No other technology has been proven successfully
for oil and gas operations.
It's all part of a process of moving practices in the right direction, as is E.P.A.'s move to greatly tighten air standards
for oil and gas operations.
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.
Not exact matches
In June the company received the first - ever FAA commercial license
for unmanned aircraft
operations over land
and water
for its work with BP on Alaska's North Slope, part of a big push to develop
oil and gas in remote areas with the help of UAVs.
Petroleum engineers conduct studies
for new
oil and gas fields, oversee drilling
operations,
and sometimes develop production equipment.
Perth - based explorer Hawkley
Oil & Gas has entered into a binding term sheet for the sale of its Ukraine oil and gas operations to Black Star Petroleum in exchange for 600 million shar
Oil &
Gas has entered into a binding term sheet for the sale of its Ukraine oil and gas operations to Black Star Petroleum in exchange for 600 million shar
Gas has entered into a binding term sheet
for the sale of its Ukraine
oil and gas operations to Black Star Petroleum in exchange for 600 million shar
oil and gas operations to Black Star Petroleum in exchange for 600 million shar
gas operations to Black Star Petroleum in exchange
for 600 million shares.
PDC Energy, Inc. is a domestic independent exploration
and production company that acquires, produces, develops,
and explores
for crude
oil, natural
gas and NGLs with
operations in the Wattenberg Field in Colorado
and in the Delaware Basin in West Texas.
Some of Friedland's past money - makers include the 1996 sale of his Voisey's Bay nickel property to Inco
for $ 3.1 billion
and the 2009 sale of Ivanhoe Energy's American
oil and gas operations to Seneca Resources Corp. in a $ 40 - million deal.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation
and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect
for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances
and operations posed by the environmental, social
and economic challenges associated with the
oil sands»; a report of «known
and potential environmental impacts»
and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing
operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»;
and adoption of «quantitative goals...
for reducing total greenhouse
gas emissions.»
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political,
and capital markets conditions
and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural
and other disasters or climate change affecting the
operations of the Company or its customers
and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings
and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions
and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates
and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing
and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability
and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials
and energy (including
oil and natural
gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural
and other disasters
and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures,
and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions
and other evolving business strategies,
and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches
and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension
and postretirement plans;
and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal
and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K
for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017,
and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
Disclosing the Facts: Transparency
and Risk in Methane Emissions focuses on the critical risk of methane emissions
and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from
oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural
gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy markets.
NE is an offshore drilling contractor
for the
oil and gas industry with
operations all over the world including
operations in the United States, Gulf of Mexico
and Alaska, Mexico, Brazil, the North Sea, the Mediterranean, West Africa, the Middle East, India, Malaysia,
and Australia.
Steve Pastor, BHP's president
for petroleum
operations, said this week the company would consider swapping certain onshore
oil and gas assets with competitors» offshore assets as part of its effort to exit U.S. shale
operations.
March 17, 2011: Nathalie Normandeau, Quebec's natural resources minister, announced Wednesday that the province would no longer authorize hydraulic fracturing
operations in the province in the hunt
for oil and gas.
This is despite the efficiency gains have been realized
for in situ
oil sands
operations and bitumen upgrading facilities, driven in part by Alberta's Specified
Gas Emitters Regulation.
The
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment explores for and produces oil, condensate, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and focuses on the development and operation of the Company's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production segment explores for and produces oil, condensate, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and focuses on the development and operation of the Company's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
Gas Exploration
and Production segment explores
for and produces
oil, condensate, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and focuses on the development and operation of the Company's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
oil, condensate, natural
gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs), and focuses on the development and operation of the Company's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
gas and natural
gas liquids (NGLs), and focuses on the development and operation of the Company's liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
gas liquids (NGLs),
and focuses on the development
and operation of the Company's liquefied natural
gas (LNG) project in Mozambiq
gas (LNG) project in Mozambique.
Other companies, like Falkland
Oil and Gas, are pressing ahead with deeper drilling
operations as the search
for hydrocarbons continues.
he meeting agreed that An ad hoc committee be constituted to fashion out in clear terms the conditions
and guidelines
for the establishment
and operations of filling stations in Ekiti State; The committee comprising representatives of Ekiti State Government
and oil and gas stakeholders shall commence work on Wednesday.
The project involves the development, ownership,
operation and management of the 400MW Combined Cycle Plant to be fueled by either Liquefied Petroleum
Gas (LPG) or Natural
Gas (NG)
for a 25 - year period by Early Power Limited in Tema, strategically close to the Tema
Oil Refinery (TOR).
ALBANY, NY (07/17/2012)(readMedia)-- In response to a new report released by Earthworks»
Oil & Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following stateme
Oil &
Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following stateme
Gas Accountability Project - NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible
oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following stateme
oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following stateme
gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing
and proposed
gas drilling operations - Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released the following stateme
gas drilling
operations - Citizens Campaign
for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club - Atlantic Chapter,
and Environment New York released the following statement:
The health department's full case
for the ban is laid out in a report that summarizes existing information on HVHF - related
oil and gas operations» impacts to water, air, soil,
and communities.
The Center
for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) has developed a set of 15 standards that
oil and gas drillers can adopt in their
operations (a PDF of the standards is here).
Milind Deo
and colleagues set out to design a better facility
for handling
gas associated with
oil operations.
As debate roils over EPA regulations proposed this month limiting the release of the potent greenhouse
gas methane during fracking
operations, a new University of Vermont study funded by the National Science Foundation shows that abandoned
oil and gas wells near fracking sites can be conduits
for methane escape not currently being measured.
«The very limited current data on fugitive methane leakage also suggests that a relatively small number of
oil and gas operations may be responsible
for a large fraction of the methane leakage,» he said.
But as
oil and gas operations have become more controversial in the energy - rich state, Hickenlooper also threw his support behind the stricter air quality rules, calling
for «zero tolerance» on methane emissions.
«The larger point here is that Administrator Pruitt is saying it's OK
for industry to withhold basic information on pollution from
oil and gas operations from the American people,» he told E&E News.
Highlights
for me include mentions of the new experiments Michael Faraday was conducting with zinc wires, speculation about the coming of the «electro - magnetic light as a substitute
for oil or
gas,»
and the beginning of the information age: Samuel Morse's telegraph was then in
operation only between Washington
and Baltimore, but the editors predicted «this wonder of the age» would come into «general use through the length
and breadth of our land.»
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today directed the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation
and Enforcement (BOEM) to issue new suspensions of deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), saying a pause is needed to ensure that
oil and gas companies first implement adequate safety measures to reduce the risks associated with deepwater drilling
operations and are prepared
for blowouts
and oil spills.
The most recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates
for greenhouse
gas emissions from the
oil and natural
gas sector, released last week, show that as the number of such facilities have increased in the U.S. between 2011
and 2014, total greenhouse
gas emissions from
oil and gas operations have risen by about 6.2 percent.
But in North America, the United States can be treacherous
for oil and natural
gas operations, too.
The firm is primarily focused on the natural
gas operations in East Texas
and North Louisiana,
and the Permian
and Delaware Basins of West Texas
and Southeastern New Mexico under lease
for oil and gas exploration
and development.
The company explores
for, develops
and produces
oil, natural
gas liquids (NGLS)
and gas within the United States, with
operations primarily in the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas, the Raton field in southeast Colorado
and the West Panhandle field in the Texas Panhandle.
Other activities include: • pushing
for stricter environmental standards
for offshore
oil and gas projects • engaging a local energy company regarding their
operations • running a public campaign to raise awareness regarding the threats posed by the Sakhalin offshore
oil and gas projects
Previous projects have included environmental, oceanographic
and geophysical survey
operations for the
oil and gas industry.
Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought
for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds
and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified
oil and gas wells
and other infrastructure
and operations.
But there is still huge untapped potential
for capturing emissions from
gas wells,
oil tanks, coal mines, landfills, livestock
operations and other sources.
* Monitor polar bear populations
and trends * Study polar bear feeding ecology * Work cooperatively with the Alaska Nanuuq Commission
and the North Slope Borough
for co-management of polar bears in Alaska * Provide technical assistance to the participants of the 1988 North Slope Borough Inuvialuit (In new vee al u it) Game Council Agreement
for the conservation of polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea region
and monitor the effects of
oil and gas operations in the Beaufort Sea region.
Safety is a core value of the
oil and natural
gas industry — safety
for workers, communities near active
operations and the environment, from protecting plants
and animals to reducing emissions
for cleaner air.
«
oil and gas fields now considered to be «depleted» may resume
operation because of increased availability
and decreased cost of anthropogenic CO2,
and developments in EOR technology, thereby increasing the demand
for and accessibility of CO2 utilization
for EOR (p 232).»
The new methane rules were a great step forward in making the air safer to breathe, especially
for those who live near
oil and gas drilling
operations.
The first projects using floating wind turbines are also now entering into
operation, based on concepts widely deployed in the offshore
oil and gas sector; cost - competitive floating technologies would widen the economic resource base
for offshore electricity generation considerably.
In the United States, methane regulations established under the Obama administration are currently slated
for elimination or modification, including the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) rules
for managing methane from new
oil and gas sources as well as the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM's) rules
for reducing methane from
oil and gas operations on federal land.
Mexico, the fifth - largest methane emitter in the world in 2015, published regulations in 2016
for methane emissions in its upstream
oil and gas operations,
and addressed methane in recently published guidelines
for unconventional
oil and gas development.
Separate production models were developed
for mining (coal
and unconventional
oil)
and field (
gas and conventional
oil)
operations, which reflected the basic differences in extraction
and processing techniques.
Marshall pointed out that his agency oversees regulation of
oil and gas operations in the state
and does not advocate
for the industry.
It's like what happened in Pennsylvania when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court finally interpreted the state constitution to actually mean that local communities can block,
for example, fracking
operations in the Marcellus Shale seeking to extract
oil and gas and saying that these communities
and the people that are affected have a right to at least contest these kinds of developments.
located in an area of the outer Continental Shelf that is unavailable
for oil and gas or natural
gas leasing by
operation of law;
There is excepted from the
operation of sections 3
and 4 all of the
oil and gas mineral rights
for lands beneath the navigable waters that are located within the expanded offshore State seaward boundaries established under this Act.
Addition of a new
oil and gas methane model to estimate emissions levels
and abatement opportunities
and costs
for methane emissions from
oil and gas operations globally.