Sentences with phrase «of extracting natural gas»

Since 2008, when hydrofracking became a matter of public debate in New York, we have counseled a patient, responsible, balanced and science - based approach to the controversial method of extracting natural gas from shale rock.

7 December 2011: Northern Ireland's Assembly has voted for a moratorium on «fracking», a method of extracting natural gas from shale, pending an environmental assessment.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has come under increased scrutiny as questions have arisen over the agency's ability to oversee Hyrdraulic Fracturing, should the process of extracting natural gas from shale be legalized in the state.

For four years, the Cuomo administration has put off making a decision whether to lift the moratorium that stops drilling companies from using the hydraulic fracturing method of extracting natural gas in New York state.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale -LSB-...]

He said he spoke to the senator after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and at his district office on Long Island, where they spoke about fracking, a controversial method of extracting natural gas out of the ground.

So I ask members of Congress and all the interested parties involved to keep at it, pass a bill that helps us achieve the goal of extracting natural gas in a safe, environmentally sound way.

While the researchers found that emissions from a critical stage of well construction — «completions» — are far lower than regulators had estimated, they pinpointed an important under - appreciated source of escaping gas — pneumatic devices powered by the pressure of the extracted natural gas.

Clearly, there is more information to be gathered about the environmental impact of extracting natural gas and using it for electricity generation, and I look forward to the conclusion of a currently running EPA study to fill in some of the gaps in our knowledge.

Mitchell put it all together, and by the time he sold his company to Devon Energy in 2002, the idea of extracting natural gas from shale was about to turn from technological pipe dream to very real economic powerhouse.»

Hydrofracking is the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock by blasting a mix of water and chemicals at high pressure into underground wells.

Horizontal hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is an efficient means of extracting natural gas from shale deposits often otherwise unaccessible, but critics say the process causes environmental damage and can even possibly trigger future earthquakes.

Hawkins goes further, suggesting that Cuomo is not genuinely opposed to the controversial method of extracting natural gas from underneath shale deposits in New York state.

Fracking or hydraulic fracturing may not be a term familiar to everyone, but it is the name given to the process of extracting natural gas from shale.

Mr. Dorego said the senator also told him that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would be lifting a state moratorium on fracking, a method of extracting natural gas from the ground.

Hydrofracking is a controversial method of extracting natural gas from under shale deposits by shooting chemical - laced water deep into the earth.

This simple switch could pave the way toward a more environmentally friendly method of extracting natural gas that would do less collateral damage to the land and water while dramatically reducing fracking's carbon footprint at the same time.

The illustration displayed here explains the conventional, vertical well method of extracting natural gas, and the unconventional, more recent method of extracting natural gas in shale via horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

The process of extracting natural gas from shale deposits includes hydraulic fracturing, during which fluids and solids are pumped into the well.

If your only exposure to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking — the process of extracting natural gas from shale — has been Josh Fox's alarming documentary, «Gasland,» then «FrackNation» would like your attention.