Sentences with phrase «extraction of the natural gas»

Also the production of the oil sands results in extraction of the natural gas as well.

In the early years of the Cuomo Administration, oil giant Exxon - Mobil put its considerable political clout behind an effort to get New York to allow fracking; a controversial type of drilling that allowed for the extraction of natural gas.

Avella spoke strongly of his opposition to the procedure, which involves the extraction of natural gas and petroleum through the drilling of rock, focusing on the threat it might pose to New York's water supply.

However, the stark reality is that global emissions have accelerated (Fig. 1) and new efforts are underway to massively expand fossil fuel extraction [7]--[9] by drilling to increasing ocean depths and into the Arctic, squeezing oil from tar sands and tar shale, hydro - fracking to expand extraction of natural gas, developing exploitation of methane hydrates, and mining of coal via mountaintop removal and mechanized long - wall mining.

Here's a quick review of developments related to the fast - expanding extraction of natural gas using hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking, that point to a route forward amid concerns about everything from earthquakes to water pollution.

Fracking allows for the cheap extraction of natural gas from shale deposits that were previously inaccessible, and it is responsible for both the boom in natural gas production as well as the correlate controversy.

Mr. Mitchell will be honored for innovating the technological breakthrough that made the economical extraction of natural gas from shale rock formations possible.

Recently, his work has focused on estimating how the extraction of natural gas in the Marcellus Shale has impacted the provision of ecosystem services from the local environment.

I claim no particular expertise on the issue of whether, on balance, increased extraction of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing is a good thing for the environment and our economy, in relation to our current methods of energy generation or other feasible alternatives.

The Oscar nominee for The Kids Are All Right compared the extraction of natural gas «like changing cabins on the Titanic.»

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But fracking opponents claim that, though natural gas is considered the greenest of fossil fuels, shale extraction is significantly more carbon - intensive than conventional production and may result in the release of large quantities of methane, itself a greenhouse gas.

The rules require «resource extraction issuers» to disclose payments that are made to further the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals, and are generally consistent with the types of payments that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) suggests should be disclosed.

Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Commission shall issue final rules that require each resource extraction issuer to include in an annual report of the resource extraction issuer information relating to any payment made by the resource extraction issuer, a subsidiary of the resource extraction issuer, or an entity under the control of the resource extraction issuer to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose of the commercial development of oil, natural gas, or minerals...

Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR) is a pick - and - shovel play in the natural gas space, specializing in selling consumable materials used in the extraction process of natural gas.

The Company's Sand segment consists of the production and sale of various grades of industrial sand primarily used in the extraction of oil and natural gas, as well as the production of building products and foundry materials.

This report provides context and background for the growth of natural gas extraction, and examines trends and regulations concerning fracking and other methods and byproducts of natural gas extraction.

7:23: Both Turner and Maragos call for varying degrees of environmental balance with the controversial natural gas extraction process known as hydrofracking.

The Department of Environmental Conservation and the state Department of Health are finalizing a health - impact study of fracking, the controversial natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.

The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor of a law that would defer the issuance of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial natural gas extraction method.

Schneiderman had sued the commission, an agency that regulates drinking water for residents in parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, earlier this year after he determined their proposed regulations for the controversial natural gas extraction method didn't go far enough.

A halt to the Millennium pipeline feeding the CPV power plant could send a message that not only does New York ban extraction, but the state is also clamping down on the use of natural gas from beyond its borders in favor of renewables such as wind or solar.

But she strayed briefly from a largely upbeat outlook to level harsh attacks against census takers and the possibility of hydrofracking near the city's watershed — the controversial natural gas - extraction method.

In particular, she blamed Cuomo's political machinations for the failure of campaign finance and ethics reform efforts, and for New York not outlawing natural gas extraction through the controversial method of hydraulic fracturing.

Though Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, R - Binghamton, didn't exactly close the door on a millionaires tax in a radio interview last week (Libous said he would be open to other sources of revenue if the high - volume version of the controversial but potential lucrative natural - gas extraction process known as hydrofracking isn't allowed) DeFrancisco said GOP lawmakers in his chamber would continue to oppose any tax increases or attempts to sustain a surcharge.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial natural - gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»

The Independent Oil and Gas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review of its draft natural gas extraction rules or be suGas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review of its draft natural gas extraction rules or be sugas extraction rules or be sued.

The SGEIS, or Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, is a review of potential regulations for hydrofracking, a natural gas extraction process that involves blasting a mixture of chemicals and water underground in order to access the gas underneath.

Clinton's past support of fracking has bubbled up as an issue in New York, which banned the underground natural - gas extraction in 2015 and where activists have pushed Clinton to abandon her previous position.

Similar pressures are at work in the debate over hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method of natural gas extraction.

Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.

Hydrofracking is the practice of fracturing subterranean rock with a pressurized chemical mixture to release natural gas for extraction.

Approximately 85 percent of the Marcellus Shale would be accessible to natural gas extraction under these recommendations.

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Scientific findings — and a lack of them — played a starring role in a controversial decision earlier this week by Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to essentially ban the natural gas extraction technique known as fracking in the Empire State.

These findings have been published by Matthew Lasich and Deresh Ramjugernath from the University of KwaZulu - Natal, Durban, South Africa, in EPJ B. Alternative applications for such findings are relevant for future energy research, such as energy storage and the development of natural gas extraction methods.

Natural gas produces half the CO2 emissions of coal, but its extraction is harder on the environment.

According to the first large - scale study of babies born before and after natural gas extraction began in Pennsylvania, those living near fracking sites had significantly lower birth weights — and worse health — than other babies.

For the hydraulic fracturing system, the study estimated the toxicity of the fracturing fluid chemicals used to crack rock and release natural gas, as well as the wastewater associated with shale - gas extraction.

In 2011, natural gas exploration and extraction in the Marcellus Shale formation produced an estimated 2.37 million tons of cuttings in Pennsylvania alone with almost all of it ending up in landfills, according to a review published in Environmental Practice.

Methane comes naturally from decomposition of plant and animal matter, and from man - made sources including the farming of ruminants such as cattle and sheep, and coal or natural gas extraction.

U.S. EPA has begun the process of requiring natural gas companies to use «green completions,» a set of technologies and methods that allow for an efficient and leak - free transfer of natural gas from extraction wells to transport pipelines to the refineries or processors.

The trick to lowering natural gas's global warming quotient is to tighten up leaks in upstream operations, from extraction to use, say the authors of a World Resources Institute report released today.

Kort, first author of a paper on the findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, says the controversial natural gas extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing is not the main culprit.

Image courtesy: Top of the Mitt Watershed CouncilANN ARBOR — University of Michigan researchers today released the final version of a report analyzing policy options for the state of Michigan regarding high - volume hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking.

The North Texas earthquakes of the last seven years have all occurred in areas developed for natural gas extraction from a geologic formation known as the Barnett Shale.

Although the study acknowledges that methane sources come from a range of natural and man - made activities — oil extraction, natural gas leaks, wetlands, landfills, warming permafrost — researchers say they found less evidence that the boom in oil and gas production is the primary driver of the spike.

Roughly two - thirds of methane comes from manmade sources like the oil and gas industry (oil extraction and leakage in natural gas systems), agriculture (manure pits and cow belches) and landfills.

Hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» is a petroleum - extraction procedure in which millions of gallons of water (as well as sand and chemicals) are injected deep into underground shale beds to crack the rock and release natural gas and oil.

The economy of the Chernihiv Oblast mostly deals with petroleum and natural gas extraction, transport, machinery, tobacco and textile industry.

That's before you get into the environmental vagaries of hydrogen production, which tends to be either energy - intensive itself (when extracted through electrolysis) or is gathered during the extraction of fossil fuels or natural gas.