Co-author on Strategic Environmental Assessment for Shale gas development in the Karoo, led by CSIR, SANBI and CGS.

Member of the editorial board: Water International

Guest editor: Mine Water special issue, Water International Journal. ISSN: 0250-8060

Guest editor: The Water legacies of conventional mining (Routledge special issues on Water Policy and Governance). ISBN: 978-1138288713

Co-editor: Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Editors: J. Glazewski and S. Esterhuyse. JUTA publishers. ISBN: 978-1-48511-818-3.

 

 

 

 

 

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Peer-reviewed papers: 

Esterhuyse, S., Vermeulen, D. and Glazewski, J. 2019. Regulations to protect groundwater resources during unconventional oil and gas extraction using fracking. Wiley Interdisciplinary reviews: Water, 6(6): e1382. 

Esterhuyse, S., Avenant, M., Redelinghuys, N., Kijko, A., Glazewski, J., Plit, L., Kemp, M., Smit, A., Vos, A.T. 2017. Monitoring of Unconventional oil and gas extraction and its policy implications. Energy Policy, 118:109-120. 

Esterhuyse, S., Avenant, M., Redelinghuys, N., Kijko, A., Glazewski, J., Plit, L., Kemp, M., Smit, A., Vos, A.T., Williamson, R. 2016. A review of biophysical and socio-economic effects of unconventional oil and gas extraction - implications for South Africa. Journal of Environmental Management, 184(2):419-430

Esterhuyse, S., Avenant, M., Redelinghuys, N., Kijko, A., Glazewski, J., Plit, L., Kemp, M., Smit, A., Vos, A.T. 2017. Vulnerability mapping to manage oil and gas extraction. Royal Society Open Science, 4(11), p.171044. 

Esterhuyse, S., Redelinghuys, N, Kemp, M. 2016. Unconventional oil and gas extraction in South Africa: water linkages within the population-environment-development nexus and its policy implications. Water International special edition - Out of Mines, Out of Site: The water legacies of conventional mining, 41(3):409-425 DOI:10.1080/02508060.2016.1129725

Williamson, R. and Esterhuyse, S. 2020. Expected wastewater volumes associated with unconventional oil and gas extraction in South Africa and the management thereof. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 79(2), 711-728. Doi: 10.1007/s10064-019-01578-y.

Esterhuyse, S., Redelinghuys, N, Kemp, M. 2013. Assessing the existing knowledge base and opinions of decision makers on the regulation and monitoring of unconventional gas mining in South Africa. Water International, 38(6), 687-700. Doi: 10.1080/02508060.2013.818478

Chapters in books:  

Esterhuyse, S., De Lange, S.S. and Glazewski, J. 2016. Potential impact of Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction on Karoo Aquifers. In: Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Juta Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-48511-818-3.

Kijko, A., Kahle, B., Smit, A., Esterhuyse, S., Glazewski, J. 2016. Hydraulic Fracturing, Waste-Water Pumping and Seismicity. In: Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Juta Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-48511-818-3.

Avenant, M., Watson, M., Esterhuyse, S., Seaman, M. 2016. Potential impact of unconventional gas mining on surface water systems of the Karoo basin. In: Hydraulic fracturing in the Karoo: Critical legal and environmental perspectives. Juta Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-48511-818-3.

Hobbs, P., Day, E., Rosewarne, P., Esterhuyse, S., Schulze, R., Day, J., Ewart-Smith, J., Kemp, M., Rivers-Moore, N., Coetzee, H., Hohne, D., Maherry, A. and Mosetsho, M. 2016. SGD Chapter 5: Water Resources. In: Shale Gas Development in the Central Karoo: A scientific assessment of the opportunities and risks. ISBN: 978-0-7988-5631-7.

Burns, M., Atkinson, D., Barker, O., Davis, C., Dunlop, A., Esterhuyse, S., Hobbs, P., Manuel, J., McLachlan, I., Neethling, H., Rossouw, N., Todd, S., van der Walt, L., van Huyssteen, E., Adams, S., de Jager, M., Scholes, B. 2016. SGD Chapter 1: Scenarios and Activities. In: Shale Gas Development in the Central Karoo: A scientific assessment of the opportunities and risks. ISBN: 978-0-7988-5631-7.

 

I currently focus my research on the management and protection of environmental aspects related to unconventional oil and gas extraction, and related policy implications.

Groundwater, unconventional oil and gas extraction, water resources management,  water-related policy.

IWRM5802, IWRM7935, IWRM7965, IWRM7915, ENMT7915, ENMT7935, ASHE6906, MOB791

Reference group member for various South African Water Research Commission projects.

External reviewer for various  South African Water Research Commission project proposals.

Advisor to the South African Department of Water Affairs on the development of regulations to protect water resources during unconventional oil and gas extraction. 

Advisor to the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, 2007-2008, on the development of Best Practice Guidelines (BPGs) for resource protection in the South African Mining Industry.

 

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