The areas where water samples drawn from near - surface layers had traces of the natural contaminants from the deep shale layers showed no relationship to past or current
gas drilling activity, the researchers reported.
If you believe that your serious illness or the death of a loved one was caused by toxic chemical exposure or groundwater contamination from oil and
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Not exact matches
After falling for four consecutive months, support
activities for mining and oil and
gas extraction rose 9.9 % in April, as both rigging and
drilling services advanced.
(Reuters)- Disposal of wastewater from oil and
gas drilling into a Colorado well was ordered halted this week after seismic
activity was detected in the area, state regulators said on Tuesday.
In that case, several Republican congressmembers camped out on the House floor during the August recess to protest the lack of a vote on expanded oil - and -
gas drilling, and supporters vigorously chronicled their
activities through short messages to the Twitter - using audience.
Since the three main Westminster political parties all endorse the conclusions of Sir Ian Wood's recent review on how to maximise the economic recovery of oil and
gas from the UK Continental Shelf (Search for UKCS Maximising Recovery Review Final Report, here), and its tacit underlying fiscal premises (namely that there is a need for a simplified fiscal regime to incentivise investment and
drilling activity, as well as to ease the burden upon the new regulator of the upstream sector), it does not take the gift of prophecy to appreciate that the ultimate outcome of this subsequent review on the shape of the UK fiscal regime seems foreordained; namely, a return to the situation that prevailed before the introduction of SC, whereby the only levy on income from oil and
gas fields is to be Corporation Income Tax at the standard rate levied on the likes of Starbucks and Amazon.
Although most oil and
gas activities are now occurring only in the Beaufort Sea, primarily near Prudhoe Bay, there has been a recent lease sale in the Chukchi Sea, NOAA notes, and the agency expects oil exploration and
drilling to increase there.
Human
activities (e.g., oil and
gas drilling), geologic seeps, and fire also contribute to the total budget.
Yet there are still some legitimate ways of reducing tax liability through investments in certain types of partnership or limited liability company arrangements involving such
activities as oil and
gas drilling.
Given the history of coal mining in the area, each location needs to be treated with care so as not to convolve
gas fluxes that come directly from past or present mining
activities with those that are following new
drill holes as the release pathway.
That's why I loved learning last year how Jamie Serra, a 26 - year - old employee of the state legislature in Pennsylvania, created the useful Web site Fracktrack.org as a way to organize masses of data on
drilling permits, violations and other
activities related to the natural
gas drilling rush in that state.
The clearest connection between
drilling and significant seismic
activity is not related to the fracturing of rock to liberate
gas.
In this arena, the main disagreements between industry and
drilling opponents have centered on the risk of chemicals or
gas escaping from
drilling operations and any risks these
activities pose to public health.
There are also ways for communities to help pinpoint
gas leaks and map
drilling activities (good or bad).
An exception is the phenomenon of «induced seismicity,» whereby human
activity such as geothermal energy projects, mining,
gas drilling or the filling of reservoirs apparently sets off swarms of very small earthquakes where there are susceptible geological faults and in certain kinds of underlying rock.
Human
activities (e.g., oil and
gas drilling), geologic seeps, and fire also contribute to the total budget.
In the Northeastern United States, natural
gas production has grown rapidly since early 2009 as a result of increased
drilling activity in the Marcellus Shale.
and «Despite this long history of
drilling and production history there has been little
activity in Ontario targeted at shale oil and
gas drilling and production.»
Consequently, the high methane concentrations with distinct positive δ13C - CH4 and δ2H - CH4 values in the shallow groundwater from active areas could in principle reflect the transport of a deep methane source associated with
gas drilling and hydraulic - fracturing
activities.
The ongoing representation of a US oil and
gas drilling company in US and Venezuelan litigations against the Republic of Venezuela and the Venezuelan national oil company for takings in violation of international law and breaches of contract under the expropriation and commercial
activities exceptions of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
An expansion of new oil and
gas drilling technology known as «fracking» is prompting more industrial
activity inside middle and upper - middle - class residential neighborhoods, Reuters reports.
While this boom creates low unemployment and increased investment options (including real estate) in many secondary and tertiary markets where
drilling is prevalent, natural
gas exploration is not without risk and cost, including increased carbon emissions, groundwater contamination, reduced economic
activity in alternative energy sectors and the potential for boom - and - bust local economies susceptible to rapid declines in production.