Not exact matches
Hydraulic fracturing or «fracking» involves injecting liquids, sand and chemicals under high pressure to break apart tight rock formations underground to allow
more oil and gas to escape into the well.
Private equity sees the most opportunity in natural gas and
oil, thanks to
more effective technologies like
hydraulic fracking and horizontal drilling and related opportunities to harness the increased supply.
The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and
oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by
hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning
more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.
On behalf of the Independent
Oil & Gas Association of New York, with
more than 400 members, I write regarding recent published reports of the appointment of three «experts» by the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to review the proposed guidelines for high volume
hydraulic fracturing.
Some of that produced water has been recycled in recent years for use in
hydraulic fracturing, which helps make that method of
oil extraction
more water efficient and reduces the competition for water between farms and
oil fields.
Hydraulic fracturing, a technique for extracting
oil and gas from shale rock, often takes place a mile or
more below groundwater supplies.
In a presentation at the Vienna Motor Symposium last week, ZF introduced a new
hydraulic impulse
oil storage element that can be integrated... Read
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Both powered by a 16v 1.6 > Six - speed gearbox (from 2012) makes for
more relaxed cruising and the first five ratios remain closely stacked; both» boxes benefit from regular
oil changes — failures have been reported > Service intervals are short at 9000 miles; make sure they've been met > Tappets are not
hydraulic, so require manual adjustment
In addition, the CTA - based system responds
more quickly than a traditional
hydraulic oil actuated VCT system, improving tip - in performance feel and contributing to horsepower gains.
Key elements include: - Aluminium block with built - in reinforcements High - flow intake ports and high - speed, high - lift valvetrain to enable high engine speed and power Compact intake fuel surge tank to increase engine response
Oil scavenge pump, to ensure stable oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet val
Oil scavenge pump, to ensure stable
oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet val
oil supply in even in high G - force bends Liquid - cooled
oil cooler for more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet val
oil cooler for
more efficient temperature control during high - load driving Weight - saving hollow camshafts, which carry
oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and hydraulic outlet val
oil to the cylinder heads D - 4S (Direct - injection 4 - stroke gasoline engine Superior version), combining direct and port injection Electrically - driven VVT - iE on intake, with mechanical inlet and
hydraulic outlet valves
Instead, Schaeffler's latching valve is activated by a
hydraulic pressure pulse before the engine stops, which causes a small volume of pressurized
oil to be stored in one of the transmission «s switching elements for the subsequent start - up operation, thus allowing a
more rapid closure and helping to ensure that the vehicle has the necessary acceleration capability.
Fracking (
hydraulic fracturing) rock fracturing with pressurized liquid creating cracks in deep - rock formations through which shale gas,
oil, tight gas and brine will flow
more freely... major part of the Golden Age of Gas
To my mind, if the «top kill» procedure being prepared for midweek fails, Obama must step forward far
more forcefully and publicly engage an
oil - well SWAT team drawing on the country's leading lights in
hydraulics, deep - ocean engineering and geology, from the Pentagon outward.
With the advent of
hydraulic fracturing we are able to produce
oil and gas at much greater levels here in the United States that puts downward pressure on price, which helps consumers and also makes natural gas
more abundant.
I start (and started) from the premise that the dramatic decline in crude
oil prices that took place from August, 2014 ($ 96 / barrel), to March, 2015 ($ 44 / barrel), was due — on the one hand — to decreased demand, a function of slow economic growth in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere, endogenous, price - driven technological change leading to greater fuel efficiency, and policy - driven technological change that also has been leading to greater fuel efficiency, such as
more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in the United States; and — on the other hand — was due to increased supply, partly a function of the growth of unconventional (tight) U.S.
oil production (a product of the combination of two technologies — horizontal drilling and
hydraulic fracturing).
Like the airline bringing in a truck with a
more powerful engine to tow that plane, the global economy is upping the ante from conventional sources of fossil fuels to even dirtier and
more dangerous versions — bitumen from the Alberta tar sands,
oil from deepwater drilling, gas from
hydraulic fracturing (fracking), coal from detonated mountains, and so on.
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.»
After
more than five years and millions of dollars, the evidence gathered by the EPA confirms what the agency has already acknowledged and what the
oil and gas industry has known:
hydraulic fracturing is being done safely under the strong environmental stewardship of state regulators and industry best practices.
Hydraulic fracturing — fracking — has been successfully used for
more than 60 years in this country (later refined by George Mitchell), capturing and sending to the surface
more than seven billion barrels of
oil and 600 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Also, the rapeseed
oil has
more corrosive qualities than the mineral
oil, and
more hydraulic components need replacing during the life of a machine running on rapeseed
oil than one running on mineral
oil.»
For
more than 30 years, she has handled marine and energy litigation, including collision cases, hurricane losses, onshore and offshore
oil and gas claims,
hydraulic fracturing cases, marine and energy products liability litigation, the defense of personal injury and death actions, contract and lien claims, dock and stevedore liabilities and subrogation litigation.