Sentences with phrase «oil or gas»

Environmental activists and concerned individuals ask for an immediate freeze of any new investment in coal, oil or gas companies.

New ways to improve aerodynamics of planes and vehicles of all kinds or controlling the flow of oil or gas in pipelines would open up, just to name a few.

By indirect consumption of petroleum I am thinking of such things as electricity from oil or gas fired power stations.

Additionally, homes with oil or gas resources and the rights to access those resources are expected to see an increase in the value of that property.

Similar trends are evident offshore as well (Figure 3), where only 10.5 million of the 44 million leased acres are currently producing oil or gas.

This is 3 times more efficient than burning oil or gas for heat.

Probably the Russian girls are as valuable for their country as oil or gas and can also be called an asset for export.

When we burn oil or gas to generate power (such as electricity or to fuel cars), we add CO2 to the air.

Many of our environmental «fixes» have actually had us using oil or gas in equivalent amounts - just in a different part of the process.

You should also check under the motorcycle for signs of oil or gas leaks.

If you're a homeowner, when it's time to replace your heating or cooling system, consider choosing efficient electrical systems over less - efficient oil or gas - burning options.

The investigation should also examine the condition of the vehicles involved, the presence of any skid marks or oil or gas stains on the road, and any debris from the accident.

The cost of your prepaid home heating oil contract is dependent on the estimated amount of oil or gas your home burns during the heating season multiplied by the unit price of the fuel.

There has been much ado about flashier carbon - capture systems, like geologic sequestration, which involves collecting carbon dioxide and injecting it deep below the Earth's surface — into depleted oil or gas wells, for example.

In Australia carbon dioxide could theoretically be sequestered in depleted oil or gas fields (not expected to be sufficiently depleted until 2030), deep underground unmineable coal seams, or deep saline aquifers.

It would be interesting to see if a state government could block an off - shore oil or gas project solely on the basis of climate - related onshore impacts (for Victorians and the rest of the world).

Drivers must also comply with federal regulations which limit the maximum number of consecutive hours a driver may operate a commercial oil or gas truck, as well as the minimum number of hours of rest that are required before a driver can resume work.

Pilots, soldiers, anglers, offshore oil or gas industry workers, etc. can expect higher premiums compared to those working in comparatively safer environments like offices, shops, or schools.

Among the tasks mentioned above, Meter Mechanics are responsible for testing water, oil or gas meters in order to detect leaks, for lubricating moving meter parts or taking records of the materials used and of the meters needed to be repaired.

Fracking — or hydraulic fracturing — is a process in which rocks are deliberately fractured to release oil or gas by injecting highly pressurised fluid into a borehole.

Repressuring: The injection of gas into oil or gas formations to effect greater ultimate recovery.

Rig supervisors typically oversee two to three crews (of four to six people), which operate oil or gas drilling rigs around the clock.

No new offshore oil or gas exploration.

You probably already read about California being added to the list of states facing the economic opportunities and environmental issues that come with abundant shale oil or gas (oil in California's case, because of the Monterey Shale).

Much of this productive investment is to replace highly polluting and inefficient devices with more efficient and much less polluting machines, for example, installing only air to air heat pumps in buildings and not oil or gas burners.

There are some occupations that are considered by insurers as high risk than others for e.g. soldiers, pilots, fishermen, miners, off - shore oil or gas industry workers, etc. are considered more dangerous occupations that people working in offices with a desk job, shop workers, teachers, etc..

When it comes to the proximity of active oil or gas wells, there is no definitive evidence that fracking impacted 2015 home values across the seven Colorado counties below.

Some 2.5 billion gallons of water are used to frack oil or gas wells in the U.S. Every day.

DENVER, Colo. — Fracking is a procedure used to extract oil or gas from deep underground.

The case is interesting given that Bill C - 300 - An Act Respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas Corporations in Developing Countries, a Private Member's Bill sponsored by Hon. John McKay, is currently before the House.

Like anyone along the route of proposed oil or gas pipelines, Rosinski was in a position where, had she not signed the agreement, her land would have been taken anyway by virtue of eminent domain — a right the government can assert to seize private property for public use.

The well is then pumped full of a water, sand and a chemical mixture that fractures the rock further, allowing the trapped oil or gas to seep out and be collected.

DB: I say to Burnaby that pipelines are the safest way in the world to transport oil or gas.

So what am I to make of the extreme claims that are made by opponents to fracking (hydraulic fracturing of subsurface rocks to get oil or gas)?

Usually, the Btu content in the resulting oil or gas barely exceeds the amount needed to make the stuff.

Reservoir engineers are responsible for maximising oil or gas recovery, and advise on how best to extract these fuels.

Drilling techniques that enable BP to extract between five and seven times more oil or gas from a single well, this week earned two BP engineers the 1992 MacRobert Award, Britain's top engineering prize.

Jeremy Claisse at Occidental College in Los Angeles and his team surveyed 16 oil or gas platforms and seven rocky reefs each year for five to 15 years, from 1995 to 2011.

This enables drillers to extract extra oil or gas from a well by triggering huge cracks in the oil - bearing rock at the base of a well - bore.

The rig, owned and operated by the Nabors Drilling company and previously used to find oil or gas, first bit into the reddish soil here in July 2002, drilling a pilot hole 1.4 miles deep, which was outfitted with a string of seismometers.

Its age is not unusual, considering that all of California's underground natural gas storage facilities are located in depleted oil or gas reservoirs.

During more than the past five years through June 30, 2009, our emphasis had been participation in the oil and gas segment, acquiring interests in producing oil or gas properties and participating in drilling operations.