Sentences with phrase «shale gas exploration»

«The former Liberal government adopted amendments to provide for specific information that has to be submitted when you want to do any shale gas exploration,» he says.

Jenny Banks, climate and energy policy officer at WWF - UK, called on the British government to halt shale gas exploration.

But Exxon Mobil abandoned its shale gas exploration there amid disappointing early results.

This will likely lead to her coming head to head with climate denier Lord Nigel Lawson, an avid supporter of shale gas exploration.

Climate deniers Viscount Matt Ridley and Lord Nigel Lawson defended a controversial fracking U-turn by the Conservative - led government in the House of Lords last night that will reduce safety standards for shale gas exploration.

Nobody is currently seriously looking at shale gas exploration, much less development, in New York with the prices as low as they are and the encumbrances of Home Rule.

We are still in the very early stages of shale gas exploration in the UK and it is likely to develop slowly.

«These fears have been heightened at a time when we're talking about shale gas exploration in the country.

in the Southern Tier, money will flow to landowners who won't get to cash in on shale gas exploration royalties, thanks to Cuomo's fracking ban;

Yet we now know about nuclear energy policy; shale gas exploration; grammar schools; housing plans; a race equality audit.

For example, the now - expired unconventional natural gas production tax credit provided support for nascent shale gas exploration technologies in the 1980s and 1990s.

Oct. 4 2012: France will maintain a ban on fracking until there is proof that shale gas exploration won't harm the environment or «massacre» the landscape, President Nicolas Sarkozy said.

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In 2012 it bought Celtic Exploration Ltd. for $ 3.1 billion, vastly increasing its acreage in the shale gas formations of northern B.C. and Alberta.

However, oil prices have been dropping like hot potatoes, almost 30 %, and with that energy stocks are tanking in unison and singing songs with same tune, along with drilling and exploration companies for shale oil or natural gas.

An April 2011 moratorium placed on shale - gas exploration in South Africa ended in September 2012.

The Government's decision to allow exploration of potential shale gas reserves to proceed has been welcomed by engineers, who say it could have major environmental benefits.

If, following industrial exploration, methane or helium levels in groundwater at extraction sites are found to have changed, analysis could determine whether the gas is natural or a leak from deep shale.

Greenpeace said earlier this month it would encourage British landowners to join together in legally opposing fracking, a move that could strengthen the opposition to exploration and development of shale oil and gas.

The shale gas in recent exploration in the United States, that could meet the domestic demand of the country for natural gas at current levels of consumption for over 100 years, is extremely negative for the environment because it generates half the carbon emissions from coal, and pollutes the sheets underground aquifers.

They include: reliance on industry innovation that has been the driving force behind America's energy renaissance — innovation that launched the surge in shale energy production, prompting increased natural gas use and resulting in lower carbon emissions; embracing the successful, free - market approach to energy and economic growth while lowering emissions by basing decisions on sound science; and allowing more opportunities for energy exploration and development.

A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about a Chinese shale revolution as the country's fast - growing demand for natural gas sparked enthusiasm in the exploration of its...

With over 30 years experience in the energy business, he was a founding partner in the creation of Terra Energy in 1984 which was a pioneer in the exploration and development of the Antrim shale natural gas resources of Michigan.

It says the EU has yet to evaluate the potential of shale gas and has only «limited» exploration experience.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

The quote from Mitt Romney's (allegedly «ghostwritten») book points to the conclusion that the USA should do more oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill») including shale deposits, to get more «energy independent» (combined, of course, with supporting basic research for new energy technologies).

BNP Paribas recently announced that it was restricting financing for oil and gas projects from shale and / or oil from tar sands as well as exploration and production projects in the Arctic.

Recent technological advancements in exploration, drilling, and hydraulic fracturing have transformed shale formations from marginal natural gas producers to substantial and expanding contributors to the natural gas portfolio.

Our results show evidence for methane contamination of shallow drinking - water systems in at least three areas of the region and suggest important environmental risks accompanying shale - gas exploration worldwide.

Exploration for shale gas is already halted in Quebec, as an environmental review process continues.

Our position is very clear: We want a complete moratorium, not only on exploitation but also on exploration of shale gas.

Tuesday's release of proposed rules for oil shale exploration across the Rocky Mountain West by the Bureau of Land Management was merely another shot across the bow in the political blame game over $ 4 - per - gallon gas.

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