Sentences with phrase «[giant gas»

Fracking is part of the problem, but the report states that most human - induced quakes are caused by the oil and gas industry's use of injection wells to dispose of wastewater - the contaminated liquid that gets pumped out of the well during oil and gas extraction.

It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil, natural gas, and coal (the biggest sources used today) can get complicated.

It also distributes natural gas to some of those states.

Perth company Underground Services is targeting the coal - seam gas sector for further growth on the back of already burgeoning revenue.

The quest to regain the top producer spot in one of the most - prolific U.S. shale basins had eluded Hamm's Continental since at least 2014, when Whiting bought smaller rival Kodiak Oil and Gas.

Kirkland said it's important to keep moving the project ahead so that the company can «deal knowledgeably» with potential buyers of the gas.

An earth quake in Papua New Guinea in February disrupted operations at Exxon's liquefied natural gas facility, reducing its quarterly earnings by $ 80 million.

The LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.

Harvard's Michael Porter argues that cutting coal in favour of natural gas is the most pragmatic solution at the moment

Woodside Petroleum has struck a $ US696 million ($ A670 million) agreement confirming its role in a major gas prospect off the coast of Israel.

«When we look back, this will be a historic day, certainly for oilsands, for Alberta and I think for Canada as we move into a more solutions - focused leadership position on greenhouse gases around the world.»

New natural gas pipelines do not face the same kind of opposition as oil pipelines because the product is a gas and, in case of a leak, it escapes into the atmosphere rather than fouling waterways and soil.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 24 - Malaysian state - owned oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad, better known as Petronas, on Tuesday said it had delivered its first liquefied natural gas cargo to South Korea's No. 3 refiner S - Oil Corp..

Wynne also appointed a panel last month to examine those proposals, which included a jump in the HST, a five - cent - a-litre regional gas tax, a $ 350 - million - a-year business parking levy and $ 100 million a year in development charges.

Mustard gas and the machine gun would become the hallmarks of a protracted war so brutal that many expected it to be history's last major conflict, a cataclysm that would make war appear too mutually destructive to merit a place in the modern world.

Methane is the second-most prevalent greenhouse gas according to the EPA, and is believed to be 20 times more potent as a heat - trapping greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Helping industrial clients safely burn methane and other waste gases — the main byproducts being CO2 and water — has been the focus of Questor's business since 1994.

The Wilderness Society is calling on the Commonwealth government to further delay the release of a key report on the proposed gas hub at James Price Point.

Woodside Petroleum has deferred a final decision on expansion of its Pluto gas project, but the company's chief executive Don Voelte has still talked up its development record, saying it was five years ahead of industry rival Chevron.

Jeffrey Gundlach, one of the world's most closely watched investors, recommended a short position in social media giant Facebook Inc and a long position in the SPDR S&P Oil and Gas Exploration ETF.

At the Corpus Christi store, Home Depot workers placed pallets of bottled water, flashlights, gas cans and batteries near the cash registers.

Jupiter's rings may not be as pronounced as Saturn's, but its ring system still extends to an impressive 140,000 miles away from the giant gas planet.

President Trump is focusing not just on energy independence, but what he calls «energy dominance,» vowing to «unleash» American natural gas and coal exports on the world.

The recession of 1973 - 1975 in the U.S. came about because of rocketing gas prices caused by OPEC's raising oil prices as well as embargoing oil exports to the U.S..

Scientists have tied the quakes to the injection of saltwater, a normal byproduct of oil and gas drilling, into deep disposal wells and underground caverns.

The G7 meeting is the first high - level gathering of the allies since the United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles targeting chemical weapons facilities in Syria in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack on April 7.

Most of it will come from mines in Wyoming and Montana that find themselves without domestic customers since the shale gas revolution, combined with emissions control regulation, drove utilities in the U.S. to shut down coal - fired plants and fire up cleaner - burning natural gas plants.

The Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association, however, disputes the state's conclusions.

Our energy sector has been hurt partly by low natural gas prices and the discount placed on Canadian oil compared to world benchmarks, but gas and oil prices have generally been flat or on the rise.

A flexible approach to business and staying true to its values have been the keys to the success of Bhagwan Marine, which has become a major service provider to the offshore oil & gas sector.

The facts: This 10 - year investment by Exxon, which focuses on 11 natural gas projects, began in 2013 and is expected to continue through 2022, the company said.

«If you had a strong track record of finding and developing oil and gas at the right price, you could always raise capital,» Grad says.

Canada's energy sector is wary of Donald Trump's vow to boost American oil and gas production.

Psychosocial stress, exposure to air pollution including truck traffic, sleep disruption and changes to socioeconomic status are all biologically plausible pathways for unconventional natural gas development to affect health.

They want our oil, natural gas and metals and they have deep coffers.

2 In 2016, Total's direct greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 39 MtCO2 - eq in its operated scope, down 23 % from 2010.

For competition to occur the DBNGP and Alinta's gas pipe transmission / distribution network should have remained publicly owned assets.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plan to scrap Obama - era auto - emissions standards that would require vehicles to get significantly higher gas mileage by 2025..

A trillion cubic feet of natural gas is enough to heat 15 million homes for a year, the U.S. Energy Department says.

A day earlier, Apache Corp. announced it would «completely exit» the 50 - 50 partnership, which includes natural gas resources in northeastern B.C., a pipeline to the West Coast and a facility near Kitimat, B.C., to chill the gas into a liquid state so it can be shipped overseas.

And even in the absence of a continental regulatory imperative, properly disposing of waste gas is, increasingly, just good business.

A new report from the US Geological Survey has revealed that the oil and gas industry is causing earthquakes in the Central and Eastern United States at an alarming rate.

The government acknowledges this, stating in a recent report that total methane emissions from natural gas sites have fallen 11 % since 2005, even as natural gas production has exploded.

And across the U.S., 13 percent of gas stations are charging $ 3 per gallon or more, AAA said last week.

The pair split the gas and electricity sectors so we got a monopoly, Western Power — the former SECWA's electricity transmission / distribution, generating and sales arms — and, initially, two separate publicly - owned monopolies, Alinta Gas, owners of the gas distribution across Perth, and the Dampier - to - Bunbury natural gas pipeline (DBNGP).

Coal prices have also been supported by gas shortages in China this winter.

ConocoPhillips» Australian head has warned domestic gas reservation policies and anti-industry activism could threaten the development of a viable market in Western Australia.

«We're near record production in oil and gas but we're at a 20 - year low in our carbon emissions.

News of Linc Energy's estimated shale gas resources in South Australia appears to be benefitting a Perth - based clean energy company.

Oil - and - gas companies will be big winners because they pay the second - highest effective tax rate of any sector, at 37 percent, according to Bloomberg Intelligence.