Sentences with phrase «gas industry using»

Last week, I shared a client story about a young job seeker attempting to launch his career in the oil and gas industry using his geology degree.

The oil and gas industry uses hydraulic fracturing to enhance subsurface fracture systems to allow oil or natural gas to move more freely from the rock pores to production wells that bring the oil or gas to the surface.»

API's ongoing workshop series «Commitment to Excellence in Hydraulic Fracturing» is one of the tools that the oil and natural gas industry uses to reinforce with regulators, remind lawmakers and educate the public on industry's commitment to and leadership on safety, health, and environmental protection.

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Fracking is part of the problem, but the report states that most human - induced quakes are caused by the oil and gas industry's use of injection wells to dispose of wastewater - the contaminated liquid that gets pumped out of the well during oil and gas extraction.

Perth - based data management company Tape Ark has completed a world first for the oil and gas exploration industry by demonstrating real - time seismic data acquisition using cloud storage rather than traditional tapes.

Some states require oil and gas companies to disclose the chemicals and the amount of water they use in fracking operations on FracFocus.org, a website formed by industry and intergovernmental groups in 2011, but the statistics are not complete.

«Just knowing that oil and gas is a boom - and - bust industry, we are trying to not get used to it as a source of revenue because we know it won't last.»

Schneider confirmed that the incident had occurred and that it had issued a security alert to customers of the technology, which cyber experts said is widely used in the energy industry, including at nuclear facilities, and oil and gas plants.

Economists use the term «Dutch disease» to describe the way resource booms spur an inflationary spiral that causes other industries to wither and hampers overall competitiveness, as happened to the Netherlands as a result of its natural gas boom in the 1960s.

Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey undergrouGas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey undergrougas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

Already, industry groups like the American Petroleum Institute and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America have opposed the president's earlier proposals to require new pipelines to use American - made steel, citing higher costs.

Higher use of oil and gas in transport, heating and industry would lead EON and RWE to export its surplus energy from coal, gas, and nuclear to other European markets that are lagging behind.

These include warm summer weather, which drives up use of air conditioners and electricity, the increased popularity of natural gas (versus coal) among power producers (partly reflecting the low price of the former), and cutbacks in production by some players in the natural - gas industry.

The company also manufactures products for the gas and pipeline industry, like an odour neutralizing formula that destroys molecules in a chemical compound called Mercaptan, a harmless but pungent ‑ smelling gas used widely to make it easier to detect natural gas leaks.

RGC Resources used its assets less efficiently than the US Gas Utilities industry average last year based on Return on Assets.

The savvy Canadian is the co-founder and chairman of Toronto based Franco - Nevada (FNV 94.06 1.61 %) and pioneered the royalty business model in the gold mining sector based on the model used in the oil - and - gas industry.

She imposed a five - year freeze on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse gas emissions on 70 per cent of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion plans with a built - to - fail referendum.

For example, the growth of secondary industries and their use of fossil fuels has led to the imminent exhaustion of fossil fuels and the pollution of the atmosphere with excess carbon dioxide and other gases.

A big trend in packaging and the automotive industry is light - weighting, which uses less plastic, lowers cost, improves gas mileage and makes processes more efficient.

The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.

Figures from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply's «Long Term Outlook» now indicate that the country's livestock industry — whose associated greenhouse gas emissions and land use are already a concern for environmentalists — will grow still further in the next ten years.

SAN FRANCISCO - The International Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the global wine iIndustry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the global wine industryindustry.

A commitment to environmental sustainability lies at the heart of the Scotch Whisky industry which has now unveiled even more ambitious green targets, from responsible water use to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

The International Wine Industry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the global wine iIndustry Greenhouse Gas Accounting Protocol, developed through a partnership between the Wine Institute of California, New Zealand Winegrowers, South Africa's Integrated Production of Wine program, and the Winemakers» Federation of Australia, will soon be released for use by the global wine industryindustry.

With increased attention to climate change and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and offsets, the goal of the project partners is to provide a free, easy - to - use, wine industry specific, greenhouse gas (GHG) protocol and calculator that will measure the carbon footprints of winery and vineyard operations of all sizes.

The main energy sources used in the industry are gas and electricity, but there is also significant use of diesel generation, and a growing interest and use of biogas and solar generation as alternatives in the face of conventional energy costs continuing to rise.

Mass flow measuring devices from SICK are used for flow measurement of gas in the natural gas and petrochemical industries.

According to the International Fertilizer Industry Association, 97 per cent of the world's N fertiliser is made using natural gas as the energy source.

This especially holds true for Germany, as using US gas would almost make certain German industries out of business.

The group Environment Massachusetts is urging Massachusetts lawmakers to enact a ban on fracking even though geologists and the petroleum industry insist the chances are remote the controversial gas drilling technique — where water and chemicals are used to break rock — would ever be used in the Bay State.

Republican state lawmakers in the Senate are pushing a $ 100 million bailout of the state's nuclear power industry using funds from a climate change program meant to cut greenhouse gases from power plants.

the secretary of energy today, the secretary of the interior today, have all reaffirmed the fact that hydraulic fracturing can be done in a safe and effective way that protects the workforce and protects the environment,» continued Gerard, whose institute represents virtually all major gas and oil companies in the nation, including ExxonMobil and Shell, and sets the industry standards for the equipment used in the energy field.

That's in part because the identity of the chemicals used by the gas industry for drilling and fracturing are protected as trade secrets, and because the EPA, based on an exemption passed under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, does not have authority to investigate the fracturing process under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

He also said the United States should provide emissions credits and tax cuts to industries that reduce emissions early, make binding pledges to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions early in the next century, and give a $ 5 billion boost over the next 5 years to research and development aimed at using energy more efficiently.

The jury remains out The natural gas industry, represented by the American Gas Association, says the reported lost and unaccounted for percentages should not be used as a proxy for leagas industry, represented by the American Gas Association, says the reported lost and unaccounted for percentages should not be used as a proxy for leaGas Association, says the reported lost and unaccounted for percentages should not be used as a proxy for leaks.

The natural gas industry refuses to reveal what is in the mixture of chemicals used to drill for the fossil fuel

Rather than articulating the need to phase out technologies that use that atmosphere as a waste dump, the PCAST report recommends the expansion of a natural gas industry whose existence depends on us allowing them to pollute our skies.

The scientists used historic nautical charts, data from academic research and the oil and gas industry as well as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration underwater mapping data collected from 1764 to 2009.

About a third of the factors used to estimate pipeline leaks and other natural gas emissions in the most recent inventory, for 2015, are based on a 1996 study by the EPA and an industry group then known as the Gas Research Institugas emissions in the most recent inventory, for 2015, are based on a 1996 study by the EPA and an industry group then known as the Gas Research InstituGas Research Institute.

But unlike many of the industries capitalizing on the low price of natural gas, ammonia producers don't use it primarily as a fuel source.

«We think that the oil and gas industry is using far more water than they will admit, and applaud the California legislature, in particular the author of the bill, Senator Pavley, for recognizing the need for transparency,» said Miriam Gordon, California director of Clean Water Action.

In a warming climate, perhaps the greatest appeal of a career in the oil and gas industry is the chance to transform the way we generate and use energy.

The researchers used acetylene gas because it emits in the mid-IR and can be excited, or pumped, using lasers designed for the telecommunications industry.

More and more gas will be needed, however, as flat - panel LCD televisions become standard in American living rooms and the fledgling thin - film solar cell industry takes off; nitrogen trifluoride is used as a cleaning agent in the manufacture of both.

«The cost of reducing non-CO2 emissions is cheaper relative to reducing CO2 emissions, mainly because many of the technologies used to reduce emissions [in the former] also reduce costs to the firm through conservation and reuse of the gases,» explains Casey Delhotal, another IPCC lead author who contributed to the industry chapter.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

Downhole hammers are not new — the oil and gas and mining industries have used them since the 1950s — but the older design, with its reliance on oil - based lubricants, plastic and rubber O - rings, isn't suited for the hotter temperatures of geothermal drilling.

The administrator could use the resulting lower climate benefits to justify stalling the rules on the grounds that the compliance costs to the industry over the two - year stay of the oil and gas rule outweigh the value of any reductions in methane, said Restrepo.

Results of the investigation have numerous uses in the field of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles as well as the chemical industry, as this new method is capable of generating hydrogen from methane gas and electricity in just one step and with near - zero energy loss.

Long has been exploring MOFs as gas adsorbers for a decade, hoping to use them to capture carbon dioxide emitted from power plants or store hydrogen in hydrogen - fueled vehicles, or to catalyze gas reactions for industry.