Sentences with phrase «of fracking wells»

The EPA report concluded that there are above and below ground mechanisms by which fracking have the potential to impact drinking water resources, but that the number of identified cases were «small» compared to the number of fracking wells.

Astoundingly, for a state so environmentally progressive in many ways, oil and gas companies there are not required to disclose the location of fracking wells — currently some 350 wells have been disclosed voluntarily.

The massive amount of freshwater consumed by tens of thousands of fracking wells is also a major concern, especially in drought - stricken regions.

A study by Carnegie Mellon University noted that the amount of water required to drill all 2,916 of the fracking wells in the Marcellus Shale in the first 11 months of 2010 would equal the amount of drinking water used by just one city, Pittsburgh, during the same period.

Families, landowners, and whole communities there have been deeply impacted by intensive development of fracking wells and facilities, and their struggle connects directly...

Now, health economist Janet Currie at Princeton University and her colleagues have tried to overcome those problems by looking at birth certificates for all 1.1 million infants born in Pennsylvania between 2004 and 2013 — a period that spanned the drilling of thousands of fracking wells in the state, which now has more than 10,000 of them.

A two - year study of fracking wells in Los Angeles, conducted by consultants Cardno Entrix and funded by the oil industry, monitored 15 environmental factors before and after fracking, including groundwater chemistry, vibration at the surface and at depth, and methane release.

Many of those fracked wells could be reengineered to have a second life as sources of geothermal energy.

13 The number of fracked wells had climbed «to an estimated 300,000» by 2015, and were responsible for approximately 67 percent of all U.S. natural gas output.14

The Lisa Mckensey study and report shows that living within a half mile of a fracking well results in a 66 percent increase in cancer.

Federal rules requiring «green completion» of fracked wells will go into effect next year, a step Howarth applauds — though he and others note that enforcement will be largely left to state officials, who often lack both the budget and the zeal to stand up to the fossil fuel industry.

Not exact matches

Fracking is part of the problem, but the report states that most human - induced quakes are caused by the oil and gas industry's use of injection wells to dispose of wastewater - the contaminated liquid that gets pumped out of the well during oil and gas extraction.

The study was funded by EnCana, the drilling company whose wells the EPA had initially blamed for the contamination.Though the role of fracking remains contested, the advising scientists recommend that the EPA should qualify its conclusions about the risks posed by acknowledging gaps in the existing data and concerning cases like Pavillion.

But of the presidential candidates hoping for good news out of the corn state's caucuses today, the only out - and - out opponent of fracking is Vermont's Senator Bernie Sanders.

The group said there are nearly 151,000 wells operating in the United States, while in central and eastern portion of the country earthquakes have dramatically increased since 2008, when fracking became more common.

The EPA's study found that between 25,000 to 30,000 new wells were drilled each year between 2011 and 2014 and that 9.4 million Americans live within a mile of a fracking site.

Then came the most - publicized case of well - water contamination near fracking operations, in Dimock Township, Pa., just east of Bradford County; the federal Environmental Protection Agency said in 2012 that preliminary results found the water was safe to drink, though it did contain chemicals as well as explosive methane.

The pace of oil and gas production gains has consistently surprised forecasters since horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, better known as «fracking», were pioneered in U.S. shale rock formations about ten years ago.

Further, the Duke study did not detect fracking fluids in any of the wells tested.

One study out of Duke University found a higher - than - average presence of methane in water wells located close to fracking operations, but methane in groundwater can come from a variety of sources, including organic decomposition near the surface.

Every shale - gas well that is fracked requires between three and eight million gallons of water.

But perusing newspapers from towns where fracking is going on reveals how the issue refuses to die, with headlines like «Fears of Tainted Water Well Up in Colorado,» «Collateral Damage: Residents Fear Murky Effects of Energy Boom,» and «Worker Believes Cancer Caused by Fracking Fluids» appearing refracking is going on reveals how the issue refuses to die, with headlines like «Fears of Tainted Water Well Up in Colorado,» «Collateral Damage: Residents Fear Murky Effects of Energy Boom,» and «Worker Believes Cancer Caused by Fracking Fluids» appearing reFracking Fluids» appearing regularly.

Fleets of trucks have to make hundreds of trips to carry the fracking fluid to and from each well site.

The CEO of Mammoth says Cobra has electrical experience in the Midwest, but according to Mammoth's website, the company's deeper expertise is in drilling and fracking, including «pressure pumping services, well services, natural sand and proppant services, contract and directional drilling services and other energy services.»

One of the big factors here is the drilled but uncompleted fracked wells.

Rival Whiting Petroleum Corp, the biggest producer in North Dakota's Bakken formation, will stop fracking new wells by the end of March, but would «consider completing some of these wells» if oil reached $ 40 to $ 45 a barrel, Chairman and CEO Jim Volker told analysts.

However, the fact that the average quantity of frack sand used per well has more than doubled in recent years — which has helped lower the breakeven price of U.S. shale oil — should help insulate the industry from the worst of the oil crash.

A recent article from Shale Plays Media highlights that just a year ago oil field fracking operations used around 2,500 tons of sand, whereas today the new fracking techniques call for as much as 8,000 tons of sand to be pumped into a well.

Total frack sand demand in the 90 million to 100 million ton range assuming a flat rig count, a 15 % -20 % increase in sand per well, and completion of several DUC (drilled, uncompleted) wells.

Everybody else (except fracking Mourinho) will be better then out of his mind Wenger.

So why the frack are some fans think its more important to worry about Giroud and Coq and whoever else they think deserves to play instead of bettering the team.

Fracking and natural gas are better choices for power generation then burning coal and oil and until we have cleaner sources of energy will do.

He will examine whether the current hype around fracking is justified, as well as how best to deal with the problem of peak oil and resource shortages.

I could be impacted by fracking, but am still on the fence — because I'm still waiting to see the best of what both sides have to offer.

Acknowledging the «irony» of how a business practice that's illegal in New York State helped keep the Buffalo Bills in Western New York, billionaire Terry Pegula defended the controversial gas drilling method better known as hydro - fracking.

How can anyone possibly think that injecting millions of gallons of chemically laced water into the ground is a good idea!!?? Are people fracking nuts?!

«He's deprived the entire Upstate population, the Southern Tier population, of an economic opportunity for no good reason Thirty - seven states drill, 36 frack.

«IOGA's statement says it all — the gas companies believe the state should care more about their bottom line than the public health and well being of the millions of New Yorkers who will be affected if fracking is permitted,» she said.

Since then, we have all learned a lot about the risks of fracking — about how the toxic chemicals used can migrate into drinking water, about how methane can leak out of well casements, about the danger of disposing of billions of gallons of polluted wastewater the process produces.

Under the proposal by Tioga Partners LLC for test wells on a hay and corn farm in Tioga County, the fracking would be done using liquefied petroleum gas and sand instead of water to split the rock.

In 2010, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Documentary and helped bring the world's attention to the dangers of hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking.

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?»

Cox says he supports fracking because it's good for state residents with regulations pushing wealthy people and jobs out of state.

«You can't come here to Buffalo and criticize this governor, who is doing his best to look at this issue of natural gas opportunities and options called fracking.

A loan to the UK is affected by an uprising in Syria and fracking in the US - Syria could involve a major expense if the UK becomes militarily involved, US fracking is reducing demand for petroleum, which is good for the UK economy, but bad for that part of the UK that extracts and sells oil.

Since 90 % of the drilling now involves fracking and federal well - drilling regulations hadn't been updated in 30 years, we were long overdue for some new rules.

Assembly Democrats also held a lengthy hearing on fracking, in the first week of the legislative session, where opponents as well as supporters gave testimony.

The issue of hydro fracking played a role in the recent Democratic primary for governor in New York, and those who oppose the gas drilling process hope it will influence the general election, as well.

«I'd say the prospects of (fracking) development in New York are uncertain at best,» he said before Zucker's talk.

Astorino even lost in Broome County, which is in the heart of the best spots to drill for gas in the Marcellus Shale, said John Armstrong, a spokesman for New Yorkers Against Fracking.