Sentences with phrase «current natural gas boom»
To find out, a group of scientists, engineers and policy experts, led by PNNL's Joint Global Change Research Institute, gathered at a workshop in Cambridge, Maryland, in April 2013 to consider the long - term impact of an expansion of the current natural gas boom on the rest of the world.
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The UT study, which only deals with the extraction phase of the natural gas supply chain, is the opening chapter in this broader scientific effort designed to advance the current understanding of the climate implications of methane emissions resulting from the U.S. natural gas boom.
The current boom in natural gas production, based on hydraulic fracture, is fiercely opposed by many environmentalists.
Jenkins said the current boom in natural gas is being driven by drilling techniques that were largely the result of federally funded research and technology since the 1970s.
This «fraccing», combined with horizontal drilling, produced the natural gas boom that has transformed North America's energy landscape, increasing natural gas reserves to a level high enough to supply current consumption levels for more than 100 years.