Many members of both OGP and IPIECA have their own guidelines for oil and gas developments. These OGP-IPIECA Good practice guidelines for the development of shale oil and gas are intended to complement these established practices. This document also provides a general, global framework of principles for operations under which more detailed standards and/or practices may be developed to meet regional and local circumstances. For the majority of issues, good practices for shale oil and gas will be identical to those for ‘conventional’