Sentences with phrase «new shale drilling»

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There have been a number of high - profile derailments of trains — including one by UP — carrying shale oil, much of which is produced in new drilling areas without established pipeline networks and must be moved by rail.

U.S. shale producers have pioneered new techniques to drill oil more efficiently but also in places that were once seen as impossible.

Both companies said they are accelerating shale drilling in the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico, the largest U.S. oilfield, helping to lift the nation's output so far this year to more than 10 million barrels per day, a new recoNew Mexico, the largest U.S. oilfield, helping to lift the nation's output so far this year to more than 10 million barrels per day, a new reconew record.

Responding to pressure from environmental opponents and fearful residents, shale - rich Quebec, France, New York and New Jersey have all imposed moratoriums on shale gas drilling pending further study of environmental and health impacts.

The original shale gas play, the one that kicked off the shale drilling bonanza a decade ago but then went into decline, is getting a new lease on life.

In North America's most active shale fields, the drilling and hydraulic fracturing of new wells is directly placing older adjacent wells at risk of suffering a premature decline in oil and gas production.

How can Governor Cuomo allow shale gas drilling in New York when he can see how many citizens and communities are getting sick, hurt and traumatized from the practice in other states?

And how can New York pretend it is safe to drill in some counties and not in others — especially when science shows the pollution problems are the result of drilling and fracking shale formations, not where or how deep these well bores go?»

With Pegula continuing to gain clout with his purchase of the Bills, both shale - gas - drilling advocates and opponents said they don't believe it will have an impact on the debate in New York.

With a new Legislature and governor by then, who knows when drilling the gas - rich Marcellus shale could actually begin?

New York hasn't issued permits for shale gas wells using horizontal drilling and fracking since it began its review of the controversial technology in 2008.

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.

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

A new environmental review from New York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shnew environmental review from New York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shNew York State details some of the issues surrounding drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus shale

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

However, the stark reality is that global emissions have accelerated (Fig. 1) and new efforts are underway to massively expand fossil fuel extraction [7]--[9] by drilling to increasing ocean depths and into the Arctic, squeezing oil from tar sands and tar shale, hydro - fracking to expand extraction of natural gas, developing exploitation of methane hydrates, and mining of coal via mountaintop removal and mechanized long - wall mining.

But back in 2002 in the Barnett shale near Dallas, Mitchell Energy established a new drilling process that is now commonly known as fracking.

It is appalling that while the federal government is pushing offshore oil drilling and mountaintop - removal coal mining, proposing to strip - mine shale oil and tar sands and to dramatically expand the production of high - level nuclear waste, they have declared a two - year moratorium on new solar electric power plants on public lands — which have some of the best solar energy resources in the world — for «environmental reasons».

New York State appears to be further slowing its effort to produce rules governing fracking, shorthand for the suite of drilling methods used to extract natural gas from deep shale deposits.

New York officials crafting policy to regulate shale gas drilling amid unanswered health concerns will likely re-open the process to public hearings, essentially guaranteeing more momentum for the movement that has effectively stalled the industry's advancement into the Empire State for more than four years.

Ruffalo, who lives near the Delaware River in the upstate New York region that was targeted for shale gas drilling, is one of many prominent public figures who pressed Cuomo long and hard to ban hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as fracking.

Hozontal drill frack of shale gas opens vast new vistas for electricity generation.

«The goal of Sapphire is to produce a crude product that can be introduced into the existing crude stream for production costs that are similar to other new opportunities like oil shales, oil sands, and even deep, deep water drilling,» Jason Pyle, Sapphire's chief executive said in an interview.

«Methane migration through the 1 - to 2 - km - thick geological formations that overlie the Marcellus and Utica shales is less likely as a mechanism for methane contamination than leaky well casings, but might be possible due to both the extensive fracture systems reported for these formations and the many older, uncased wells drilled and abandoned over the last century and a half in Pennsylvania and New York [where they did their study]... More research is needed across this and other regions to determine the mechanism (s) controlling the higher methane concentrations we observed.»

From the article: There is a lot of talk these days of the U.S. becoming energy independent because of the new horizontal drilling and fracking techniques, which have opened up the vast shale plays across the country.

New, more accurate hydrofracturing (fracking) drilling techniques have opened up enormous, previously inaccessible shale deposits, providing abundant, irresistibly low - cost supplies.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

The quote from Mitt Romney's (allegedly «ghostwritten») book points to the conclusion that the USA should do more oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill») including shale deposits, to get more «energy independent» (combined, of course, with supporting basic research for new energy technologies).

The U.K. government cites shale gas as a «safe and environmentally sound» source of new energy and is actively promoting development of the fossil resource — using hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling — in hopes of emulating the United States» shale gas «revolution.»

Price drove new oil drilling, more enhanced recovery and shale oil development.

If New York eventually does permit shale gas development, the scientific monitoring done by USGS prior to any drilling will have established a critical monitoring benchmark.

Let's say we shut down and decommissioned coal mines and coal - fired power plants, stopped new offshore drilling for oil and gas plus the development of shale oil and gas, moved away from nuclear power as too risky, spent trillions to subsidize non-viable windmills and solar panels to squeak by in avoiding a total blackout by imposing exorbitant taxes on energy in order to force people to cut back its use.

Since New York has not yet experienced shale gas drilling, the USGS analysis captures a picture of conditions prior to such energy production taking place.

and George Bush, perhaps with an eye towards the fuel riots going on around the world, jumps and proposes the new Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: 1) drilling offshore, 2) drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, 3) adding refineries, and 4) extracting oil from shale, which makes the Alberta Tar Sands look environmentally benign.

The Marcellus shale in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York, once thought to be played out, is estimated to hold 168 - 516 trillion cubic feet (14.6 trillion cubic metres) still available with horizontal drilling.

New research, some of it involving Howarth but led by chemists at Purdue University, seems to show that drills can open up gas pockets even before they reach their target in the shale, and that this can send big plumes of methane into the atmosphere.

But industry representatives complained that such a sweeping moratorium would outlaw virtually all drilling in New York, including in its portion of the Marcellus shale, a vast and deep deposit of natural gas stretching under several states.

Methane migration through the 1 - to 2 - km - thick geological formations that overlie the Marcellus and Utica shales is less likely as a mechanism for methane contamination than leaky well casings, but might be possible due to both the extensive fracture systems reported for these formations and the many older, uncased wells drilled and abandoned over the last century and a half in Pennsylvania and New York.

The topic is increasingly in the spotlight as the land grab for gas leases — by drilling companies seeking to tap shale deposits via high - volume, hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling (fracking)-- continues through New York State and the nation.

The method combines a new form of horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing — more commonly known as fracking GThe process blasts open fissures in underground shale - rock formations by injecting a high pressure combination of fluids, chemicals and proppants causing the fossil fuel to flow to the production well.

Some US cities including New York and Pittsburg are trying to halt local drilling for shale gas, with Philadelphia calling for at least a temporary ban on new wells in the watershed that serves the ciNew York and Pittsburg are trying to halt local drilling for shale gas, with Philadelphia calling for at least a temporary ban on new wells in the watershed that serves the cinew wells in the watershed that serves the city.

I am looking to start a new carer on the completion side of gas wells drilled in the barnett shale.