Sentences with phrase «shale by hydraulic fracturing»

Iconoclastic oilman George Mitchell, with years of effort that flew in the face of conventional industry wisdom, had earlier succeeded in coaxing gas out of the shale by hydraulic fracturing (fracking).

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Rig hands thread together drilling pipe at a hydraulic fracturing site owned by EQT Corp. located atop the Marcellus shale rock formation in Washington Township, Pennsylvania.

Unconventional gas development (UGD), characterized by advances in engineering, including horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing, enables extraction of large amounts of fossil fuel from shale deposits at depths that were previously unapproachable [1].

The boom in unconventional fuels — such as bitumen extracted from Alberta's tar sands and oil extracted from North Dakota's Bakken shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking»)-- has swelled global reserves even as climate scientists issue ever - sterner warnings that burning more than a small fraction of these reserves would be suicidal.

The Southern Tier's outlook already had been dimmed by the Cuomo administration's December 2014 decision to block shale gas production using hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale region.

The downstate region, dominated by New York City, has been growing much faster than upstate (everything north of the metropolitan transportation district)-- and the slowest growing upstate metro areas are in Central New York and the Southern Tier, which would benefit most from the issuance of long - delayed state regulations allowing the use of hydraulic fracturing in shale gas production.

Speaking Thursday at the annual Spring Environment Conference held by the Business Council in Albany, Martens says the agency doesn't have a specific date yet for an update on the environmental review and proposed regulations for high - volume hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells.

By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale — a process now known as fracking — the wildcatters started a revolution.

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.

COVER Natural gas extracted from a deep shale formation by hydraulic fracturing («fracking») technology burns at a well in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

The results come as a natural - gas boom hits the United States, driven by a technology known as hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking», that can crack open hard shale formations and release the natural gas trapped inside.

Natural gas is extracted from shale plays by a process called hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as «fracking.»

In April 2011, my colleagues Tony Ingraffea, Renee Santoro, and I published the first comprehensive analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from shale gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing, with a focus on methane emissions, in the journal Climatic Change Letters.

12:27 p.m. Updated In the final session of an environmental - science communication course that I co-taught at Pace University this spring, Thad Cook, a graduate student, gave a thorough overview of the issues raised by extracting natural gas from shale using hydraulic fracturing, the method now widely called fracking.

The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration has posted a short update on trends in natural gas production in the United States that's worth noting simply because it illustrates the profound nature of the energy transitions that are being propelled by the exploitation of shale deposits using hydraulic fracturing, known best as fracking, along with horizontal drilling.

Original post In 2011, a Cornell research team led by the environmental scientist Robert Howarth published «Methane and the greenhouse - gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations,» a widely discussed paper positing that gas escaping from drilling operations using hydraulic fracturing, widely known as fracking, made natural gas a bigger climate threat than the most infamous fossil fuel, coal.

Thanks to vast domestic shale reserves and safe hydraulic fracturing, the U.S. is the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas — which by far has had the most to do with reducing U.S. net crude imports.

The United States is the world's leading oil and natural gas producer, thanks to vast shale energy reserves safely unlocked by advanced hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

Indeed, the report challenges a common belief that America's dramatic natural gas boom — made possible by the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of shale gas wells — is the main factor in the decline of energy - related emissions.

Poland is racing to develop shale gas, using hydraulic fracturing methods developed by American companies to unlock trillions of cubic feet of methane for its homes and factories.

Modern hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling allows multiple wells to be drilled from one spot, reducing the size of the drilling area above ground by as much as 90 percent.4 Fracking is the key to unlocking vast U.S. shale resources, freeing up oil and natural gas that previously was inaccessible while protecting groundwater supplies and the environment.

The industry also faces stiff competition from a flood of U.S. oil unleashed from oil shale formations by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.

The revolution is a shale energy / fracking revolution, carried along by the combination of modern hydraulic fracturing and advanced horizontal drilling that unlocked vast reserves of oil and natural gas in shale and other tight - rock formations.

With all eyes on New York State's rumored upcoming moves on shale - gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a recent Washington Post op - ed by New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and fracking pioneer, George Mitchell, weighed in on the possibility of limited fracking in the state's Southern Tier.

It looks as if the study - conducted by a team led by Robert Howarth, and to be published in May's Climatic Change Letters - has put shale - gas, extracted using controversial hydraulic fracturing technology, at the top of the climate impact bad - boy league.

Kevin Bullis, MIT Technology Review's senior editor for energy, has a piece noting that the most significant advances in the energy field the past year resulted from surging natural gas and oil production from shale via hydraulic fracturing — an impact Bullis says is unlikely to be unsurpassed by other energy sectors in the near future:

High - volume hydraulic fracturing has been combined with horizontal drilling over the past decade to force oil and natural gas out of shale and other tight geological formations by fracturing the rock with high - pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals.

By STANLEY REED Published: December 13, 2012 LONDON — The British government gave the go - ahead Thursday for exploratory hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas from shale - rock deposits.

Fracking, or Fracing as the oil and gas industry ungrammatically spells it, is short for hydraulic fracturing, and the technology is now being used extensively to extract shale gas, by pumping liquids at high pressure into the rock, creating and expanding fissures.

The mainstream media regularly repeats claims by the fossil fuel industry and the federal government that the US is undergoing a long - term energy revolution thanks to hydraulic fracturing («fracking») in shale deposits.

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.

IHS says unconventional energy — from hydraulic fracturing in shale and other tight - rock formations — has made energy more affordable, increasing average annual U.S. household income by $ 1,200.

The topic is increasingly in the spotlight as the land grab for gas leases — by drilling companies seeking to tap shale deposits via high - volume, hydraulic fracturing combined with horizontal drilling (fracking)-- continues through New York State and the nation.

The method combines a new form of horizontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing — more commonly known as fracking GThe process blasts open fissures in underground shale - rock formations by injecting a high pressure combination of fluids, chemicals and proppants causing the fossil fuel to flow to the production well.

With all eyes on New York State's rumored upcoming moves on shale - gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking), a recent Washington Post op - ed by New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, and fracking pioneer, George Mitchell, weighed in on the possibility of