Sentences with phrase «for oil and»

Today, some emu birds are farmed for oil and meat rather than wild caught.

The required additional fossil fuels will involve exploitation of tar sands, tar shale, hydrofracking for oil and gas, coal mining, drilling in the Arctic, Amazon, deep ocean, and other remote regions, and possibly exploitation of methane hydrates.

While originally developed for geothermal energy, StimuFrac also has potential applications for the oil and gas industry.

April 13, 2018 - The algae based biofuel has all the abilities to satisfy the ever - increasing demand for oil and gas.

For oil and gas operations, those things include tightening valves on oil and gas operations, replacing equipment before it wears out, or making sure all of the gas makes it into the pipeline.

As it decreases, the lack of Arctic sea ice could reshape the economy of the region, opening previously inaccessible areas for oil and gas extraction and shipping.

The research for the Oil and Gas Industry as presented at Oceanoise is a collaboration of TNO with the research group of Ron Kastelein at SEAMARCO.

Furthermore, we are well positioned for the future, as the search for oil and gas reserves moves into deeper waters and more remote locations — calling for ever more novel solutions.

I stumbled on an announcement from Park Systems for a webinar designed for the oil and gas industry after my June 8, 2015 post featuring Abakan and its new Alberta (Canada)- based cladding facility designed for oil and gas pipes in particular.

And whenever it's over, Houston should use Harvey to jump - start its transition from the country's epicenter for oil and gas to a world capital of alternative energies.

They often perform seismic studies, for example, which involve bouncing energy waves off buried layers of rock, to search for oil and gas or to understand the structure of the subsurface layers.

This is important for oil and gas exploration, but it's also important in the history of the Gulf of Mexico and our knowledge of climate change.»

Wageningen University examines which insects can best be used for oil and what their optimal diet should be.

For example, she said, attending last year's rally helped encourage her to work in her state to support petitions to ban offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.

The Health Department has taken just one action against an oil company in the past three years, citing Continental Resources for oil and brine spills that turned two streams into temporary toxic dumps.

The scientists, including several retired former officials from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, said in a letter to Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington that drilling for oil and gas in the refuge would be «incompatible with the purposes for which the refuge was established,» protecting fish and wildlife populations and the environments in which they live.

One of the lesser - known facts about oil and gas drilling is that most of what comes out of wells is water — truckloads of non-potable water that has long been a major disposal problem for oil and gas drillers.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday signed an executive order reinstating a moratorium on new leases for oil and natural gas development in state parks and forests

The American Petroleum Institute hopes EPA's move is part of a one - two punch, with the Senate also considering using the Congressional Review Act to torpedo Bureau of Land Management restrictions on methane emissions for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

The proposed seismic surveys will use arrays of airguns towed behind ships as they explore for oil and gas deposits beneath the ocean floor.

After receiving more than 2 million comments, EPA decided to repropose the rule with two separate standards for oil and natural gas.

But, he says, «oil - clean - up is a fact of life for the oil and gas industry.

«The study, titled The Behavioural Response of Humpback whales to Seismic Surveys (BRAHSS), involved an air gun array — as used for oil and gas exploration,» Dr Dunlop said.

There is only one official source of data on pollution caused by offshore drilling in U.S. waters: the National Response Center, an online reporting system for oil and chemical spills managed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Last year, EPA finalized a set of New Source Performance Standards for the oil and gas industry limiting smog - creating volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants.

They are looking for oil and the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the most worrisome of toxins in oil.

«Survey permits are now being considered for oil and gas exploration along the U.S. East Coast that would allow surveys to occur as close as three miles from the coast.

The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources wound up a week - long meeting in Hobart, Australia, considering proposals for two «marine protected areas» aimed at conserving the ocean wilderness from fishing, drilling for oil and other industrial interests.

It is a transportation hub for oil and gas from neighboring Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Iraq, as well as a crucial launching pad for the construction industry throughout Russia, Asia, and Africa.

«In recent years, we've seen an increase in the use of seismic surveys for oil and gas exploration and research, and for establishing national resource claims on ever - larger geographic scales.

As if that weren't risky enough, Brown often used his guise as a bone digger to cover a second, clandestine role as an American intelligence agent, gathering strategic geologic and geographic data that would aid both the country's exploration for oil and the government's war efforts.

If we look to the future, our energy reserves used at our current rates will last us perhaps another 50 — 60 years for oil and gas, and coal another 100 years.

«Our drinking water sources must be protected and preserved for the precious resources they are, not sacrificed as a garbage dump for the oil and gas industry.»

Pete Ogden, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who focuses on international climate policy, said that coming on the heels of the Clean Power Plan release and a proposal for oil and gas methane, Obama's Arctic visit «constitutes a very effective prelude to the international answer» on climate.

Still, the process of drilling for oil and gas releases into the atmosphere methane, which is a potent greenhouse gas.

What are the options for decreasing demand for oil and lowering greenhouse gas emissions in cars and light trucks?

By FRED PEARCE The large enterprises that mine coal and drill for oil and gas face a world increasingly determined to use less of their products.

Oilcareers.com describes itself as «The Official Recruitment Site for the Oil and Gas Industry» and includes a careers advice section, as well as job listings.

He left that job to spend 5 years as a senior petroleum geologist for Exxon, hunting for oil and gas in offshore areas of southern California.

«It's a big problem because not only do you waste energy, but you produce CO2,» says Su Ha, a Washington State University associate professor of chemical engineering and director of the O.H. Reaugh Laboratory for Oil and Gas Research.

Environmentalists and industry groups alike are speculating on what the president has in store next for oil and coal after a seemingly nebulous statement he made during Tuesday night's State of the Union address.

«I don't think anyone really believes that you're a person who's going to be pushing for oil and gas and coal.»

The goal is to turn scientific advances into deployable technology, like better batteries for the electric cars that could further reduce U.S. demand for oil and cheaper photovoltaics to produce the electricity that would go into those batteries.

The four - page notice of an environmental review, scheduled for publication in tomorrow's Federal Register, sets the stage for oil and gas leasing within the 19 - million - acre refuge.

On the port expansion project, President Mahama said he was convinced that it would position Ghana as a destination of choice for oil and gas services and also create more jobs.

The Great Plains state is undergoing a boom fueled by fracking for oil and natural gas.

The number of DEC staffers for oil and gas regulation has declined in recent years.

LaSpino said he supports either a fair or flat tax, opposes fracking for oil and natural gas, and opposes abortion and euthanasia.

GNPC, the President said, was set up to be a strategic, commercial vehicle to help accelerate the pace for the exploration of oil and gas, and under the leadership of Tsatsu Tsikata, played a pioneering role in gathering, analysing and interpreting data for oil and gas exploration, and beginning to attract other companies to participate in the exploration.

Earl decided to run for governor after Republican Gov. John Kasich supported Medicaid expansion and a severance tax for oil and gas companies.