Sentences with phrase «industrial use of natural gas»

Roughly 40 percent of the oil produced from California's century - old fields relies on the steam technique — and it is the largest industrial use of natural gas in that state.

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The Company's Sand segment consists of the production and sale of various grades of industrial sand primarily used in the extraction of oil and natural gas, as well as the production of building products and foundry materials.

At present, industrial hydrogen is produced from natural gas using a process that consumes a great deal of energy while also releasing carbon into the atmosphere, thus contributing to global carbon emissions.

Although natural photosynthesis plays a vital role in absorbing and «fixing» carbon dioxide emitted from fossil fuel use, it has not prevented the net increase of this gas in the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution.

Currently, natural gas is one of the main fuels used for industrial activities.

And that doesn't take into account the supply chain of natural gas production, energy - related emissions in the production process, fertilizer application (and misapplication) or industrial use of urea and other ammonia products.

One should also pay attention to other greenhouse gases, particularly methane (from rice paddies, ruminant animal digestive processes, industrial processes, and distributed natural sources, some of which could be triggered to large releases by warming) and nitrous oxide (from the nitrogen cycle linking the atmosphere, plants, and bacteria, now exacerbated by extremely heavy use of nitrogenous fertilizers in agriculture; note, as does Vaclav Smil from the University of Manitoba, that fertilizer use is required to feed half the world's current population.

I think this emerging form of emissions accounting provides a valuable way to show how the growing coal (and natural gas) greenhouse - gas emissions commitment will play out, but — because of the competing social and economic values embedded in that extracted energy, along with the equity argument poor countries use against established fossil - powered industrial giants — I'm not sure it leads to a more effective strategy for cutting those emissions.

Natural gas is used in a variety of industrial processes and is converted into heat and electricity.

BP expects India's natural gas consumption to almost triple to support industrial sector use, including as a feedstock for the production of fertilizers.

Natural gas is used in every sector and supplies about 25 percent of the world's electricity generation and industrial needs.

In Europe there is a growing interest and use of biomethane (methane = natural gas) from waste, both manure and industrial and consumer waste.

Larger image to save or print.The main human activity that emits CO2 is the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and oil) for energy and transportation, although certain industrial processes and land - use changes also emit CO2.

As domestic oil production increases and the United States becomes increasingly reliant on natural gas for electricity and industrial uses, it is essential to take advantage of proven measures to reduce methane emissions.

The Answer Lies In Beneficial Re-Use The global production of natural gas for use in everything from power plants and industrial production to your home's water heater is around 2,500 billion cubic meters per year.

A graduate student - led team from Ryerson University's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering through its Centre for Sustainable Energy will monitor, measure and report on the use of electricity, natural gas and cold and hot water in the demonstration home for the next year, and for at least a second year, once the home is sold and occupied.