Sentences with phrase «from gas wells»

Some local companies that managed to sell mineral rights may have benefited from these gas wells, but insurers frequently consider them to be potential hazards.

Most of the atmospheric methane does not, however, come from gas wells.

The EPA's new analysis doubles its previous estimates for the amount of methane gas that leaks from loose pipe fittings and is vented from gas wells, drastically changing the picture of the nation's emissions that the agency painted as recently as April.

Recent research has indicated that leakage of methane into the atmosphere from gas wells and particularly from coal - seam - gas operations, might do more climate - changing harm even than coal.

But there is still huge untapped potential for capturing emissions from gas wells, oil tanks, coal mines, landfills, livestock operations and other sources.

An E.P.A. review of methane emissions from gas wells in the United States strongly implies that all of these figures may be too low.

The post provides useful detail highlighting the prime point of contention about Howarth's work — the choices he makes in defining the greenhouse impact of methane (from gas wells and pipes) and carbon dioxide (from coal burning).

As early as 2009, as I explained in a front - page article co-written with Clifford Krauss, the E.P.A. was acknowledging that its estimates for methane leaks from gas wells at that time were likely far too low:

The new total, again just from gas wells, has the climate - warming power in a year of the carbon dioxide emitted by eight million cars.

Some local companies that managed to sell mineral rights may have benefited from these gas wells, but insurers frequently consider them to be potential hazards.

In the 121 - page draft report released today, EPA officials said that the contamination near the town of Pavillion, Wyo., had most likely seeped up from gas wells and contained at least 10 compounds known to be used in frack fluids.

«The methane emissions from the gas wells... are surprisingly high considering that all of these wells were still being drilled, had not yet been hydraulically fractured, and were not yet in production,» the paper reports.

But the epa and Cornell researchers confirmed last year that methane leaks from gas wells are a major concern.

Researchers maintained that those who lived less than half a mile from a gas well had a higher risk of health issues.

Not exact matches

The LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.

Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.

Fifth - generation president and CEO Hartley Richardson bulked up its Tundra Oil & Gas subsidiary last year, buying 550 wells in Manitoba from a retreating American operator, EOG Resources.

There, wells and communities are often in close proximity, and pushback from locals has all but banned the practices of flaring (burning atop a standing pipe) and venting waste gas straight into the atmosphere.

The firm uses a patented process to combust 99.99 % of methane from an oil or gas well, landfill or biodigester.

As well as its decision on upstream oil and gas, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday that it would, among other things, report the greenhouse gas emissions arising from investment projects it finances in «key emissions - producing sectors» from 2018.

This is partly because there are many middle men involved, from the well head to the gas pump.

And Sobeys, which purchased some 200 convenience stores from Shell in Quebec, is trying out a new concept in them called IGA Express, a mini-grocery gas bar that offers supermarket - quality fresh produce, bakery and specialty products, as well as easy - to - prepare meal options such as salads, sandwiches and cut vegetables.

CEO Randy Eresman noted in the Calgary - based company's 2011 year - end results: «For the industry as a whole, near - term natural gas prices are at levels below what it costs to add most new production, and in some places, may even be below what it costs to produce from existing wells.»

The amount of water needed to hydraulically fracture a well varies greatly, depending on how hard it is to extract oil and gas from each geological formation.

In Colorado's Weld County, home to Peppler's farm and more than 19,000 active oil and gas wells, some officials see selling unneeded portions of their allotments from the Colorado River as a way to shore up city budgets.

The company, which had made its name providing investors with a steady income from its oil and gas wells, cut its dividend in half as capital spending rose and energy prices fell.

A gas flare burns an oil worker monitors a water tank while loading saltwater from an oil well storage tank near Sidney, Montana.

Bear in mind that technology — everything from better gas motors to electric cars to ride - sharing — has the capacity to affect gas prices at the margins.

(Since I drove a small Subaru hatchback that was extremely good on gas, I actually profited from this arrangement.)

The emissions from natural - gas - fired boilers used to generate steam make the well site more carbon - intensive than conventional oil wells.

For example, he signed and sent a letter as Oklahoma Attorney General criticizing EPA estimates of emissions from oil and gas wells, without disclosing that it had been drafted in its entirety by Devon Energy.

Before their combination, both EQT and Rice operated midstream businesses — which transport oil and gas from wells to processing, transportation and shipping facilities — through limited partnerships.

Natural gas, of which we're the second - largest exporter today, as well as copper and nickel from northern Ontario, and potash and uranium from Saskatchewan, will see steady demand.

Jupiter's atmosphere features colossal cyclones and rivers of ammonia welling up from deep inside the solar system's largest planet, researchers said on Thursday, publishing the first insights from a NASA spacecraft flying around the gas giant.

It recently flowed the highest volume of natural gas ever from a well in the Montney shale formation in B.C. and Alberta.

Another key insight from the research was that oil and gas leaders named «data analytics for faster, better decision - making» as their number - one driver to invest in IoE.

Among the rules that BLM plans to delay until January 2019 are requirements that oil and gas producers submit plans to cut waste, measure and report gas flared from wells and dispose of gas that reaches the surface during drilling and well completion.

The Players: Head honchos from the oil and gas industry as well as lawyers and bespoke - suited CFOs.

PERTH - based oil and gas company Antares Energy has announced first commercial sales from its third gas well in the Ellis County region of Oklahoma, in the US.

(Others in Dimock claim they were told that if they refused to sign a lease, gas would be taken out from under their land anyway, since under Pennsylvania law a well drilled on a leased piece of property can capture gas from neighboring, unleased properties.)

Carlson says the only part of a well that matters is the horizontal leg, which extends from the vertical wellbore toward the actual gas.

In Silt, Colorado, a woman named Laura Amos no longer talks about the adrenal - gland tumor and other health complications she developed after her water was contaminated by a gas well drilled less than 1,000 feet from her home.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

Three such examples are Aimsio, a digital ticketing software that streamlines field operations by enabling users to file reports, dispatch resources and track project progress all from one central location; DarkVision, which developed a new ultrasound technology that allows companies to create 3D images of the inside of oil wells, enabling them to make more informed and cost - effective production decisions; and Unsist, which uses artificial intelligence to help oil and gas companies make better production and operational choices.

The British oil giant reported huge figures from the shale gas well, suggesting the Mancos could provide a massive new source of U.S. shale gas.

Her new majority will provide an opportunity for her government pursue its fever dream of enormous liquid natural gas revenues that will miraculously banish all debt and deficit from the province, a dream that is more than likely to turn into a nightmare of environmental damage and business losses well before the longed for and probably illusory No More Debt Day arrives.

It's also giving the fossil fuels sector whiplash from a White House whose energy policies have otherwise been very good to them, from starting to undo greenhouse gas regulations to opening more public land to mining and drilling and tax cuts.

It earns a whopping 99 % royalty from some of the best gas - producing properties on the continent.

«There is a considerable negative impact on global growth from the energy sector due to the sharp decline in investments, mainly in the oil and gas sector as well as lower output values.»

The government has already promised 100,000 pounds in compensation funding for local communities as well as a share of revenue raised from shale gas sales.