Heat within 10,000 meters of the earth's crust contains 50,000 times more energy than all the oil and
natural gas resources in the world.
The power industry is highly regional, and some states have big solar and wind industries, while others benefit from
large natural gas resources, or have long had major coal plants.
Abundant natural gas resources and rising production — including supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane — contribute to the strong competitive position of natural gas.
The agency's findings could be a turning point in the heated national debate about whether contamination from fracking is happening, and are likely to shape how the country regulates and
develops natural gas resources in the Marcellus Shale and across the Eastern Appalachian states.
The Arctic contains the world's largest remaining conventional, undiscovered oil and natural gas, estimated at 13 percent of recoverable oil and 30 percent of
recoverable natural gas resources.
The powerful combination of continually - improving industry practices, advancing state programs, and federal environmental statutes ̶ all work together to provide an effective structure that allows for the essential development of the nation's oil and
natural gas resources while protecting the environment.
A day earlier, Apache Corp. announced it would «completely exit» the 50 - 50 partnership, which
includes natural gas resources in northeastern B.C., a pipeline to the West Coast and a facility near Kitimat, B.C., to chill the gas into a liquid state so it can be shipped overseas.
The proposed EPA rule is compared not only against the AEO2015 Reference case, but also against cases with higher macroeconomic growth or higher oil and
natural gas resource availability assumptions.
(Kandeh Yumkella, co-head of a major United Nations program on sustainable energy, made similar arguments last week at a UN environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro, advocating the development of conventional and
unconventional natural gas resources as a way to reduce deforestation and save millions of lives in the Third World.)
With over 30 years experience in the energy business, he was a founding partner in the creation of Terra Energy in 1984 which was a pioneer in the exploration and development of the Antrim
shale natural gas resources of Michigan.
It also frees up developers of natural gas plants, for instance, to locate gas - fired power plants closer to
natural gas resources rather than close to customers.
The ports helped foster a lively export trade, and proximity to the Gulf's
natural gas resources also made the energy industry important to the town.
Spectacular natural gas resource estimates — said to eclipse all the reserves in WA — have spurred exploration by Australian Coalbed Methane Pty Ltd, a wholly - owned subsidiary of Carbon Minerals NL.
Blackbird Energy Inc. is an emerging Canadian exploration and production company focused on the highly prospective, liquids - rich
Montney natural gas resource in Alberta.
«America's
vast natural gas resources can generate many new jobs and provide significant environmental benefits,» noted Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in a prepared statement announcing the panel, «but we need to ensure that we harness these resources safely.»
Walker said he would emphasize that pipeline with Obama, as well as the state's need to
extract natural gas resources and address financial challenges caused by low oil prices.
«We've got
terrific natural gas resources,» says David Burnett, director of technology at the Global Petroleum Research Institute at Texas A&M University.
«The combination of weak electricity demand and
new natural gas resources has pushed the moment of solar grid parity farther away,» Book says.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, involves using millions of gallons of water mixed with sand and chemicals to break up organic - rich shale to
release natural gas resources.
And to the extent that we're using oil, it makes sense for us to develop our oil and
natural gas resources here in the United States and not simply rely on imports.
More than 40,000 comments have been submitted to New York State aimed at shaping how Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo deals with the
huge natural gas resource locked in the state's portion of sprawling geological formations known as the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale.
The HOGR case reflects a scenario in which more abundant
domestic natural gas resources and better technology enhance natural gas supplies, keeping projected annual average spot natural gas prices below $ 4.50 per million Btu through 2040.
In the High Oil and Gas Resource case — where greater oil and
natural gas resources lead to delivered natural gas prices to the electric power sector being 44 % below the Reference case in 2040 — natural gas becomes the leading source of generation by 2020 and accounts for 42 % of total generation by 2040.
2007/04/27: Yahoo: Climate change heats up Arctic geopolitics Global warming has the United States and Canada scrambling to overhaul their strategies for controlling North America's vast Arctic, as sea passage grows easier and
natural gas resources beckon.
Those abundant
U.S. natural gas resources, which can meet and exceed our domestic needs, while allowing for exports to a world that will need 40 percent more in supplies in the next decade.
House legislation requiring a new federal offshore leasing plan that includes areas off South Carolina and Virginia is the best way to create new access to federal oil and
natural gas resources sooner rather than later.
The ability to take full advantage of America's oil and
natural gas resources hinges on periodically updated leasing plans developed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
A new EIA report shows that shale resources in the United States and worldwide represent 10 percent of the world's crude oil and 32 percent of the world's technically
recoverable natural gas resources.
(CNN)-- «I consider the people of New York my patients,» acting New York Health Commissioner Howard Zucker said this week as he cited health - related reasons for recommending New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ban hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» to
develop natural gas resources in the state.
Abundant natural gas resources and rising production — including supplies of tight gas, shale gas, and coalbed methane — contribute to the strong competitive position of natural gas.
A case that assumes significantly higher domestic oil and
natural gas resource availability results in lower natural gas prices, thus increasing natural gas's share of generation and lowering power - sector CO2 emissions.
The Perryman Group's findings provide policymakers a playbook for spurring economic growth, creating jobs, and reducing deficits by supporting development of America's enormous
unconventional natural gas resources.