Sentences with phrase «advanced hydraulic fracturing»

Significantly, the department concludes what a number of other states have found and are demonstrating — that advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling to develop natural gas and oil from shale and other tight - rock formations can be conducted safely and efficiently.

While lowering CO2 emissions is talked about in various circles, the fact is the United States already is doing it, thanks largely to natural gas — 60 percent of the U.S. total produced with advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

We say all of the above to say this: Natural gas — in abundance thanks to America's energy renaissance, propelled by advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling — is allowing the U.S. to make significant climate progress and helping to improve air quality, without sacrificing energy or economic growth.

The shift is the result of surging oil and natural gas production using advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, harnessing oil and gas reserves in shale and other tight - rock formations.

Because of the expansion of safe, advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling in the past seven to 10 years, oil that was locked in shale and other tight - rock formations now is accessible at a cost that's economical for producers.

Advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling are the technology engines driving America's ongoing energy renaissance — surging oil and natural gas production that ranks first in the world.

Lost in this apparent green energy triumph is one inconvenient truth: California couldn't have doubled renewable electricity at relatively low cost to consumers without the advanced hydraulic fracturing techniques — fracking — that came into widespread use a decade ago.

Let's look at some charts that illustrate this American energy renaissance — which is based on the surge in domestic production that has accompanied the growth of safe, advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling since the mid-2000s.

The United States is the world's leading oil and natural gas producer, thanks to vast shale energy reserves safely unlocked by advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

Not exact matches

Unconventional gas development (UGD), characterized by advances in engineering, including horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing, enables extraction of large amounts of fossil fuel from shale deposits at depths that were previously unapproachable [1].

Advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing over the past 20 years led to a U.S. energy boom in «unconventionals,» a category that includes the shale gas and «tight» oil found in shale fields like the Cretaceous Eagle Ford and Mowry and older ones like the Barnett and Bakken.

He promises to continue to work to advance his party's agenda — including their push to ban the practice of hydraulic fracturing of New York shale deposits.

Recent advances in gas production technology based on horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — have led to bountiful, low - cost natural gas.

Much of the increased production has been made possible by advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

Babies of moms living within one kilometer of a hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, site in the state had a 25 percent greater chance of being born underweight than did babies whose moms lived at least three kilometers away, researchers report online December 13 in Science Advances.

The United States is a global energy leader, thanks largely to technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

The United States is the world's No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas — largely thanks to safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing and advanced horizontal drilling.

A quick list of some of the benefits realized by the United States thanks to modern hydraulic fracturing and advanced horizontal drilling:

I suppose you blame Obama for the advances in hydraulic fracturing that have made natural gas so abundant and inexpensive.

Recently due to advances in both horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing it has become economic to develop fields in this area in order to produce the gas lying in the formation.

«Recent U.S. production growth has centered largely in a few key regions and has been driven by advances in the application of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies.»

«One could argue that, except for the Internet, the most important technological advance of the last two decades has been hydraulic fracturing, widely known as fracking.

The revolution is a shale energy / fracking revolution, carried along by the combination of modern hydraulic fracturing and advanced horizontal drilling that unlocked vast reserves of oil and natural gas in shale and other tight - rock formations.

These companies are benefiting from the huge investments needed to explore, produce, process and transport oil and gas unlocked from previously inaccessible dense rock formations through advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, according to the findings by Houston - based energy analyst firm IHS.

They are due to the abundance of natural gas brought on by advances in hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling.

Today the United States is the No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas on the planet, thanks largely to innovations in the decades - old technique of hydraulic fracturing coupled with advances in horizontal drilling and the dedication of millions of women and men in the oil and natural gas industry.

Over the past several years, vast caches of natural gas trapped in deeply buried rock have been made accessible by advances in two key technologies: horizontal drilling, which allows vertical wells to turn and snake more than a mile sideways through the earth, and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The 21st century energy revolution — brought about by advances in the decades - old technology of hydraulic fracturing and innovations in horizontal drilling — has positively touched the lives of all Americans.

I am often asked why the anti-fossil-fuel crowd has so recently turned against the decades - old technology of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, that has provided such economic and environmental benefits and has become even safer due to ever - increasing advances.

Will we encourage industry investments, innovations and advanced technologies — including hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that unlocked vast reserves of shale energy?

«The United States is a global leader in production and refining of natural gas and oil while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the result of technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

Technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling have unlocked vast energy resources that were previously inaccessible, leading to the greatest domestic energy boom in U.S. history.

Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, has a piece noting that the most significant advances in the energy field the past year resulted from surging natural gas and oil production from shale via hydraulic fracturing — an impact Bullis says is unlikely to be unsurpassed by other energy sectors in the near future:

A new EnergyFromShale.org video shows the relatively tiny amount of water needed to develop U.S. energy with safe hydraulic fracturing — the chief reason (along with advanced horizontal drilling) that the United States now is the world's No. 1 producer of oil and natural gas.

In other words, the American energy renaissance, and millions of jobs and numerous economic benefits it has made possible, would not have happened if not for technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that have unlocked previously inaccessible resources in shale formations.

Thanks to technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that have unlocked previously inaccessible energy resources, more and more communities are taking part in America's ongoing energy revolution — and the new jobs and economic growth it brings.