Sentences with phrase «conventional natural gas»

«North America peaked in terms of conventional natural gas production in 2001 — 2002.

According to the US CIA's The World Factbook, Iran has the world's second largest supply of conventional natural gas reserves, much of which is rich in ethane.

Bullfrog Power's producers will also inject green natural gas into the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas used by Nature's Way Canada's manufacturing facilities and offices.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers.

Unlike conventional natural gas, Bullfrog's green natural gas does not increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the environment.

He says it's «not significantly better than coal in terms of the consequences of global warming» and is calling for a moratorium on extracting natural gas from shale, which requires more energy (and so emits more greenhouse gases) than extracting it from conventional natural gas sources.

If it works, the Allam Cycle facility will capture all the carbon dioxide it produces, and is projected to be cost - competitive with conventional natural gas power systems once the technology matures.

That has come courtesy of its association with conventional natural gas - which produces much less CO2 on combustion than coal and oil, and which is often touted as a «clean» fuel.

OSW LCOE values are only slightly higher than coal - fired power plants utilizing 30 % carbon capture and sequestration, but are markedly (i.e. two - thirds) higher than LCOE values for onshore wind installations (whether subsidized or not) and advanced and conventional natural gas combined cycle plants.

Tapping into thawing permafrost for methane — which does not necessarily mean methane hydrates — would also present similar risks in producing conventional natural gas.

Unlike the conditions in conventional natural gas deposits, the pressure of the overlaying water and rock is too low to expel methane at a rate sufficient to make extraction worthwhile.

Robert Howarth, an ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and Anthony Ingraffea, a civil and environmental engineer, reported that fracked wells leak 40 to 60 percent more methane than conventional natural gas wells.

Their conclusion is that upstream emissions are low, 0.42 % of natural gas production (lower than we estimated for shale gas back in our April 2011 paper, and towards the low end of what we estimated for conventional natural gas).

Bullfrog Power's producers also inject green natural gas onto the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas MEC's bullfrogpowered facilities use.

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.

Proponents of strong renewable standards claim new purchase contracts for renewable energy are only priced «modestly above those for a new conventional natural gas power plant.»

Over the last decade, the decline in U.S. conventional natural gas production has been offset by turning to more unconventional sources, such as coalbed methane, tight sandstones, and gas shales.

They recently concluded that lifecycle emissions associated with Barnett Shale gas used for power generation were «very similar to [those from] conventional natural gas and less than half those of coal - fired electricity generation.»

Yang co-authored a recent paper on the topic in Nature Climate Change, noting that SNG produces greenhouse gas emissions seven times that of conventional natural gas while requiring vast amounts of water.

The first study found that the San Juan Basin has been a major source of U.S. methane emissions as far back as 2003, with coalbed methane and conventional natural gas operations largely to blame.

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

This recent shale natural gas boom has not only reversed the depletion trend of conventional natural gas production from a few years ago, but has actually flooded markets supplies.

Unlike other biofuels blends, RNG is identical to natural gas and has the same performance characteristics as conventional natural gas,» said Bruce Winchester, Executive Director of the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance.

Globally, gas hydrate — an icelike substance formed mainly of methane and water — is thought to be more abundant than oil, coal and conventional natural gas combined.

Bullfrog Power's producers also inject green natural gas onto the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas used by Your Credit Union's bullfrogpowered locations.

Coal - powered synthetic natural gas plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study.

The sedimentary methane hydrate reservoir probably contains 2 — 10 times the currently known reserves of conventional natural gas, as of 2013 [update].

The reaction runs at 180 °C, and works on all alkanes at the same time, unlike the conventional natural gas conversion technology that works on only one species of alkane at a time.

In addition, studies show that methane emissions are higher for hydraulic fracturing of shale gas than conventional natural gas production.

Conventional natural gas and electric heaters are available for heating swimming pools, but they can be costly and inefficient.

A conventional natural gas combustion turbine of the required size might require approximately $ 195 million in overnight capital costs (given the cost assumptions used in EIA's Annual Energy Outlook).

Fracked natural gas is more energy intensive to produce, with numerous studies showing that the greenhouse gas emissions from it are significantly higher than conventional natural gas — some show it being even higher than coal.