Sentences with phrase «underground rock formations»

Engineers are having no trouble capturing the carbon dioxide, but efforts to store it in underground rock formations in eastern Germany have run into local opposition.

And even though fracking — high - pressure hydraulic fracturing of underground rock formations for natural gas and oil — might grab headlines, IEA sees its future impact as relatively small.

The Cuomo administration is expected to decide shortly on whether drillers can begin using the controversial technique, which uses high volumes of water mixed with a small amount of chemicals to free natural gas from underground rock formations.

That year, there were six peer - reviewed studies on how fracking, which uses a high - pressure mix of water, chemicals and sand to break up gas - bearing underground rock formations, could affect air and water quality.

Worldwide, there are ample underground rock formations in which carbon dioxide emissions could be stored, Juanes said.

As drilling and especially fracking increases, those who study the effects of displacing underground rock formations are sounding warnings that these activities may be associated with an increase in earthquakes.

Both the U.S. and Canada would be competing to export shale gas, a type of natural gas trapped in underground rock formations that can be recovered through horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing.

A minority of the public (39 %) supports the increased use of fracking to extract oil and natural gas from underground rock formations, while about half (51 %) are opposed.

Until now opposition has been based on vague correlations, anecdotal evidence and hunches on the part of people opposed to the pressurized cracking of underground rock formations.

Fracking, as the technique is known, is the use of chemical - laced water injected deep underground to create fissures in underground rock formations and release natural gas and oil.

Eventually, her team wants to modify hard - to - grow extremophiles — bacteria that grow in very hot, high - pressure environments — that are more like the microorganisms that colonize the underground rock formations where CO2 would be sequestered.

Also known as hydraulic fracturing, fracking refers to using pressurized water and chemicals to release oil or natural gas trapped in underground rock formations.

Had it been built, it would have captured 1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually from a 160 - megawatt flue gas stream and then store in underground rock formations.

Some parts of Texas are naturally prone to sinkholes because of underground rock formations.