There's much that impresses about hydraulic fracturing if you see it up close, which I did during a recent tour of Anadarko Petroleum natural
gas operations near Williamsport, Pa.: the technology, the company's highly skilled workers, the game - changing resource opportunities in the Marcellus Shale and more.
Not exact matches
In 2011, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake
near Prague, Oklahoma, damaged buildings — and was linked to wastewater injection from oil and
gas operations.
In 2011, when ProPublica first reported on the different health problems afflicting people living
near gas drilling
operations, only a handful of health studies had been published.
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.
Groundwater and air quality testing before, during, and after natural
gas drilling — which includes hydraulic fracturing — should be key components of efforts to ensure the safety of communities
near these sites, according to an expert panel convened to weigh in on public health research needs associated with unconventional natural
gas drilling
operations (UNGDO).
The Trace
Gas Orbiter has reached its final orbit after a year of «aerobraking» that ended in February.This exciting
operation saw the craft skimming through the very top of the upper atmosphere, using drag on its solar wings to transform its initial highly elliptical four - day orbit of about 200 x 98 000 km into the final, much lower and
near - circular path at about 400 km.
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.
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.
Many large coal and
gas power plants which also require heavy flows of water to support their
operations are located
near the coast.
Working with a landfill
near one of the company's largest facilities, they used landfill
gas to directly power their
operations, cutting emissions by 17 % and saving $ 1m per year.
British oil major BG Group and Italian energy giant Eni each own 32.5 percent stakes in the
operations of the Karachaganak field, which produces
gas condensate and is located in northwestern Kazakhstan
near the former Soviet Republic's border with Russia.