Sentences with phrase «new drilling technology»

Many experts say that concern about the environmental consequences of fracking and other new drilling technologies may be the biggest obstacle to the continued growth of this newfound domestic energy supply.

The EPA's comments, in a series of letters this week to the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, are significant because they suggest the agency will be watching closely as states in the Northeast and Midwest embrace new drilling technologies to tap vast reserves of shale gas.

As detailed in the first three installments of Power Shift, an NBC News / CNBC special report, the United States is experiencing an energy boom created by new drilling technologies that have unlocked vast domestic oil and natural gas reserves.

In the 1990s, new drilling technology developed in Texas made recovering gas from shale far more efficient.

Communities must decide whether the carbon - reducing benefit of using natural gas in power generation outweighs the fear of new drilling technologies.

We're going to revoke policies that impose unwarranted restrictions on new drilling technologies.»

What has changed over the last decade is that new drilling technology allows long horizontal wells to be drilled, for miles along the rock layer.

A series of letters suggests the agency will be watching closely as states in the Northeast and Midwest embrace new drilling technologies to tap vast reserves of shale gas

New drilling technologies have enhanced our production, prompting us to look for professionals to help with our operations.

But the Chikyu will use a new drilling technology, stabilizing and lubricating its borehole with seawater instead of the drilling muds that have often caused contamination in the past.

March 12, 2012 • New drilling technologies and rising fuel prices have generated a boom in U.S. oil and gas drilling.

New drilling technology and supportive market prices have opened vast reserves of oil and natural gas resources to extraction in North America.