Sentences with phrase «associated gas production»

The facility which operates in the Jubilee oil fields off the coast of Ghana has the capacity to process 120,000 barrels of oil per day and has a storage capacity of 1.6 million barrels, with an associated gas production capacity of 160 million standard cubic feet a day.

Not exact matches

The spill also highlighted awareness of the risks associated with oil and gas production — sure, oilsands might have appeared relatively better as a result, but in absolute terms, they were easily portrayed as yet another example of the high costs and high risks associated with oil extraction.

Further analysis found that the emissions associated with the natural gas production to feed the project would add a further five to nine million tonnes per year to Canada's emissions inventory.

Probably the most discussed aspect of the NGP Report (see this excellent discussion on CBC's The 180 beginning at around the seven minute mark) is the JRP's treatment (or lack thereof) of «upstream» greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), and specifically the apparent asymmetry between the JRP's decision to consider the need to open markets for projected increases in oil production — the vast majority of which would uncontrovertibly be from the oil sands — but not the GHGs associated with this projected growth.

Bonanza Creek Energy Inc (NYSE: BCEI) is a nano - cap independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of onshore oil and associated liquids - rich natural gas in the United States.

«Until ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of oil sands are more successful and widespread, the Final SEIS makes clear that, compared to reference crudes, development of oil sands crude represents a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions,» the EPA states in a letter made public Tuesday.

The current Wikipedia entry on air pollution, for example, now asserts that pollution includes: «carbon dioxide (CO2)-- a colorless, odorless, non-toxic greenhouse gas associated with ocean acidification, emitted from sources such as combustion, cement production, and respiration.»

The values for food products refers to the greenhouse gases associated with production of food products from cradle to farm gate.

Chanton and Hodgkins» work, «Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production,» was funded by a three - year, $ 400,000 Department of Energy grant.

The discovery could lead to metal - production systems that are much less expensive and that virtually eliminate the greenhouse gas emissions associated with most traditional metal smelting.

If the process could be applied to other common industrial metals such as copper, it would have the potential to significantly lower prices as well as reduce the air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions associated with traditional production.

«Globally, beef production can be taxing on the environment, leading to high greenhouse gas emissions and land degradation,» said Jason Rowntree, MSU associate professor of animal science, who led the study.

Disposal wells, like the one in the current study, are used only to dispose of fluids associated with oil and natural gas production, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Using a combined trade and water model, the researchers compared freshwater consumption associated with energy production supply chains of three energy sectors (petroleum, gas, and electricity) across the world.

The study estimated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production only.

While the SMU Azle study adds to the growing body of evidence connecting some injection wells and, to a lesser extent, some oil and gas production to induced earthquakes, SMU's team notes that there are many thousands of injection and / or production wells that are not associated with earthquakes.

«There's no doubt at all that the BLM leases significant areas for the production of fossil fuels, and there are certainly greenhouse gases associated with the production and consumption of those fuels,» Muller said, adding that federal government is trying to reduce some of those emissions.

Insufficient carbohydrate digestion can be associated with diarrhea and the undigested carbohydrates can be fermented by potentially pathogenic microorganisms in the ileum and colon leading to increased gas production, bloating, and abdominal discomfort.

The oligosaccharides of pulses are often considered a negative attribute due to their high fermentability, with their associated rapid gas production and discomfort.

Some of these hypersensitive reactions include ear infections which have been associated with wheat and other potential allergens; bad gas production and other digestive problems such as diarrhea, vomiting, and loose stools have also been reported.

Much of the area is already experiencing rise rates on the order of a meter or more per century due to the ongoing production of oil, gas and associated water causing collapse and consolidation of the producing rock strata.

Launched last year, the overall research effort is designed to collect methane emissions data associated with natural gas production, gathering lines and processing facilities, long - distance pipelines and storage, local distribution, and commercial trucks and refueling stations.

With the conventional chip bag, you're taking fossil based fuels out of the ground, and converting them into packaging with the associated generation of green house gas to the atmosphere during that production process.

Stronger state and federal laws and regulations are also needed, however, for monitoring, evaluating, and mitigating the fugitive methane emissions associated with the production and distribution of natural gas.

Reducing fossil fuel use has many additional benefits including reducing air pollution (and greenhouse gases) and decreasing the environmental impacts associated with fossil fuel production and use.

Permian Basin oil production is booming, but the growth rate is being threatened by rapidly growing volumes of associated natural gas.

Fracking and associated technology is quite safe and one of the best technologies to increase production of oil and natural gas at a lower cost.

Industry takes seriously earthquake incidents that may be associated with the disposal of produced water from energy development — salty brines and other fluids that come to the surface during oil and natural gas production.

Methane emissions from 1990 - 2015 associated with the natural gas industry declined by 18.6 percent as U.S. natural gas production increased by more than 50 percent

This report found that direct measurements of methane emissions from 190 onshore natural gas sites in the United States indicate that methane emissions from completed wells are are lower than commonly thought although the report also acknowledged that emissions from pneumatic controllers and other equipment associated with natural gas production facilities were higher than previously estimated.

They discover that certain types of foods have the highest greenhouse gas emissions associated with their production.

Focusing on the carbon emissions associated with tropical deforestation, it showed that converting rainforests or grasslands to corn, soybean, or palm oil biofuel production led to a carbon emissions increase — a «biofuel carbon debt» — that was at least 37 times greater than the annual reduction in greenhouse gases resulting from the shift from fossil fuels to biofuels.

Purchasing RECs supports projects that reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of grid power.

While people may associate the production of greenhouse gases with polluting industries or heavy traffic, Sandals said one of the leading producers is inefficient buildings.

The Environmental Partnership's first initiative is focused on furthering action to reduce air emissions, including methane and volatile organic compounds, associated with natural gas and oil production.

Here's what we mean: Methane emissions associated with the natural gas industry fell by 16.3 percent from 1990 to 2015, according to EPA — even as natural gas production increased 55 percent.

In the case of natural gas flaring, the production of oil is often accompanied by «associated gas», and if there is no infrastructure for the «secondary» energy resource, and no plan to make use of the «secondary» resource, then it effectively has no economic existence but can have an environmental existence.

The flared natural gas is typically associated with oil production, and thus, is somewhat of a byproduct in that location.

Just compare the yearly deaths producing coal, gas, and oil and energy produced from that to the deaths associated with nuclear production and it is staggering what a difference it is.

Hodgkins SB, Tfaily MM, McCalley CK, Logan TA, Crill PM, Saleska SR, Rich VI, Chanton JP (2014) Changes in peat chemistry associated with permafrost thaw increase greenhouse gas production.

The commentary, published in the British scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, estimated the impact of consuming the fuel from oilsands deposits â $» without factoring in greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction and production â $» would be far less harmful to the planet's atmosphere than consuming all of the world's coal resources.

UT's sampling of well sites estimates the national leakage rate associated with the production phase of natural gas extraction to be equivalent to less than half of one percent of total natural gas produced.

Having obvious wastage of energy, even if it is trivial in comparison to the total energy generated, associated with devices that are aimed at reducing greenhouse gas production seems particularly incongruous.

The risks associated with fracking go beyond the point of production; if the benefit in natural gas use comes through its consumption, the advantage is lost through the rest of its lifecycle — especially when mistakes, accidents, poor regulation, and poor maintenance allow massive leaks to affect local populations and the global atmosphere.

Geothermal power production has a carbon footprint associated with the construction and operation of the plant, but also because global warming gasses leak from the wells dug for heat extraction.

You can estimate the total GHG emissions that would be associated with driving an electric vehicle or plug - in hybrid electric vehicle, including GHG emissions from the production of electricity used to power the vehicle, with our greenhouse gas calculator.

Deforestation a Much Larger Issue Than Fossil Fuels in Many Places And it would be even more poignant had he been speaking about production of palm oil in Indonesia and Malaysia, where due to greenhouse gas emissions associated with land conversion from rainforest to plantations, the emissions from the fuel made from these crops can be nearly 10 times as much as from conventional fossil fuels.

«Currently, wastewaters associated from exploration and production of natural gas are exempt from federal hazardous waste regulatory requirements under [the Resource Conservation and Recover Act].

But new research by the Environmental Protection Agency — and a growing understanding of the pollution associated with the full «life cycle» of gas production — is casting doubt on the assumption that gas offers a quick and easy solution to climate change.

While less meat gets wasted than does fruit and vegetables, the amount of energy required to produce meat is «significantly» more than that for plant - based food production, which means that the associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from meat production is also much higher, leading researchers to indicate that meat waste has a «greater negative environmental impact.»