Sentences with phrase «produced by hydraulic fracturing»

Natural gas produced by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking (a much - touted key to expanding production) is even more climate - disruptive than coal because of methane gas leakage.

The study, to be published in Water Resources Research on October 20, demonstrates that fractures in surrounding rock produced by the hydraulic fracturing process are able to connect to preexisting, abandoned oil and gas wells, common in fracking areas, which can provide a pathway to the surface for methane.

A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.

Not exact matches

With huge new amounts of lease condensate coming from America's condensate - rich tight oil fields — the ones tapped by hydraulic fracturing or fracking — the United States isn't producing quite as much actual crude oil as the raw numbers would lead us to believe.

Oil and gas companies developing fields in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Dakota rely on a process called hydraulic fracturing, which produces natural gas by blasting water and chemicals into energy - rich rock formations deep underground.

The Barnett and Eagle Ford shale formations in Texas contain high amounts lithium, and the produced wastewater generated by hydraulic fracturing in those areas has high concentrations of lithium.

In work that offers insight into the magnitude of the hazards posed by earthquake faults in general, seismologists have developed a model to determine the size of an earthquake that could be triggered by the underground injection of fluids produced as a by - product of hydraulic fracturing.

These companies are benefiting from the huge investments needed to explore, produce, process and transport oil and gas unlocked from previously inaccessible dense rock formations through advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, according to the findings by Houston - based energy analyst firm IHS.

During the mid-2000s, the generating mix changed rapidly, driven largely by the rise in natural gas produced by horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.