Sentences with phrase «shale development»

Shell Oil's plan to acquire a junior water right for eight percent of Colorado's Yampa River average April - to - June flow for oil shale development has been opposed by some twenty - five parties, all submitting letters of opposition to the Colorado Water Court in Steamboat Springs.

Blogger Paul Driessen highlights the benefits of U.S. shale development — game - changing technologies that have led to job creation and economic boosts across the country.

Perry attributes the change to increased shale development made possible by new technologies.

Another company, Venoco, recently sold off most of the acreage it had accumulated in search of Monterey shale oil since 2006, but it still plans to direct $ 13 million to Monterey shale development in 2013.

but also a fan of more oil shale development (nay!).

Well, this one starts by opening up the North Slope of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing, clearing the way for oil shale development on public lands, and allowing offshore drilling on heretofore off - limits areas of the Atlanta and Pacific coasts - including, of course, California.

The impact statement, released Dec. 20, is an overview of possible impacts to full - scale oil shale development on nearly 2 million acres in the three states.

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.

His administration had done little to foster shale development in his first term, and a fair amount to impede it, at least on federal lands.

The surge in U.S. shale development through hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling in North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas has boosted domestic oil production — 7.3 million barrels a day last week alone — to the highest level since 1986, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Perhaps it was inevitable that public lands and private interests would clash over Marcellus shale development in a state whose name literally means, «Penn's Woods.»

More than 80 attendees from across the state and region joined our OHIO research team to discuss the changing landscape of shale development for both communities and businesses.

The Shale Innovation Project is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Ohio University Russ College of Engineering and Technology, the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs and the College of Arts and Sciences examining the impact of shale development on businesses and communities in Ohio's shale region.

To streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty, and give certainty to oil shale development for American energy security, economic development, and job creation, and for other purposes.

No later than January 1, 2016, the Secretary of the Interior shall hold no less than 5 separate commercial lease sales in areas considered to have the most potential for oil shale development, as determined by the Secretary, in areas nominated through public comment.

Requires the Secretary, by January 1, 2016, to hold at least five separate commercial lease sales, in multiple lease blocs, in areas of at least 25,000 acres, which: (1) have been nominated through public comment, and (2) are considered to have the most potential for oil shale development.

Key regulations governing shale development include: Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; National Environmental Policy Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; Endangered Species Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Because there are still many unanswered questions about the technology, water use, and impacts of potential commercial - scale oil shale development, we're proposing a prudent and orderly approach that could facilitate significant improvements to technology needed for commercial - scale activity,» BLM director Bob Abbey said in a prepared statement.

Companies have made technological advancements that substantially mitigate environmental impacts associated with oil shale production and are committed to continued research and development in this area and environmentally responsible oil shale development.

Salazar has said he wants to revisit Bush - era regulations that open much of the West to oil shale development, the delisting of the gray wolf as an endangered species, and a rule that allows federal agencies to avoid consulting scientists on whether the Endangered Species Act applies to certain projects.

«The judges also cited Shell's advancements in deepwater drilling, shale development and tight - gas extraction, all of which are helping to drive U.S. energy independence.»

«Arbitrarily imposing new taxes and redundant regulations on responsible shale development would directly undermine that achievement, and quite likely reverse it.»

A series of peer - reviewed comments took issue with the Duke team's conclusions, saying there was a «lack of data» to support their conclusions, and that the report «misrepresents potential risks» of shale development.

Right now several oil shale development companies are in various stages of insolvency or headed toward insolvency.

That left the U.K. as one of the remaining countries that could spark shale development.

This also includes shale developments, where investments for $ 930 billion are in jeopardy, according to the report.

China's Environmental Protection Ministry has not conducted extensive studies on shale gas development, and Chinese journalists have recently begun traveling abroad to study our shale developments and learn from our experiences and concerns.

Not exact matches

While Tillerson has ties to Russia, he partly missed a key energy development back home in the United States by ceding growth potential in the shale oil industry to smaller, more nimble rivals, including Continental Resources.

Five years ago, says Gheit, the industry needed oil at $ 90 to justify the development of new production of U.S. oil shale.

While the Obama administration put commercial leasing on hold, then, elsewhere in the federal government people have been feverishly researching ways to facilitate the development of America's oilsands and oil shale.

This is coming at a time when shareholders are demanding financial discipline and a better return on investment from shale drillers, another development that Papa believes will hold back production growth.

Mark Papa, chairman and CEO of Centennial Resource Development, offers his insight on US shale production at the 2018 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston

Papa, CEO of Centennial Resource Development, is a closely followed figure in the U.S. shale drilling world, where producers rely on advanced techniques to coax oil and gas from tight rock formations.

It is unlikely, then, that environmental concerns will halt shale gas development.

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].

This study compares the early stage development of the Duvernay shale play in Alberta with the later stage development of the Eagle Ford shale play in Texas, looking for similarities between the two plays.

Meanwhile, continued development of shale oil and gas in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere has helped reduce U.S. dependence on foreign energy and brought back thousands of manufacturing jobs.

The biggest challenge facing the new government will be the scale of its Soviet - like subsidies for shale gas development and the missing science on hydraulic fracturing.

British Columbia taxpayers are now subsidizing massive water allocations, road construction and basic scientific research for uneconomic shale gas development by multinational and Chinese national oil companies.

Discovering Shale Gas: An Investor's Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Plays explores in detail the environmental and social impacts of shale gas development in the United States, identifying key questions for investors and also broader issues about shale gas development's implications for extending the era of fossil fuel dominance.

The British government led by Prime Minister David Cameron has embraced fracking and shale gas development in a way that much of the rest of Europe has not.

The country is seen as Europe's main driver for shale gas development after other countries with large resources, such as France and Germany, have banned the technology.

In addition, the assets have development upside on the ~ 29,000 gross acres with booked proven undeveloped and probable drilling locations with multi-zone potential in the Mannville, Cardium and Duvernay shale.

The strategy is designed to drive out higher - cost producers of heavy oil and shale, whose rapid development is squeezing Middle East crude out of the huge U.S. market and threatens to eat into its share of other lucrative growth markets.

While welcoming a sovereign wealth fund for communities that host shale gas development, I want to see further urgent progress to deliver this unique opportunity for our country and for local people to benefit.»

This reaction from Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper — the Delaware River is part of the New York watershed — is pretty typical: «How can Governor Cuomo consider allowing shale gas development when the state's environmental study is so riddled with holes and unaddressed pollution and public health issues?

The Health Department under his interim leadership produced last year's analysis concluding shale gas development using high - volume hydraulic fracturing carries unacceptable health risks.

With the State's moratorium on (fracked shale) natural gas production, the only way we can receive natural gas is from the Constitution Pipeline and local distribution from the Leatherstocking Company... It is also important to note that a state agency, Empire State Development, has provided a $ 750,000 grant... to assist in degrading the costs of bringing the Leatherstocking gas line to our new facility.

Ed Davey has dismissed the prime minister's claim that fracking has potential to «drive energy bills down» in a speech on shale gas development.

«While unemployment in New York's shale - rich Southern Tier remains high, safety regulated natural gas development has led to the creation of a quarter of a million new jobs across the border in Pennsylvania.»