effectively utilize the high-dimensional, non-normal, and nonlinear complex data, and provides a practical method for the quantitative analysis and evaluation of the sustainable development of the fuel industry in general.

Suggested Citation

  • Wang, Qiang & Zhan, Lina, 2019. "Assessing the sustainability of the shale gas industry by combining DPSIRM model and RAGA-PP techniques: An empirical analysis of Sichuan and Chongqing, China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 176(C), pages 353-364.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:176:y:2019:i:c:p:353-364
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.03.158
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S036054421930578X
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.energy.2019.03.158?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Zhang, Feng & Liu, Xingpeng & Zhang, Jiquan & Wu, Rina & Ma, Qiyun & Chen, Yanan, 2017. "Ecological vulnerability assessment based on multi-sources data and SD model in Yinma River Basin, China," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 349(C), pages 41-50.
    2. Deliang Sun & Jianping Wu & Fengtai Zhang & Weici Su & Hong Hui, 2018. "Evaluating Water Resource Security in Karst Areas Using DPSIRM Modeling, Gray Correlation, and Matter–Element Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-16, October.
    3. Haitao Guo & Yongsheng Wang & Zhongmin Wang, 2016. "Shale Development and China," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Yongsheng Wang & William E. Hefley (ed.), The Global Impact of Unconventional Shale Gas Development, pages 131-147, Springer.
    4. Hill, Elaine L., 2018. "Shale gas development and infant health: Evidence from Pennsylvania," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(C), pages 134-150.
    5. Cooper, Jasmin & Stamford, Laurence & Azapagic, Adisa, 2018. "Economic viability of UK shale gas and potential impacts on the energy market up to 2030," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(C), pages 577-590.
    6. Yunna, Wu & Yisheng, Yang, 2014. "The competition situation analysis of shale gas industry in China: Applying Porter’s five forces and scenario model," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 40(C), pages 798-805.
    7. Minh-Thong Le, 2018. "An assessment of the potential for the development of the shale gas industry in countries outside of North America," Post-Print hal-01707908, HAL.
    8. Wang, Qiang & Song, Xiaoxing & Li, Rongrong, 2018. "A novel hybridization of nonlinear grey model and linear ARIMA residual correction for forecasting U.S. shale oil production," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 165(PB), pages 1320-1331.
    9. Wei Pei & Qiang Fu & Dong Liu & Tian-xiao Li & Kun Cheng, 2016. "Assessing agricultural drought vulnerability in the Sanjiang Plain based on an improved projection pursuit model," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 82(1), pages 683-701, May.
    10. Rangan Gupta & Anandamayee Majumdar, 2014. "Reconsidering the welfare cost of inflation in the US: a nonparametric estimation of the nonlinear long-run money-demand equation using projection pursuit regressions," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 46(4), pages 1221-1240, June.
    11. Li, Yanbin & Li, Yun & Wang, Bingqian & Chen, Zhuoer & Nie, Dan, 2016. "The status quo review and suggested policies for shale gas development in China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 420-428.
    12. Middleton, Richard S. & Gupta, Rajan & Hyman, Jeffrey D. & Viswanathan, Hari S., 2017. "The shale gas revolution: Barriers, sustainability, and emerging opportunities," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 199(C), pages 88-95.
    13. Sutra, Emilie & Spada, Matteo & Burgherr, Peter, 2017. "Chemicals usage in stimulation processes for shale gas and deep geothermal systems: A comprehensive review and comparison," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 77(C), pages 1-11.
    14. Merryn Thomas & Tristan Partridge & Barbara Herr Harthorn & Nick Pidgeon, 2017. "Deliberating the perceived risks, benefits, and societal implications of shale gas and oil extraction by hydraulic fracturing in the US and UK," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 2(5), pages 1-7, May.
    15. Neil Gunningham, 2014. "A shale gas revolution for China?," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 302-320, March.
    16. Wang, Qiang & Chen, Xi & Jha, Awadhesh N. & Rogers, Howard, 2014. "Natural gas from shale formation – The evolution, evidences and challenges of shale gas revolution in United States," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 30(C), pages 1-28.
    17. Dong Liu & Chunlei Liu & Qiang Fu & Tianxiao Li & Muhammad Imran Khan & Song Cui & Muhammad Abrar Faiz, 2018. "Projection Pursuit Evaluation Model of Regional Surface Water Environment Based on Improved Chicken Swarm Optimization Algorithm," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(4), pages 1325-1342, March.
    18. Yang, Yan & Wang, Limao & Fang, Yebing & Mou, Chufu, 2017. "Integrated value of shale gas development: A comparative analysis in the United States and China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 1465-1478.
    19. Ren, Jingzheng & Tan, Shiyu & Goodsite, Michael Evan & Sovacool, Benjamin K. & Dong, Lichun, 2015. "Sustainability, shale gas, and energy transition in China: Assessing barriers and prioritizing strategic measures," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 551-562.
    20. Grecu, Eugenia & Aceleanu, Mirela Ionela & Albulescu, Claudiu Tiberiu, 2018. "The economic, social and environmental impact of shale gas exploitation in Romania: A cost-benefit analysis," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 93(C), pages 691-700.
    21. Wen-chuan Wang & Kwok-wing Chau & Dong-mei Xu & Lin Qiu & Can-can Liu, 2017. "The Annual Maximum Flood Peak Discharge Forecasting Using Hermite Projection Pursuit Regression with SSO and LS Method," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 31(1), pages 461-477, January.
    22. Chen, Shangbin & Zhu, Yanming & Wang, Hongyan & Liu, Honglin & Wei, Wei & Fang, Junhua, 2011. "Shale gas reservoir characterisation: A typical case in the southern Sichuan Basin of China," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(11), pages 6609-6616.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Xi Yang & Alun Gu & Fujie Jiang & Wenli Xie & Qi Wu, 2020. "Integrated Assessment Modeling of China’s Shale Gas Resource: Energy System Optimization, Environmental Cobenefits, and Methane Risk," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-24, December.
    2. Feng, Qianqian & Qiu, Nansheng & Borjigin, Tenger & Wu, Hang & Zhang, Jiatang & Shen, Baojian & Wang, Jiangshan, 2022. "Tectonic evolution revealed by thermo-kinematic and its effect on shale gas preservation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 240(C).
    3. Hao Gao & Weixin Yang & Jiawei Wang & Xiaoyun Zheng, 2020. "Analysis of the Effectiveness of Air Pollution Control Policies Based on Historical Evaluation and Deep Learning Forecast: A Case Study of Chengdu-Chongqing Region in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-28, December.
    4. Yang, Haijun & Han, Xin & Wang, Li, 2021. "Is there a bubble in the shale gas market?," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 215(PA).
    5. Shi, Wenrui & Zhang, Chaomo & Jiang, Shu & Liao, Yong & Shi, Yuanhui & Feng, Aiguo & Young, Steven, 2022. "Study on pressure-boosting stimulation technology in shale gas horizontal wells in the Fuling shale gas field," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 254(PB).
    6. Yongsheng Jiang & Dong Zhao & Dedong Wang & Yudong Xing, 2019. "Sustainable Performance of Buildings through Modular Prefabrication in the Construction Phase: A Comparative Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(20), pages 1-15, October.
    7. Shuai, Jing & Zhao, Yujia & Wang, Yilan & Cheng, Jinhua, 2022. "Renewable energy product competitiveness: Evidence from the United States, China and India," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 249(C).
    8. Cheng, Xiong & Lv, Xin & Li, Xianshan & Zhong, Hao & Feng, Jia, 2023. "Market power evaluation in the electricity market based on the weighted maintenance object," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 284(C).
    9. Yan, Juan & Haroon, Muhammad, 2023. "Financing efficiency in natural resource markets mobilizing private and public capital for a green recovery," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(PB).
    10. Liu, Hui & Zhu, Qirong & Muhammad Khoso, Wali & Khalique Khoso, Abdul, 2023. "Spatial pattern and the development of green finance trends in China," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 211(C), pages 370-378.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Wang, Hui & Chen, Li & Qu, Zhiguo & Yin, Ying & Kang, Qinjun & Yu, Bo & Tao, Wen-Quan, 2020. "Modeling of multi-scale transport phenomena in shale gas production — A critical review," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 262(C).
    2. Yang, Yan & Wang, Limao & Fang, Yebing & Mou, Chufu, 2017. "Integrated value of shale gas development: A comparative analysis in the United States and China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 76(C), pages 1465-1478.
    3. Wang, Yan & Zhong, Dong-Liang & Li, Zheng & Li, Jian-Bo, 2020. "Application of tetra-n-butyl ammonium bromide semi-clathrate hydrate for CO2 capture from unconventional natural gases," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    4. Wen Li & Yuxi Liu & Siqi Xiao & Yu Zhang & Lihe Chai, 2018. "An Investigation of the Underlying Evolution of Shale Gas Research’s Domain Based on the Co-Word Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(1), pages 1-23, January.
    5. Yang, Run & Liu, Xiangui & Yu, Rongze & Hu, Zhiming & Duan, Xianggang, 2022. "Long short-term memory suggests a model for predicting shale gas production," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 322(C).
    6. Xi Yang & Alun Gu & Fujie Jiang & Wenli Xie & Qi Wu, 2020. "Integrated Assessment Modeling of China’s Shale Gas Resource: Energy System Optimization, Environmental Cobenefits, and Methane Risk," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-24, December.
    7. Yao, Liuyang & Sui, Bo, 2020. "Heterogeneous preferences for shale water management: Evidence from a choice experiment in Fuling shale gas field, southwest China," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 147(C).
    8. Wei, Yi-Ming & Kang, Jia-Ning & Yu, Bi-Ying & Liao, Hua & Du, Yun-Fei, 2017. "A dynamic forward-citation full path model for technology monitoring: An empirical study from shale gas industry," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 205(C), pages 769-780.
    9. Zhong Wang & Yuyan Luo & Pengchong Li & Xiaoqian Cai, 2018. "Problem Orientated Analysis on China’s Shale Gas Policy," Energies, MDPI, vol. 11(11), pages 1-17, October.
    10. Xiaoyan Zou & Xianqing Li & Jizhen Zhang & Huantong Li & Man Guo & Pei Zhao, 2021. "Characteristics of Pore Structure and Gas Content of the Lower Paleozoic Shale from the Upper Yangtze Plate, South China," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-29, November.
    11. Dong Liu & Chunlei Liu & Qiang Fu & Tianxiao Li & Muhammad Imran Khan & Song Cui & Muhammad Abrar Faiz, 2018. "Projection Pursuit Evaluation Model of Regional Surface Water Environment Based on Improved Chicken Swarm Optimization Algorithm," Water Resources Management: An International Journal, Published for the European Water Resources Association (EWRA), Springer;European Water Resources Association (EWRA), vol. 32(4), pages 1325-1342, March.
    12. Zhou, Junping & Tian, Shifeng & Zhou, Lei & Xian, Xuefu & Yang, Kang & Jiang, Yongdong & Zhang, Chengpeng & Guo, Yaowen, 2020. "Experimental investigation on the influence of sub- and super-critical CO2 saturation time on the permeability of fractured shale," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    13. Zhiyao Zhang & Shang Xu & Qiyang Gou & Qiqi Li, 2022. "Reservoir Characteristics and Resource Potential of Marine Shale in South China: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 15(22), pages 1-21, November.
    14. Piotr Słomski & Maria Mastalerz & Jacek Szczepański & Arkadiusz Derkowski & Tomasz Topór & Marcin Lutyński, 2020. "Experimental and numerical investigation of CO2–brine–rock interactions in the early Palaeozoic mudstones from the Polish part of the Baltic Basin at simulatedin situ conditions," Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 10(3), pages 567-590, June.
    15. Zhou, Zhongbing & Qin, Quande, 2020. "Epistemological dominance and ignorance of the comparative advantages of China's shale gas: Evidence from international scientific journals," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    16. Wang, Qiang & Jiang, Feng, 2019. "Integrating linear and nonlinear forecasting techniques based on grey theory and artificial intelligence to forecast shale gas monthly production in Pennsylvania and Texas of the United States," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 781-803.
    17. Wang, Xu & Fang, Hong & Fang, Siran, 2020. "An integrated approach for exploitation block selection of shale gas—based on cloud model and grey relational analysis," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    18. Blundell, Wesley & Kokoza, Anatolii, 2022. "Natural gas flaring, respiratory health, and distributional effects," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 208(C).
    19. Liuyang Yao & Dangchen Sui & Xiaotong Liu & Hui Fan, 2020. "The Psychological Process of Residents’ Acceptance of Local Shale Gas Exploitation in China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-20, September.
    20. Lu, Yiyu & Chen, Xiayu & Tang, Jiren & Li, Honglian & Zhou, Lei & Han, Shuaibin & Ge, Zhaolong & Xia, Binwei & Shen, Huajian & Zhang, Jing, 2019. "Relationship between pore structure and mechanical properties of shale on supercritical carbon dioxide saturation," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 270-285.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:176:y:2019:i:c:p:353-364. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.