Sentences with phrase «leaky gas wells»

Not exact matches

A «fat tail» of a few leaky wells This is often referred to as the «fat tail» or «super-emitter» problem, that just a small subset of wells or pieces of equipment is responsible for the majority of the leaks from the natural gas system (ClimateWire, Feb. 14).

THE act of fracking is probably not contaminating US drinking water — the real problem is leaky wells drilled to bring the gas the surface.

The agency also took an overdue step to clarify how to curb emissions of methane from the hundreds of thousands of wells, compressors and other leaky parts of the nation's sprawling oil and gas industry, issuing an «Information Collection Request» requiring companies, among other things, to describe the types of technologies that could be used to reduce emissions.

There is evidence [pdf] from the Marcellus Shale formation that natural gas wells were contaminating local groundwater resources, but the study's authors were unable to determine whether the leakage was due to unplanned fractures or leaky well - casings.

As a proportion of the total oil and gas produced at these fields, this represents a leakage rate of about 10 % for both fields, in good agreement with previous estimates for several other leaky formations around the United States.

Although LNG proponents still characterize shale gas production as «clean» and without methane leakage or groundwater contamination, field observations by the David Suzuki Foundation suggest that many leaky wells are not appearing in the B.C. database.

Yet the methane we lose to well completion and leaky pipelines represents a strong economic opportunity for the gas industry.

Curt has a good point in that if you have a leaky house in a dry winter climate where you might run a humidifier, you can take advantage of the water vapor in the flue gas of an unvented heater.

Leaky return ducts located in vented crawlspaces draw significant amounts of soil gas, moisture, possibly pesticides, radon, and other pollutants into the conditioned spaces, often creating moisture problems and increasing heating loads during the heating months and cooling loads during the cooling periods as well as risking occupant health and safety [8].

Some of it also escapes from coal mines, natural gas wells and leaky pipelines.