Sentences with phrase «during hydraulic fracturing»

Control, monitor and maintain chemical mixture ratios and concentration levels in the water sent into oil wells during the hydraulic fracturing process to kill sulfate - producing bacteria; lengthening the well's lifespan.

Three company spokesmen and a regulatory official said in separate interviews with ProPublica that as much as 85 percent of the fluids used during hydraulic fracturing is being left underground after wells are drilled in the Marcellus Shale, the massive gas deposit that stretches from New York to Tennessee.

Another prime concern is water contamination either from poorly constructed wells or mismanagement of water and other fluids used during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of wells to liberate gas from the shale.

The panel's recommendations included public disclosure of chemicals during the hydraulic fracturing process, which is widely called «fracking.»

The organization has also created model legislation with intended loopholes that allow energy companies to withhold names of certain chemicals used during hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Not exact matches

A 2014 study by Towson University's Regional Economic Studies Institute found hydraulic fracturing in that area of the state could generate more than 3,000 jobs and at least $ 5 million in tax revenue each year during peak drilling.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joseph Martens, second from let, talks on hydraulic fracturing during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration will move to prohibit fracking in the state, citing unresolved health issues and dubious economic benefits of the widely used gas - drilling technique.Acting health commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker is seated left.

Paterson noted the bill, which was passed by both the Senate and Assembly during the recent extraordinary session (although it was not on the governor's agenda), goes well beyond horizontal hydraulic fracturing and effectively would result in a moratorium on all new oil and gas well drilling.

A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.

The Department of the Interior has proposed requiring the disclosure of chemicals used during hydraulic - fracturing operations on public lands, but much of the current oil and gas development is taking place on private land.

Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health research needs associated with unconventional natural gas drilling operations (UNGDO).

Understanding of fundamental processes and prediction of optimal parameters during the horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing process results in economically effective improvement of oil and...

But the research detected no trace of the chemicals injected into or removed from wells during the drilling process called hydraulic fracturing or «fracking.»

The American Lung Association supports protective regulations and state - of - the - art pollution controls, including leakage detection and emissions monitoring, throughout the entire system during the exploration, extraction (including hydraulic fracturing), production, transmission, transport, refining and use of oil and natural gas.

The oil and gas industry, industry - funded academics and ideological think tanks have promoted shale gas development — through the controversial process of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — as a sure - fire job creator during difficult economic times.

According to the Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research, during the first half of 2013 in the Marcellus shale play, 90 percent of the more than 14 million barrels of produced fluids from fracturing was reused.12 That represents a significant savings in the amount of new water needed for hydraulic fracturing elsewhere, and illustrates the industry's focus on environmental issues and efforts to reduce the impacts of energy development on resources and communities.

There's much that impresses about hydraulic fracturing if you see it up close, which I did during a recent tour of Anadarko Petroleum natural gas operations near Williamsport, Pa.: the technology, the company's highly skilled workers, the game - changing resource opportunities in the Marcellus Shale and more.

But a combination of new federal and state environmental policies and a glut of cheap natural gas (mostly from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking) have led to a dramatic shift during the past decade, with coal dropping from 50 percent to 32 percent of our electricity generation and gas increasing from 18 percent to 33 percent.

A lifelong advocate for our coast, Williams championed required testing of groundwater before, during, and after hydraulic fracturing, which was included in California's regulations on fracking, and authored legislation to expand groundwater monitoring to other types of injection wells to protect underground sources of drinking water from oil and gas wastewater disposal.

During the mid-2000s, the generating mix changed rapidly, driven largely by the rise in natural gas produced by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

The process of extracting natural gas from shale deposits includes hydraulic fracturing, during which fluids and solids are pumped into the well.

The EPA study is just one of many during the course of the technology's 65 - year history to affirm the effectiveness of industry standards and strong state regulations in keeping hydraulic fracturing operations safe for the environment.

Details are still coming in on this one, but Huffington Post and Politico are reporting that Gasland director Josh Fox has been arrested during a House Science Committee hearing on hydraulic fracturing.

The report «Fact - Based Regulation for Environmental Protection in Shale Gas Development» was released in February during the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Vancouver, British Columbia, and suggested there is little or no evidence of a direct connection between groundwater contamination and hydraulic fracturing, which involves the injection of water, sand and chemicals to release natural gas from shale formations deep underground.

The petition in the case was filed by Oil States Energy Services, LLC, which owns U.S. Patent No. 6,179,053, covering an apparatus and method used in hydraulic fracturing during petroleum drilling.

Operated Pressure Pump equipment to perform hydraulic fracturing, including sand machine, acid, and hydration equipment, during pump stages.