Sentences with phrase «factored fracked gas»
Draft State Energy Master plans made oblique references to the implementation of hydrofracking here, and prominently factored fracked gas in the state's future energy portfolio as a «bridge fuel».
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The stark drop in natural gas prices from an all - time high of more than $ 15 per 1,000 cubic feet in 2005 to near $ 4 today results from a range of factors including the global economic downturn, competitive coal prices, unusually warm winters, the improvement of hydraulic fracturing («fracking») drilling techniques, and the production of natural gas as a byproduct when drillers frack for petroleum.
The amount of water pumped into fracking wells is the No. 1 factor related to earthquake occurrence at Fox Creek, a large oil and gas production site in central Canada, researchers...
Indeed, the report challenges a common belief that America's dramatic natural gas boom — made possible by the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of shale gas wells — is the main factor in the decline of energy - related emissions.
EPA says emissions from field production of natural gas accounted for 32.2 percent of methane emissions from natural gas systems in 2012, but adds that those have come down more than 25 percent since 1990 — which is noteworthy when you factor in that natural gas production ramped up with the introduction of advanced fracking and horizontal drilling in the mid-2000s.