Sentences with phrase «extract natural gas deposits»

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June 30 2011: The French parliament voted to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale deposits often otherwise unaccessible, but critics say the process causes environmental damage and can even possibly trigger future earthquakes.

Hydrofracking is a controversial method of extracting natural gas from under shale deposits by shooting chemical - laced water deep into the earth.

Gas turbines are also attractive because natural gas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposiGas turbines are also attractive because natural gas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposigas is relatively cheap and abundant, due in part to the introduction of hydraulic fracturing technology, or fracking, which uses high - pressure water to extract hydrocarbons from previously inaccessible shale deposits.

Geologists also say that fracking - a controversial technique for extracting natural gas and oil from underground rock deposits - could be one of the causes.

The French parliament voted on June 30 to ban the controversial technique for extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the web sites of Le Monde and other French media reported.The bill had already passed the National Assembly, the country's lower chamber, on June 21, and on June 30 a Senate vote of 176 to 151 made France the first country to enact such a ban, just as New York State is preparing to lift a moratorium on the same method.The vote was divided along party lines, with the majority conservative party voting in favor and the opposition voting against the bill, according to Le Monde.

New York State appears to be further slowing its effort to produce rules governing fracking, shorthand for the suite of drilling methods used to extract natural gas from deep shale deposits.

Updates below After years of gauging the environmental, medical, economic and political risks of hydraulic fracturing, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is moving to ban this method of extracting natural gas from shale deposits in New York State.

In a speech at Pace University yesterday, Veerappa Moily, India's minister of petroleum and natural gas, described how, as part of a government plan for energy self sufficiency by 2030, India is planning an aggressive push to extract natural gas from its large shale deposits.

Oil Disadvantages Difficult to extract Primary Recovery removes 1/3 of a deposit Secondary Recovery force water or steam into wells Oil Spills Natural Gas Advantages Least environmental.

The day prior Quebec's environmental review board released a report finding that there are «too many potential negative consequences to the environment and to society from extracting natural gas from shale rock deposits along the St. Lawrence River.»

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

By STANLEY REED Published: December 13, 2012 LONDON — The British government gave the go - ahead Thursday for exploratory hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas from shale - rock deposits.