After New York governor Andrew Cuomo partially lifted the moratorium on fracking, opponents
of the natural gas extraction procedure were predictably and probably justifiably not happy.
New York Times has some more information on fracking that you should pay attention to, this time in regards to how EPA concerns about the environmental impact
of the natural gas extraction procedure were actively downplayed, and impact studies
This work emphasizes the need for top - down identification and component level and event driven measurements of methane leaks to properly inventory the combined methane emissions
of natural gas extraction and combustion to better define the impacts of our nation's increasing reliance on natural gas to meet our energy needs.
UT's sampling of well sites estimates the national leakage rate associated with the production phase
of natural gas extraction to be equivalent to less than half of one percent of total natural gas produced.
Given the realities and the time needed to make the transition to a lower - carbon economy, I think probably some expansion
of natural gas extraction needs to be in the mix, but hopefully with better environmental protection than has generally been the case so far.
I was glad to see Joe Romm react to The New York Times investigation of water problems in gas country by sticking with his appropriately nuanced view of the need for responsible expansion
of natural gas extraction.
These findings have been published by Matthew Lasich and Deresh Ramjugernath from the University of KwaZulu - Natal, Durban, South Africa, in EPJ B. Alternative applications for such findings are relevant for future energy research, such as energy storage and the development
of natural gas extraction methods.
Hydro - fracking has been banned in New York State for nearly a year now, but opponents
of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.
Similar pressures are at work in the debate over hydraulic fracturing, a controversial method
of natural gas extraction.
This report provides context and background for the growth
of natural gas extraction, and examines trends and regulations concerning fracking and other methods and byproducts
of natural gas extraction.
Not exact matches
But fracking opponents claim that, though
natural gas is considered the greenest
of fossil fuels, shale
extraction is significantly more carbon - intensive than conventional production and may result in the release
of large quantities
of methane, itself a greenhouse
gas.
The rules require «resource
extraction issuers» to disclose payments that are made to further the commercial development
of oil,
natural gas, or minerals, and are generally consistent with the types
of payments that the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) suggests should be disclosed.
Not later than 270 days after the date
of enactment
of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Commission shall issue final rules that require each resource
extraction issuer to include in an annual report
of the resource
extraction issuer information relating to any payment made by the resource
extraction issuer, a subsidiary
of the resource
extraction issuer, or an entity under the control
of the resource
extraction issuer to a foreign government or the Federal Government for the purpose
of the commercial development
of oil,
natural gas, or minerals...
Also the production
of the oil sands results in
extraction of the
natural gas as well.
Carbo Ceramics (NYSE: CRR) is a pick - and - shovel play in the
natural gas space, specializing in selling consumable materials used in the
extraction process
of natural gas.
The Company's Sand segment consists
of the production and sale
of various grades
of industrial sand primarily used in the
extraction of oil and
natural gas, as well as the production
of building products and foundry materials.
7:23: Both Turner and Maragos call for varying degrees
of environmental balance with the controversial
natural gas extraction process known as hydrofracking.
The Department
of Environmental Conservation and the state Department
of Health are finalizing a health - impact study
of fracking, the controversial
natural gas extraction process, and announced last week that three experts have been contracted to sort through the guidelines.
In the early years
of the Cuomo Administration, oil giant Exxon - Mobil put its considerable political clout behind an effort to get New York to allow fracking; a controversial type
of drilling that allowed for the
extraction of natural gas.
The New York State Assembly's Environmental Conservation Committee has voted in favor
of a law that would defer the issuance
of new hydrofracking permits amid increased environmental and health concerns about the controversial
natural gas extraction method.
Avella spoke strongly
of his opposition to the procedure, which involves the
extraction of natural gas and petroleum through the drilling
of rock, focusing on the threat it might pose to New York's water supply.
Schneiderman had sued the commission, an agency that regulates drinking water for residents in parts
of New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, earlier this year after he determined their proposed regulations for the controversial
natural gas extraction method didn't go far enough.
A halt to the Millennium pipeline feeding the CPV power plant could send a message that not only does New York ban
extraction, but the state is also clamping down on the use
of natural gas from beyond its borders in favor
of renewables such as wind or solar.
But she strayed briefly from a largely upbeat outlook to level harsh attacks against census takers and the possibility
of hydrofracking near the city's watershed — the controversial
natural gas -
extraction method.
In particular, she blamed Cuomo's political machinations for the failure
of campaign finance and ethics reform efforts, and for New York not outlawing
natural gas extraction through the controversial method
of hydraulic fracturing.
Though Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous, R - Binghamton, didn't exactly close the door on a millionaires tax in a radio interview last week (Libous said he would be open to other sources
of revenue if the high - volume version
of the controversial but potential lucrative
natural -
gas extraction process known as hydrofracking isn't allowed) DeFrancisco said GOP lawmakers in his chamber would continue to oppose any tax increases or attempts to sustain a surcharge.
Department
of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens said last week that he expects the advisory committee
of experts, local and state officials and environmental groups reviewing the controversial
natural -
gas extraction process hydraulic fracturing will meet in «the near future.»
The Independent Oil and
Gas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review of its draft natural gas extraction rules or be su
Gas Association knocked Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's ultimatum to the Delaware River Basin Commission, which called upon the body to begin an environmental review
of its draft
natural gas extraction rules or be su
gas extraction rules or be sued.
The SGEIS, or Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement, is a review
of potential regulations for hydrofracking, a
natural gas extraction process that involves blasting a mixture
of chemicals and water underground in order to access the
gas underneath.
Clinton's past support
of fracking has bubbled up as an issue in New York, which banned the underground
natural -
gas extraction in 2015 and where activists have pushed Clinton to abandon her previous position.
Hydrofracking is the practice
of fracturing subterranean rock with a pressurized chemical mixture to release
natural gas for
extraction.
Approximately 85 percent
of the Marcellus Shale would be accessible to
natural gas extraction under these recommendations.
Tracking Rep. John Faso in the Age
of Trump from fivethirtyeight.com Disapprove Disclosure
of Payments by Resource
Extraction Issuers Rule — Vote Passed (235 - 187, 10 Not Voting) The measure would disapprove of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule issued in July 2016 that requires resource extraction issuers (companies that extract oil, natural gas or
Extraction Issuers Rule — Vote Passed (235 - 187, 10 Not Voting) The measure would disapprove
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule issued in July 2016 that requires resource
extraction issuers (companies that extract oil, natural gas or
extraction issuers (companies that extract oil,
natural gas or -LSB-...]
Scientific findings — and a lack
of them — played a starring role in a controversial decision earlier this week by Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to essentially ban the
natural gas extraction technique known as fracking in the Empire State.
Natural gas produces half the CO2 emissions
of coal, but its
extraction is harder on the environment.
According to the first large - scale study
of babies born before and after
natural gas extraction began in Pennsylvania, those living near fracking sites had significantly lower birth weights — and worse health — than other babies.
For the hydraulic fracturing system, the study estimated the toxicity
of the fracturing fluid chemicals used to crack rock and release
natural gas, as well as the wastewater associated with shale -
gas extraction.
In 2011,
natural gas exploration and
extraction in the Marcellus Shale formation produced an estimated 2.37 million tons
of cuttings in Pennsylvania alone with almost all
of it ending up in landfills, according to a review published in Environmental Practice.
Methane comes naturally from decomposition
of plant and animal matter, and from man - made sources including the farming
of ruminants such as cattle and sheep, and coal or
natural gas extraction.
U.S. EPA has begun the process
of requiring
natural gas companies to use «green completions,» a set
of technologies and methods that allow for an efficient and leak - free transfer
of natural gas from
extraction wells to transport pipelines to the refineries or processors.
The trick to lowering
natural gas's global warming quotient is to tighten up leaks in upstream operations, from
extraction to use, say the authors
of a World Resources Institute report released today.
Kort, first author
of a paper on the findings published in Geophysical Research Letters, says the controversial
natural gas extraction technique
of hydraulic fracturing is not the main culprit.
Image courtesy: Top
of the Mitt Watershed CouncilANN ARBOR — University
of Michigan researchers today released the final version
of a report analyzing policy options for the state
of Michigan regarding high - volume hydraulic fracturing, the
natural gas and oil
extraction process commonly known as fracking.
The North Texas earthquakes
of the last seven years have all occurred in areas developed for
natural gas extraction from a geologic formation known as the Barnett Shale.
Although the study acknowledges that methane sources come from a range
of natural and man - made activities — oil
extraction,
natural gas leaks, wetlands, landfills, warming permafrost — researchers say they found less evidence that the boom in oil and
gas production is the primary driver
of the spike.
Roughly two - thirds
of methane comes from manmade sources like the oil and
gas industry (oil
extraction and leakage in
natural gas systems), agriculture (manure pits and cow belches) and landfills.
Hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» is a petroleum -
extraction procedure in which millions
of gallons
of water (as well as sand and chemicals) are injected deep into underground shale beds to crack the rock and release
natural gas and oil.
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.
The economy
of the Chernihiv Oblast mostly deals with petroleum and
natural gas extraction, transport, machinery, tobacco and textile industry.
That's before you get into the environmental vagaries
of hydrogen production, which tends to be either energy - intensive itself (when extracted through electrolysis) or is gathered during the
extraction of fossil fuels or
natural gas.