During fracking, on or offshore, chemical - laced water is injected
at high pressure into shale formations below ground.
Fracking, or Fracing as the oil and gas industry ungrammatically spells it, is short for hydraulic fracturing, and the technology is now being used extensively to extract shale gas, by pumping liquids
at high pressure into the rock, creating and expanding fissures.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a drilling process that injects millions of gallons of water, sand and undisclosed chemicals
at high pressure into horizontal wells to crack...
To regain public trust, the report says, much information about shale gas should become readily available to the public, starting with the chemical recipes for the fluids pumped
at high pressure into shale to free up the gas.
Since 1996, the Norwegian company Statoil has been stripping about a million tons of CO2 a year out of natural gas from the Sleipner West field under the North Sea and injecting
it at high pressure into a saline aquifer.
Hydrofracking is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock by blasting a mix of water and chemicals
at high pressure into underground wells.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin
pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter
into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or
at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to
higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Some, too, dangle free accommodations
at a luxury hotel to lure you
into a
high -
pressure sales pitch for timeshares or vacation clubs, while others make good on that free cruise for you, but require you to book a second guest
at a grossly inflated price.
In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise
into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics
at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to
pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain
high profits on branded cigarettes.
Pete Nelson of Glenmorangie, says: «Depending on the product being bottled, we either use air blowing, with cleaned air
at high pressure going
into an inverted bottle, or rinsing with a
high pressure jet of the whisky that's being bottled.
A similar approach is now happening with the Californian brands, the top tier of which is also making its way
into the fast - growing China market where French and Italian wines
at the
high end are coming under more
pressure.
For anyone who's played
at a
high level, you know how important it is to have that safety valve — someone who can bail you out when you're under
pressure and don't want to just hoof it downfield or
into the bleachers.
Our offensive players
at times do not put opponents under
pressure high up the field resulting in long ball from
high up the pitch
into our box.
-- Possesses great vision — Who see's opportunities / openings / plays before others — Consistently produces moments of brilliance both individually and collectively for the team — Thrives under
pressure — Is statistically proven
at the
highest level over a number of seasons — Has achieved
at the
highest level — Hates to lose with a passion far greater than most love to win — Leads by example and elevates the team when heads are down — Turns a good team
into a great team
You don't get it do you?I'm not even talking about the money.But I agree with you that for the kind of money that will be spent on Mbappe it's a
higher gamble.Henry was bought to be a starter and as the main man for Arsenal.He was so young by then and the
pressure on him was massive.Looking
at the impact he's had in our club if Henry had failed who would imagine what Arsene would have done.To me he's our best player ever.Arsene put a lot of trust in him to be honest but the gamble paid off.However, I think he had a point to prove to world and to Juve hence he succeeded.The same as is with Mbappe with even a
higher transfer fee and more expectation.If he's ever signed for that amount he's coming here to be the main man whowill send us
into glory.Forget Ozchez for all eyes will be on him.
We have a less shaky defence than them so we need to just go
at them, a
high pressure game because if we try to ease
into it those forwards will embarrass us.
While you are free to believe what you want if you look back
at the goals, you will notice that a third of the goals were down to attacking players not putting
pressure high up the pitch leading to long balls from as far as half way line
into our defensive third.
Three, the Franco - German plus Frankfurt club's attempts to solve the crisis by imposing ever deeper austerity on struggling member states whilst starting to intervene — through
high profile public statements and
pressure —
into other member states» domestic politics is a combustible situation and completely
at odds with how the EU should and normally does function politically.
This was followed by a
high - profile campaign by actress Joanna Lumley, which included a meeting with Brown
at 10 Downing Street [74] and a confrontation with Phil Woolas
at the BBC Westminster studios, leading to an impromptu press conference in which she
pressured Woolas
into further talks over the issue.
In 2013, Corrado Cimarelli, a volcanologist
at the LMU University of Munich, re-created volcanic lightning in his lab by pushing dust
into a small glass tube
at extremely
high pressure.
They found that levels were lowest in the winter, when cold, moist air
at higher pressure rushes
into the cave and flushes out stale, radon - rich air (Earth and Planetary Science Letters, DOI: 10.1016 / j.epsl.2009.11.010).
An IED's secondary «blast wind,» a huge volume of displaced air flooding
at high pressure back
into the vacuum, can also damage the brain and lead to long - term consequences such as CTE.
Scientists have understood since the 1960s that injecting fluid
into the ground
at high pressure can cause earthquakes.
But
at high pressures and temperatures above 3,140 degrees Fahrenheit, nitrogen atoms transform
into a polymer, a chain of single - bonded atoms.
Now 6 years
into her postdoctoral research, Alireza is beginning to make waves in the physics community with her experiments on the effects of
high pressure at a quantum level.
A team of University of Texas
at Arlington chemists and engineers have proven that concentrated light, heat and
high pressures can drive the one - step conversion of carbon dioxide and water directly
into useable liquid hydrocarbon fuels.
Dr Joshi said: «The new treatment system is made by converting naturally occurring graphite
into graphene oxide membranes that allow
high water flow
at atmospheric
pressure, while removing virtually all of the organic matter.»
Sediments tend to become denser
at high temperatures and
pressures, and eventually turn
into rock.
But under the
high -
pressure conditions
at the neutron star's surface, it would be transformed
into a material made of pure neutrons, which some scientists believe would have a jelly - like consistency.
But
at times the mixture comes back up
at pressures higher than the system can handle and the excess gas is directly vented
into the air.
Hydrothermal carbonization i.e., a method which
at high temperatures and increased
pressure converts biomass in a closed system in aqueous suspension
into biochar, served as the basis.
InSAR uses a highly accurate radar to measure the change in distance between the satellite and ground surface, allowing the team to show that injecting water
into the wells
at high pressure caused ground uplift near the shallower wells, the release said.
When the
high pressure front
at the crest of the sound wave slams
into these bubbles, they implode, and shock waves focus the energy of the implosion to a central region of atomic dimensions.
This process involves injecting a slurry of water, chemicals and sand
into wells
at high pressure to fracture the rock and create veins that can carry trapped gas to the well.
Normally, the reaction happens too slowly to be useful, but injecting carbon dioxide
into the rock
at high pressure would speed things up considerably; the formation of magnesium carbonate could cause the rock to expand and crack, with the increased surface area spurring the reaction to continue.
Among the many discoveries on matter
at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research
into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.
«Because the diamond windows are transparent, we can look
into the
high -
pressure device and watch reactions occurring
at conditions of the deep mantle,» he said.
In the right locations, CO2 injected
into the ground
at high pressure would react with those minerals to form stable carbonate rock.
«This planet has the interior structure of a hybrid super - Earth / Neptune, with a rocky core surrounded by a significant amount of water compressed
into solid form
at high pressures and temperatures.»
Feb. 5, 2018 - Among the many discoveries on matter
at high pressure that garnered him the Nobel Prize in 1946, scientist Percy Bridgman discovered five different crystalline forms of water ice, ushering in more than 100 years of research
into how ice behaves under extreme conditions.
Why it matters:
At high pressures and low temperatures, like those found in permafrost or on the ocean's floor, water molecules organize
into complex hydrate lattices that are held together by hydrogen bonds.
Samples were injected
into a triple quadrupole, - MS / MS instrument (Thermo Scientific Finnigan TSQ Quantum UltraAM, San Jose, CA) after separation with an Ultra
High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (Waters Acquity - UHPLC) system with a Binary Solvent Manager, Sample Manager and a Waters AccQTag Ultra column (part # 186003837, 2.1 x100 mm)
at 55 °C.
Just like anything put under unrelenting
pressure (and irradiated with a
high dose of perfectionism, or underlying fear) self - care can mutate
into an overwhelming to - do list that's no longer about caring
at all.
Millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and up to 300 tons of chemicals are then pumped
into the well
at high pressure to create breaks in the rock and release the gas.
Just some statistics
at a glance, you got 70 million Americans and 1 billion people worldwide with
high blood
pressure, and if it's left untreated you run
into many, many, many issues.
A note on the production of skim milk powder: liquid milk is forced through a tiny hole
at high pressure, and then blown out
into the air.
Slurries of grain are forced through tiny holes
at high temperatures and
pressures in giant extruders, a process that destroys nutrients and turns the proteins in grains
into veritable poisons.
True stories: Take Your Pills (2018, not rated) looks
at the (ab) use of Adderall and Ritalin by students and
high -
pressure professionals and the documentary mini-series Wild Wild Country takes on the story of the Rajneesh commune created in Central Oregon in 1981 and the culture clash that turned
into a hostile takeover.
Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process,
high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental
pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation
at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior
high schools
into testing factories.
Think of the amount of practice that goes
into shooting free throws before a player is put
into the
high -
pressure position of shooting for two
at the end of the game.