Sentences with phrase «vast natural gas reserves»

For more than a decade the energy industry has steadfastly argued before courts, Congress and the public that the federal law protecting drinking water should not be applied to hydraulic fracturing [2], the industrial process that is essential to extracting the nation's vast natural gas reserves.

Quick, somebody tell officials in New York state — where they continue to ban hydraulic fracturing, the key to unlocking vast natural gas reserves located right under New Yorkers» feet, to the benefit of New York consumers, New York job - seekers and New York's environment.

The rise of fracking has unlocked vast natural gas reserves, allowing the US to import less natural gas in 2016 than in any year since the US Energy Information Administration started keeping track in 1973.

Not exact matches

Geological surveys indicate that Russia's long coastline will yield vast quantities of natural gas, and Norway is eyeing the gas reserves buried deep beneath the Barents Sea.

As detailed in the first three installments of Power Shift, an NBC News / CNBC special report, the United States is experiencing an energy boom created by new drilling technologies that have unlocked vast domestic oil and natural gas reserves.

«Helium is a commodity that is frequently overlooked and often only considered when purchasing balloons for parties,» said Senator Jeff Bingaman (D - NM), chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at a hearing on a bill he has introduced that would alter the terms under which the United States is selling off its once - vast reserve of helium gas, held underground in a natural geological formation near Amarillo,Natural Resources, at a hearing on a bill he has introduced that would alter the terms under which the United States is selling off its once - vast reserve of helium gas, held underground in a natural geological formation near Amarillo,natural geological formation near Amarillo, Texas.

There is a vast reserve of natural gas in New York State, buried thousands of feet below the surface in a geologic formation called the Marcellus Shale.

A new buzz phrase in the push to limit greenhouse gas emissions is «unburnable carbon» — an effort to define and then wall off the portion of the world's still - vast reserves of coal, oil or natural gas that might, if combusted, cause unacceptably costly or dangerous climate change.

While all such forecasts are implicitly uncertain, this one helps clarify where to focus efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions; reinforces the importance of resolving questions about how to safely expand, while not stopping, extraction of vast domestic reserves of natural gas; and powerfully challenges proponents of accelerated deployment of today's menu of renewable energy technologies or nuclear power plants to lay out a credible strategy for supplanting 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.

Hydraulic fracturing is modern technology, safely and responsibly developing vast reserves of oil and natural gas from shale and other tight - rock formations.

Hydraulic fracturing is a modern technology, safely and responsibly developing vast reserves of oil and natural gas from shale and other tight - rock formations.

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.

In a snappy two and a half minutes, the song outlines the pros and cons of fracking, the drilling technique that has unlocked vast new reserves of natural gas but come under sharp scrutiny for its apparent links to water contamination and other environmental harm.

Meanwhile, the world is blessed with vast reserves of natural gas and, particularly, coal, that reside under soil that is more congenial to democracy.

Well known for its vast oil and natural gas reserves, Oklahoma will come to be recognized for its wind resources as well, currently ranking in the top 10 U.S. states for wind - energy potential.

Vast quantities of coal — proven to exist — remain in the ground — but not included on the reserve tally because they are not economically recoverable at current prices — in part due to the availability of oil and natural gas.

Coming on the heels of news of «vast reserves» of shale gas in England, opponents of fracking are highlighting the potential threat the natural gas extraction method could pose in another area of the nation — this time to

Thanks to vast shale energy reserves and safe, modern hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling, the United States has become the world's leading producer of oil and natural gas.