Sentences with phrase «percent of all natural gas»

The company used reduced emissions completions in only 29 percent of natural gas wells in the United States, the filing said.

By comparison, Chevron, the second-most profitable American company, told CDP it used such completions in 90 percent of its natural gas wells in 2013.

In California alone, 19 percent of all the electricity and 30 percent of the natural gas is used to move, treat, and heat water.

Because methane, which makes up about 95 percent of the natural gas in pipelines, is about 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, the leakage raises a troubling climate question: How clean is natural gas?

The process converts roughly 50 percent of the natural gas to acetylene — the other half is burned for the heat that drives the process, which still releases CO2 into the atmosphere — and nearly all of that acetylene to ethylene, and then ethylene to fuel.

The output from these wells makes up 43 percent of the oil production and 67 percent of the natural gas production in the United States, according to the agency.

Take the controversy over gas flaring in Nigeria, where oil firms burn off 40 percent of the natural gas found with oil.

His new paper suggests that 12 percent of natural gas — mostly methane — that is produced in the U.S. ends up being leaked into the atmosphere, double the amount he previously estimated.

The California Energy Commission reported on the California Water - Energy Relationship in 2005, noting that «water - related energy use consumes 19 percent of the state's electricity, 30 percent of its natural gas, and 88 billion gallons of diesel fuel every year.»

Backing out fossil fuels begins with the electricity sector, where the development of 5,153 gigawatts of new renewable generating capacity by 2020, over half of it from wind, would be more than enough to replace all the coal and oil and 70 percent of the natural gas now used to generate electricity.

Other cuts come from entirely backing out all the oil used to generate electricity and 70 percent of the natural gas.

More than 80 percent of natural gas - fired generation in the United States comes from natural gas combined - cycle (NGCC) power plants.

[2] About 8 percent of natural gas combined cycle plants in the United States use dry cooling technology; 80 percent rely on recirculating systems.

*** «The U.S. gets 30 percent of its oil from the Gulf and about 15 percent of its natural gas,» according to Robert Bryce, senior fellow with the Center for Energy Policy and Environment at the Manhattan Institute in an article in The Edmonton Journal.

Gas extracted from shale currently accounts [in 2011] for about 15 percent of natural gas produced in the United States.

Since California receives 87 percent of its natural gas needs from out - of - state, what will be the potential impact on natural gas supplies to California?

U.S. Department of Energy statistics show «up to 95 percent of new wells drilled today are hydraulically fractured, accounting for more than 43 percent of total U.S. oil production and 67 percent of natural gas production.»

The second study's findings are even more alarming: Oil and gas operations in North Dakota and eastern Texas leaked roughly 10 percent of the natural gas they produced between 2006 and 2011, spewing methane — a potent greenhouse gas — into the atmosphere.

Not exact matches

Exxon's production of oil, natural gas and other liquids fell by 6 percent from the previous quarter.

A recent survey by the National Association for Business Economics showed that 18 percent of businesses expect a negative impact from declining oil prices — reflecting the percentage of industries that directly benefit from oil and natural gas sales.

Natural gas would increase from 38 percent of the capacity mix in 2017 to as much as 59 percent, while coal would shrink from 21 percent to no more than 15 percent.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)-- Dominion Energy Virginia said Tuesday that it plans to build at least eight new natural gas - fired plants during the next 15 years, cementing its shift away from coal, while depending on renewables for less than 10 percent of its energy capacity.

For instance, Mexico could rely on its own oil resources to displace some of the U.S. natural gas it is now buying, but she does see a 60 percent chance a new NAFTA deal will be approved.

China's goal is to use natural gas for 10 percent of its needs by 2020, and it needs LNG to meet that demand.

Loeb recently told Third Point fund investors that shares of the oil and gas company could be 60 percent higher, and he outlined changes it could make to add value, such as spinning off its retail business or selling its Canadian natural gas assets.

Separately, Paramount also said it entered into an agreement with petroleum and natural gas company Trilogy Energy Corp TET.TO, in which the company would buy the remaining 85 percent of the common shares and non-voting shares of Trilogy.

By 2034, natural gas will overtake oil as the main source of energy, and by 2050 it will be the single largest such source globally, satisfying 27 percent of demand.

Representing 36 percent of Russia's territory, the Russian Far East is geopolitically significant for Russia due to its access to the Asia Pacific and the region's wealth of natural resources, including oil and gas, iron ore and copper, other minerals, and precious metals.

Aramco will supply up to 70 percent of the crude feedstock requirement of the refinery, with natural gas, power and other utilities to be supplied by Petronas.

Ontario's supply of natural gas would be cut by roughly 25 percent, leaving some regions with few obvious alternatives to substitute for the loss.

He went on, «You are 75 percent cheaper than the rest of the world on natural gas, you are 10 percent cheaper on oil and you are half the price of gasoline as the rest of the world.

Those states could supply about a third of all U.S. natural gas once the pipeline expansion is complete, up from about 25 percent now, according to projections from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Although the world remains heavily dependent on oil, coal and natural gas — which today supply around 80 percent of our primary energy needs — the industry is rapidly crumbling.

GREG WARREN: With coal fired and natural gas plants continuing to generate around two thirds of the nation's electricity and renewables accounting to less than 10 percent, there remains plenty of room for growth.

Singapore, one of the sunniest cities in the world, generates almost all its power from imported natural gas, with solar fuelling less than 1 percent.

That same Clean Power Plan predicted that by 2030, under the policy's changes to the electricity sector, natural gas would provide 33 percent of U.S. electricity, and coal would provide 27 percent.

Power generation accounts for 32 percent of U.S. natural - gas use, according to the Energy Information Administration.

Imported fossil fuels provide the bulk of power fuel, with 47 percent of the island's electricity coming from petroleum, 34 percent from natural gas, 17 percent from coal, and just 2 percent from renewable energy in 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration.

A 2013 NRG Research Group poll found that 68 percent of Albertans want coal plants phased out or shut down and replaced with natural gas and renewable energy, the report said.

In 2009, Snyder's of Hanover set a goal to reduce its energy and natural gas usage and greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent each in the next five years, as well as reduce its solid waste by 30 percent in the same period.

In 2014, the fuel mix used by mills consisted of 73 percent natural gas — a 27 percent increase since 2006.

Renewable energy: Commit to 100 percent renewable power The Climate Collaborative states that about one - third of all the greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. come from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to produce electricity.

On the controversial question of fracking, the largest plurality ever in a Siena poll has said «no» to the natural gas drilling technique, with 45 percent opposed and 37 percent in favor.

And on the controversial natural - gas extract process known as hydrofracking, a majority of voters — 54 percent to 40 percent — agree with the decision by the Cuomo administration ban the practice.

Imposes a 3 percent tax on the value of natural gas extracted from the «Marcellus shale» formation (S. 6610 / A9710, Part A).

Fifty - seven percent of the state's power generation is from natural gas - fueled plants.

1) Repeal the Triborough Amendment; 2) State pick - up of Medicaid costs from counties; 3) Roll - back of Medicaid entitlements / coverages to median national levels; 4) Major reform of SEQR process which blocks projects Upstate; 5) Repeal NY's participation in RGGI; 6) Cut 50 percent of staff at DOE, DOH, DEC in order to let the other half do their jobs, which means serving the people instead of feeding the bureaucratic monster; 7) Support expansion of nuclear plants at Oswego, construction of new plants elsewhere; 8) Tort reform to allow doctors to practice medicine, instead of fleeing NY; 9) Use the bully pulpit to support natural gas drilling and tell the envirowackos to grow up.

The organizers said the main goals of the event were to persuade Cuomo to block all new natural gas infrastructure in the state, including pipelines and power plants; move toward 100 percent renewable energy, and tax emissions to fund the transition.

About 89 percent of the households in Erie County heat with natural gas, the U.S. Census Bureau says.

Green Party candidate Matt Funiciello said the U.S. needs to take immediate action to get off of dirty fossil fuel energy sources like natural gas and coal and switch to 100 percent renewable energy sources like solar and wind.