Sentences with phrase «of gas well»

However, what comes out of a gas well isn't pure methane, but a blend that also includes chemicals like butane, propane, and ethane — and ethane is a key building block for plastics.

Water contamination can occur if methane migrates out of a gas well.

«Northeast B.C. and it's wildlife have been hammered by coal mines, hydro projects, decades of clearcut logging and thousands of gas well sites,» said Coste.

The Pavillion area has been drilled extensively for natural gas over the last two decades and is home to hundreds of gas wells.

The researchers detected a «significant regional flux» of methane, a greenhouse gas with about 30 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over a 100 - year period, coming from an area of gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania.

A new study has found that a small number of gas wells are releasing significant quantities of methane into the air even before they are hydraulically fractured, or fracked.

«We're discovering that many of the gas wells that have already been drilled produce significant amounts of hot water,» says Karl Gawell, executive director of the Geothermal Energy Association.

Tens of thousands of gas wells are expected to be drilled in the coming decade, according to energy industry and U.S. government estimates, and much of that gas will be delivered to electric utilities as a cleaner substitute for burning coal.

Subsequent tests of more than 100 additional wells confirmed the findings, says Jackson, who thinks the most probable culprit is faulty construction of the gas wells.

Here's Derry's critique, which includes a very important conclusion I'm sure these authors would agree on — that regulators should require monitoring of local air chemistry before, during and after drilling of gas wells:

The current letter also implies that emissions from shale gas are higher than those for conventional gas, a notion convincingly dispelled by last year's University of Texas study, sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund, that measured actual — not estimated or modeled — emissions from hundreds of gas wells at dozens of sites in the US.

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

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 LNG Canada and Kitimat LNG projects, as well as a fourth plant proposed for the northern B.C. coast by Malaysian state energy company Petronas and Calgary - based Progress Energy, will likely have to wait for new pipelines to be built directly from the shale gas fields of northeastern B.C. Kitimat LNG's owners are separately developing the Pacific Trails pipeline to their terminal.

The recession of 1973 - 1975 in the U.S. came about because of rocketing gas prices caused by OPEC's raising oil prices as well as embargoing oil exports to the U.S..

Scientists have tied the quakes to the injection of saltwater, a normal byproduct of oil and gas drilling, into deep disposal wells and underground caverns.

And even in the absence of a continental regulatory imperative, properly disposing of waste gas is, increasingly, just good business.

The quake was one of the strongest ever to hit the state and prompted its oil and gas regulator, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, to order 37 disposal wells shut in a 725 - square - mile (1,878 - sq - km) area around Pawnee.

The challenge GTUIT was having, says Berg president and owner Don Berggren, was that the gas flow out of the wells was wildly inconsistent.

Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.

There, wells and communities are often in close proximity, and pushback from locals has all but banned the practices of flaring (burning atop a standing pipe) and venting waste gas straight into the atmosphere.

The firm uses a patented process to combust 99.99 % of methane from an oil or gas well, landfill or biodigester.

This is by far, one of the best credit purchase rewards programs you will find for any rewards credit card since you can easily earn at least 2 percent back on every purchase except for your «everyday» purchases like buying gas or groceries.

Some have argued the resource sector isn't all that crucial to Canada's well - being, since mining and oil and gas extraction directly account for just 4.5 % of the economy.

Also, notwithstanding a silly fiscal policy and the ongoing political impasse, the U.S. economy has some very good things going for it now, as even king of doom, Nouriel Roubini, couldn't help but note: the Fed is going to stick to its asset - buying regime for the foreseeable future, providing a monetary protein shake the recovery still very much needs; the housing rebound is well on its way, which is helping Americans rebuild their wealth and is boosting employment in many states with high jobless rates; and the shale oil and gas revolution continues to power investment, job creation and revenue growth.

The woes of the Big Three are well known: an overdependence on gas - guzzling SUVs, massive pension obligations, and a dearth of good design.

Meanwhile, in addition to the mountains of trash to be tapped, there are plenty of other sources of methane — stranded gas wells, coalbed methane, and even the biogas emitted by cow manure — that Prometheus plans to capture and put to use.

The amount of water needed to hydraulically fracture a well varies greatly, depending on how hard it is to extract oil and gas from each geological formation.

«The oil and gas industry is a small but significant player,» said Jon Monson, director of the city's water department, which has designated 35 fire hydrants where haulers may fill up their tanks to truck to gas wells.

High school graduates can work as on - shore oil and gas well drillers or well servicers once they complete three to months of formal on - the - job training.

In Colorado's Weld County, home to Peppler's farm and more than 19,000 active oil and gas wells, some officials see selling unneeded portions of their allotments from the Colorado River as a way to shore up city budgets.

Whether it's 10 cents off gas or your 10th cup of coffee free, people love a good deal.

The Company's capital investment in the development of oil and natural gas properties and other capital expenditures, before the change in accounts payable, was approximately $ 250 million in the quarter and includes several Wattenberg wells being turned - in - line approximately two weeks ahead of schedule.

The spill also highlighted awareness of the risks associated with oil and gas production — sure, oilsands might have appeared relatively better as a result, but in absolute terms, they were easily portrayed as yet another example of the high costs and high risks associated with oil extraction.

«The remaining assets in RBSSC, namely the North American power and gas businesses, remain of high value and are performing well.

«Shell's strong earnings this quarter were underpinned by higher oil and gas prices, the continued growth and very good performance of our Integrated Gas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statemegas prices, the continued growth and very good performance of our Integrated Gas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statemeGas business, and improved profitability in our Upstream business,» Chief Executive Officer Ben van Beurden said in a statement.

Walt Doyle, GasBuddy CEO, discusses how his company aims to help travelers find cheap gas, clean bathrooms and a good cup of coffee.

Our 2013 edition of the list features young hotshots who are rocking businesses as diverse as air travel, natural gas, and genetic coding, as well as — if you can believe it — government.

This week Uber is releasing a new «Fuel Finder» feature on its app that can give drivers directions to the nearest gas stations and help them hunt for the best prices on a tank of gas.

Moody's studied 37 oil and gas companies in Canada and the U.S., concluding that although the oil industry has dramatically slashed its cost of production in the past three years and is currently in the midst of posting much better financials this year, there is little room left for more progress.

This means EQT needs to drill fewer vertical wells because it can drill sideways into neighboring pockets of natural gas.

Prosecutors began to uncover a string of corruption scandals in 2014 and 2015, involving both private and state - controlled companies, like Petrobras, the nation's oil and gas champion, as well as current and former elected officials — namely, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Under all five variations, plans call for the increase in solar as well as the addition of at least eight natural gas - fired facilities with a combined capacity of between 3,500 - 5,000 megawatts, Koonce said.

In Williams» own words: «In terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, the news is even better.

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.

When the tap water gets cloudy, she drives around to the nine gas well pads within a mile of her farm, writing down which ones have trucks and men working.

A resource audit by McDaniel & Associates, released last month, found Calima's 55 % equity share represented a best estimate gross unrisked resource of 1.2 trillion cubic feet of gas and 63 million barrels of oil liquids.

For example, he signed and sent a letter as Oklahoma Attorney General criticizing EPA estimates of emissions from oil and gas wells, without disclosing that it had been drafted in its entirety by Devon Energy.

Generally speaking, the U.S. and international press seemed to think the report, which finds the pipeline would have minimal effects on greenhouse gas emissions, bodes well for TransCanada's long - delayed project to connect the oilsands to Gulf of Mexico refineries.

Franco - Nevada Corp. (FNV: $ 44.16) A royalty company that buys interests in a diversified range of gold mines as well as interests in oil and gas and other assets.