In the 1990s, new
drilling technology developed in Texas made recovering gas from shale far more efficient.
Early shale fracturing and directional
drilling technologies developed by the Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA, later the Department of Energy), the Bureau of Mines, and the Morgantown Energy Research Center (later the National Energy Technology Laboratory);
Not exact matches
His team
developed light, low - power
drilling technology that will work in temperatures colder than liquid nitrogen.
Under his leadership, EOG Resources
developed a reputation as an innovator in
drilling processes and
technology in that nation's premier shale fields.
NASA scientists have made use of this uninviting landscape in the Mars Analog Rio Tinto Experiment (MARTE) to
develop drilling and sample handling
technologies that may be used in future explorations of Mars.
Fracking
technology has
developed effective and accurate horizontal
drilling to exploit fossil fuels deep underground (8 June, p 7).
Because researchers in London have
developed technology to cancel out the
drill's unpleasant high - pitched whine.
But fossil fuel advocates note that DOE support has been critical to industry advances, including
developing the
technology behind fracking, offshore
drilling, and cleaner - burning coal and natural gas power plants.
Supported by some of the nation's largest energy companies, as well as by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the
drilling program seeks new
technologies that
develop gas and oil in a safe and environmentally friendly manner... [Read the rest.]
Drawing on the latest
technologies, including those used by oil and gas companies in
drilling and in enhanced oil recovery, the team estimated that enhanced geothermal systems could be used to
develop 100,000 megawatts of electrical generating capacity in the United States by 2050, a capacity equal to 250 coal - fired power plants.
Just as the Pentagon and military contractors
develop symbiotic business, technical and political interdependencies, the government in this case needs BP's offshore
drilling technology and well - control equipment; the company needs the government's logistical and scientific expertise, including that of Dr. Chu, a Nobel Prize - winning scientist.
Drawing on the latest
technologies, including those used by oil and gas companies in
drilling and in enhanced oil recovery, the team estimated that enhanced geothermal systems could be used to massively
develop geothermal energy.
However, those solutions are in fact real and have been proven to provide the energy needed to power our economy, and, they, or at least fossil fuel
technology, was
developed largely without government assistance — there was no tax code available to to abuse when Rockefeller
drilled his first well and built his first refinery, and the government of the mid to late 1800s was not writing checks to private industry for anything with the possible exception of defense related expenditures.
Government - led efforts that are less obviously related — such as detailed geological surveys and the defense - related expenditures described earlier that enabled the U.S. - centered information -
technology revolution, which has in turn created the capacity to more rapidly
develop «smart
drilling»
technology — have clearly also been important.
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Drilling technology and represent At Balance independently