Sentences with phrase «of shale gas»

This film below and the feature image at the top of this post have been sourced via the NT Frack - free Alliance, a diverse group of community members, Traditional Owners, environment groups and landholders established in response to NT government plans for a roll - out of the shale gas industry across the Territory.

Following the much publicised development of shale gas in the US, many countries turned to non-conventional fields as a route to increasing their own production.

Glover recently advised SP Manweb on applying for wayleaves regarding the construction of overhead lines in Wale; assisted Ineos Upstream with the development of wells for the potential production of shale gas; and is advising ITV on negotiations with TfGM concerning the construction of a tramline near its studios.

Crawley, the former Program Manager at the federal Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA, a precursor to the Department of Energy), oversaw a significant portion of the federal research that went into the development of shale gas fracturing technologies.

Friends of the Earth offered a quite nuanced view to the Energy and Climate Select Committe: «available data suggests that the carbon footprint of shale gas is smaller than that of coal used in electricity production, although it is higher than that of conventional gas.

The results should emerge soon, but in its evidence to the Select Committee, Scottish and Southern Electricity plc said that, while shale gas was a viable if relatively small option for the UK (compared to the US), «there is a concern that with limited capital for investment in the energy industry, significant development of policy incentives to encourage development of shale gas resources in the UK, alongside uncontrolled growth in gas - fired generation could decrease investor certainty on UK policy direction towards renewables, CCS and / or nuclear.

Over 60 % of shale gas deposits are in North America and Russia.

The oil giants also want to do more to promote natural gas, which has become more abundant because of recent developments in the exploitation of shale gas and emits half as much greenhouse gas as coal does.

Our position is very clear: We want a complete moratorium, not only on exploitation but also on exploration of shale gas.

However, one aspect of the Howarth study uses work that I've been involved in to better estimate the indirect effects of short - lived emissions (including methane, the dominant component of shale gas).

[The EIA] estimated that there are 482 trillion cubic feet of shale gas in the United States, down from the 2011 estimate of 827 trillion cubic feet — a drop of more than 40 percent.

Coming on the heels of news of «vast reserves» of shale gas in England, opponents of fracking are highlighting the potential threat the natural gas extraction method could pose in another area of the nation — this time to

A new estimate of shale gas in the US, released by the Energy Information Agency, sharply revises downward available reserves: 40 % lower for the nation and 66 % lower for the Marcellus Shale.

The Howarth et al paper estimating the climatic impact of shale gas extraction by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has provoked a number of responses across the media.

More on the benefits of shale gas as touted by fracking companies being overstated: According to new independent analysis, published in The Oil Drum, of extent of the US» shale gas reserves and the economics of extracting those finds that «industry

I don't foresee a day when there will be technology that will allow safe exploitation of shale gas.

«The large GHG footprint of shale gas undercuts the logic of its use as a bridging fuel over coming decades, if the goal is to reduce global warming.»

New post, 8th October: UK North Sea Oil Production Decline New post 18th November: Marcellus shale gas Bradford Co Pennsylvania: production history and declines New post, 28th November: What is the real cost of shale gas?

This shows both the rapid growth and absolute importance of the shale gas resource to the United States.

As a resident of NE Ohio, sitting on top of the Utica Shale, I have been following the issues surrounding the exploitation of shale gas, and I'm genuinely undecided on whether the benefits of «fracking» outweigh the risks.

(Estimates of shale gas potential vary from 22 to 55 Tcm.)

... In short, if we assume current policies, shale gas is almost a wash for global CO2, and methane will decrease or eliminate any small climate benefits of shale gas.

The marketing of the shale gas phenomenon has been so effective that important policy and strategic decisions are being made based on yes unproven assumptions about the abundance and low cost of these plays.

The expansion of shale gas in the US has dropped the price of feedstocks by two thirds, they have to do something with all that gas to make a profit from drilling for it.

Similarly, the National Association of Manufacturers estimated that high recovery of shale gas and lower natural gas prices will help U.S. manufacturers employ 1,000,000 workers by 2025 while lower feedstock and energy costs could help them reduce natural gas expenditures by as much as 11.6 billion by 2025.

According to the IEA, the economical extraction of shale gas more than doubles the projected production potential of natural gas, from 125 years to over 250 years.

The Wall Street Journal laid many out clearly and forcefully in a June 2011 editorial, «The facts about fracking: The real risks of the shale gas revolution and how to manage them.»

«The reason is simple: because of shale gas, it is more cost effective to produce ethylene in U.S. than just about anywhere else in the world.»

Because only a small fraction of shale gas can be extracted cost effectively, production declines by an average of 80 - 90 % over the first 36 months.

A comparison of two conflicting studies analyzing the greenhouse gas impacts of shale gas as compared to coal.

China, the world's top energy user, is believed to hold the world's largest reserves of shale gas, which is trapped in rocks and requires a technology called hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to unleash.

If there are large quantities of shale gas in China, you can bet your buns that China will figure out how to exploit this (and put in the necessary infrastructure to make that possible).

Under a new Shale Gas Initiative, the U.S. and China will «use experience gained in the United States to assess China's shale gas potential, promote environmentally - sustainable development of shale gas resources, conduct joint technical studies to accelerate development of shale gas resources in China, and promote shale gas investment in China through the U.S. - China Oil and Gas Industry Forum, study tours, and workshops.»

Spend a few minutes watching a number of prominent officials in Washington extoll the emissions - reducing virtues of shale gas.

Obviously switching from coal to gas would be sensible as can be seen from the US, which is the only developed country that has managed a «worthwhile» reduction in CO2 emissions brought about its exploitation of its shale gas reserves and switching energy production away from coal to the newly sourced gas.

On the heels of the shale gas rush that's swept the U.S. for the past decade, another wave of fossil fuel - based projects is coming — a plastic and petrochemical manufacturing rush that environmentalists warn could make smog worse in communities already breathing air pollution from fracking, sicken workers, and expand the plastic trash gyres in the world's oceans.

However, during the whole time of the shale gas revolution in the United States, the process of horizontal drilling and «fracking» for gas has been essentially shut down by regulators over concerns of environmentalists.

Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus in the American Enterprise Institute's The American on the lessons of the shale gas revolution, February 22, 2012

As Chinese companies gain experience producing from shale, the cost of shale gas drilling has declined.

The difficulties faced in increasing CBM output have led China to increase its development of shale gas resources, taking a similar path toward shale development as it did with CBM.

Consider the Source (or, How to Swashbuckle Like a Pirate) The American Gas Association (AGA), flush with cash from increased consumption of shale gas extracted through fracking, and all the political power that comes with it, makes no bones about wanting the repeal of Section 433 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA).

The American Gas Association (AGA), flush with cash from increased consumption of shale gas extracted through fracking, and all the political power that comes with it, makes no bones about wanting the repeal of Section 433 of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA).

The first looked at the overall prospects for unconventional gas in a low gas - price environment; the second detailed the outlook for Argentina; the third examined social and environmental aspects; and the concluding session considered the potential implications of shale gas for regional energy use, trade and infrastructure.

The part of these resources that become economically recoverable resources will depend on the market price of natural gas from foreign sources, including both pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas, as well as the capital and operating costs and productivity of shale gas production within China.

However, I was wondering if you can provide me with a link to arguments against the rapid decline of shale gas wells?

This basin is not shown on the map of shale gas basins in the US.

Pointing to the expansion of shale gas in America, Ridley suggested that «Environmental problems have, contrary to the propaganda, been minimal.»

Roundtrip transportation from Dublin will be provided for our attendees to our university research labs in Athens, Ohio to learn from the faculty, staff and students researching innovative technologies that improve efficiencies in the production, delivery and monitoring of shale gas.

Methane leaks increase the climate impact of shale gas, but whether the leaks are sufficient to significantly alter the climate forcing by total natural gas development is uncertain [164].

The robust economic gains of shale gas should be paid forward to the development and deployment of renewable energy technologies, as well as advanced nuclear and carbon capture and sequestration technologies.