Sentences with phrase «about hydraulic fracturing»

But, in the case of this specific pipeline, we're not talking about conventional natural gas; we're talking about hydraulic fracturing.

Members of Congress, gas companies, news organization, drilling opponents: They've all made bold claims about hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the U.S. supply of underground natural gas.

There's much that impresses about hydraulic fracturing if you see it up close, which I did during a recent tour of Anadarko Petroleum natural gas operations near Williamsport, Pa.: the technology, the company's highly skilled workers, the game - changing resource opportunities in the Marcellus Shale and more.

No one who is interested in objectivity could make that claim about hydraulic fracturing.

It is also important to note that the content of the report — a synthesis of various white papers written about hydraulic fracturing — was not under review for validation or criticism and that the panel «found no evidence of intentional misrepresentation» by the authors.

Second, several years ago, I heard that teams of Chinese engineers were spending months in Oklahoma to learn about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as a method for liberating gas and oil from previously untappable shale deposits.

Through our current campaign, Our Common Waters, and with exposure to increased oil and gas development near our homes and communities, we have grown concerned about hydraulic fracturing (commonly called «fracking») and its impact on water, air, soil, wildlife habitat, and human health.

«Water use and wastewater production are two of the chief environmental concerns voiced about hydraulic fracturing,» said Avner Vengosh, professor of geochemistry and water quality at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment.

«The public's concerned about hydraulic fracturing.

ALBANY — A long - awaited study released by the Cuomo administration on Wednesday determined several «red flags» about hydraulic fracturing that could pose «significant public health risks,» officials said at a public meeting of Governor Andrew Cuomo and his cabinet.

Environmental campaigners, who are concerned about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, contaminating groundwater resources and triggering earth tremors, welcomed the decision.

Modeling changes in the observed harmonic frequencies indicates that the spectral characteristics of seismic data can provide important information about hydraulic fracture geometry and fluid pressure at depth, leading to important insights into subglacial hydrologic processes.

Not exact matches

The pace of oil and gas production gains has consistently surprised forecasters since horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, better known as «fracking», were pioneered in U.S. shale rock formations about ten years ago.

Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor's Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Plays explores in detail the environmental and social impacts of shale gas development in the United States, identifying key questions for investors and also broader issues about shale gas development's implications for extending the era of fossil fuel dominance.

The newly employed system of hydraulic fracturing has brought enormous supplies of natural gas to market already, and is about to do the same for oil.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration is banning hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in New York, citing concerns about health and environmental risks.

He acknowledges that «absolute scientific certainty» about the safety of such a complex activity as high - volume hydraulic fracturing is unlikely ever to be achieved.

The Journal News says it's time for Cuomo to stop playing «Hamlet on hydraulic - fracturing» and make a decision about fracking.

Making fracking easier Extracting shale gas from the ground requires some genuine political courage, because there's deep suspicion across the country about what the process of hydraulic fracturing actually involves.

But it wasn't so long ago that nobody had heard about the people who could set their tapwater on fire because their wells had been contaminated with natural gas due to hydraulic fracturing.

«If Governor Cuomo is serious about investing in New York's economic and energy future, he should waste no more time in allowing hydraulic fracturing to move forward in the Empire State.»

Gov. Rick Snyder praised the project in a March 2015 speech about energy policy, saying its findings had already helped shape changes to state rules regarding hydraulic fracturing.

«There are considerable issues about health effects,» said John Deutch, former director of the CIA and a professor of chemistry at MIT, who heads a Department of Energy panel examining the environmental effects of shale gas drilling, with an emphasis on hydraulic fracturing.

Despite widespread concern about potential human health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, the lifetime toxic chemical releases associated with coal - generated electricity are 10 to 100 times greater than those from electricity generated with natural gas obtained via fracking, according to a new University of Michigan study.

When faced with uncertainties about the chemicals used in the hydraulic fracturing process, the researchers deliberately overestimated the amount of toxic chemicals that would reach the environment to ensure they weren't minimizing fracking's health impacts, Miller said.

Questions about whether hydraulic fracturing is to blame remain as the EPA prepares for peer review

More than 60 % of these quakes are linked to hydraulic fracture, about 30 - 35 % come from disposal wells, and only 5 to 10 % of the earthquakes have a natural tectonic origin, Atkinson said.

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, coupled with horizontal drilling, has unlocked large gas deposits in shale rock, which had been long recognized but weren't profitable to extract until about a decade ago.

Many questions have been raised about whether hydraulic fracturing — commonly known as «fracking» — is responsible for the recent increase of earthquakes.

The latest skirmishes over hydraulic fracturing in Florida and California are, at their core, about water.

Their work suggest that there are roughly three times more earthquake sequences of magnitude 2 or larger induced by hydraulic fracturing compared to wastewater disposal in the area — even though there are about 10 times more hydraulic fracturing wells than wastewater disposal wells.

At the SSA Annual Meeting, experts will speak about the growing recognition that hydraulic fracturing or fracking can produce earthquakes magnitude 3 and larger, acknowledging that this type of seismic activity is difficult to predict and may be difficult to stop once it begins.

Increased awareness about using a highly technical process called hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas trapped deep within the Marcellus shale has created questions about related human - health and environmental impacts.

Increased awareness about using hydraulic fracturing to recover natural gas trapped deep within the Marcellus shale has created questions about related human - health and environmental impacts.

July 29, 4:38 p.m. Updated (see asterisk) Lisa Wright, a foe of natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or facking, sent the following essay reflecting on recent posts about apparent undisclosed conflicts of interest in a University of Texas gas drilling study and an unrefereed study claiming a link between drilling and fetal health.

The news comes a week after DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens announced that the agency will turn part of the review over to the Department of Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to address persistent questions about how shale gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing will affect public health in communities where it is allowed.

A question was posed about the extensive and decades - old oil fields in neighborhoods near the Culver City venue for the talk, and the prospect for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, expanding there and elsewhere in the state.

Here's a quick review of developments related to the fast - expanding extraction of natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, that point to a route forward amid concerns about everything from earthquakes to water pollution.

Click here to read about other materials that have been developed at Rice that could cut improve hydraulic fracturing in various ways.

This share of production is even greater than the share of crude oil produced using that method, where hydraulic fracturing accounts for about half of current U.S. crude oil production.

What is known about the health effects of gas extraction by induced hydraulic fracturing of gas - bearing rock — ie, fracking?

The head of Columbia University's Earth Institute suggests that New York State explore a hydraulic fracturing demonstration project, given how intense the views are on both sides of the debate about whether drilling should be allowed.

Views about the increased use of hydraulic fracturing or» fracking» tilt in the opposite direction.

The SAB finds that the EPA did not support quantitatively its conclusion about lack of evidence for widespread, systemic impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water resources, and did not clearly describe the system (s) of interest (e.g., groundwater, surface water), the scale of impacts (i.e., local or regional), nor the definitions of «systemic» and «widespread.»

Gasland is a 2010 documentary about unconventional natural gas drilling, or hydraulic fracturing.

The National Energy Technology Laboratory explains that hydraulic fracturing produces life - cycle greenhouse gas emissions that are about three percent higher than conventional natural gas drilling.

She currently serves as the IEN's Lead Organizer on the Extreme Energy & Just Transition Campaign, focusing at present on creating awareness about the environmentally & socially devastating effects of hydraulic fracturing on tribal lands.

Hydraulic fracturing has reduced natural gas prices but raised concerns about impacts on local communities and climate.

In an editorial, WSJ comments on a bipartisan vote in the state assembly to defeat a ban on hydraulic fracturing:»... about one - third of the active wells now use this innovative drilling process... A moratorium would throw thousands of Californians out of work.»

Notably, the United States has reduced carbon emissions 14 percent since 2005, with about two - thirds of those reductions attributable to increased natural gas use made possible by hydraulic fracturing technology.