Support slips for more rules as gas-frackers campaign
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 6:53 am by Bloomberg in Fracking, Natural Gas A local contractor closes a valve on his tanker truck after watering down the dirt roads to keep the dust down at the Range...
View ArticlePennsylvania Natural Gas Study Reveals No Major Spills In Surface Water But...
In this June 25, 2012 file photo, a crew works on a gas drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Pa. A(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File) PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pennsylvania's...
View ArticleReports: Marcellus Shale natural gas reserves larger than expected
PITTSBURGH: There’s been plenty of debate over the Marcellus Shale natural gas field, but new research adds a twist that could impact political and environmental battles. Two independent financial...
View ArticleNatural Gas Leaking into Pennsylvania, Texas Water Supplies: Study
MOSCOW, September 16 (RIA Novosti) – Drinking water supplies in Texas and Pennsylvania suffer from regular natural gas contamination, although it is not a direct consequence of horizontal drilling, or...
View ArticleShale gas success still a decade away for Australia, says Santos
DON’T expect Australia to join the ranks of shale-gas producers worldwide anytime soon. According to the country’s third-biggest oil-and-gas company, Santos, it could take up to a decade for reserves...
View ArticleHenry Hub, king of U.S. natural gas trade, losing crown to Marcellus
n">(Reuters) - For nearly a quarter-century, traders around the world have looked to a spot in Louisiana for the best price of U.S. natural gas. Now they're looking east. The Henry Hub in southern...
View ArticleDrinking-water contamination found near 'fracked' gas wells
A new study finds residential wells more likely to be contaminated when near drilling for natural gas using hydraulic fracturing. Researchers led by Duke University's Robert Jackson report that...
View ArticlePennsylvania Drinking Water Study Shows Methane Might Contaminate Some Wells...
PITTSBURGH -- New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it's hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water...
View ArticleCompanies want second big natural gas pipeline
RALEIGH — Duke Energy Corp. and Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc. said Tuesday they want to invest in a new natural gas pipeline into North Carolina that can deliver more of the cheap fuel to customers...
View ArticleMore efficient fracking means more oil and natural gas
WASHINGTON The U.S. fracking boom is getting even bigger with advances in drilling techniques that are making oil and natural gas wells more productive. Each drilling rig in the Eagle Ford shale of...
View Article10 Things to Consider about the Marcellus Shale
Posted on January 6, 2014 at 8:06 pm by Matt Smith in Hydraulic fracturing, Natural gas Share this: EmailComments()Print0 Ok, my bad – wrong Marsalis above. For today, my friends, we are going to talk...
View Article>Companies want 2nd big natural gas pipeline in NC
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy Corp. and Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc. said Tuesday they want to invest in a new natural gas pipeline into North Carolina that can deliver more of the cheap fuel...
View ArticleCompanies want 2nd big natural gas pipeline in NC
Duke Energy Corp. and Piedmont Natural Gas Company Inc. said Tuesday they want to invest in a new natural gas pipeline into North Carolina that can deliver more of the cheap fuel to customers and...
View ArticleHess Corporation, Newfield Exploration Co. Leave Pennsylvania Due To Fracking...
Two energy companies are pulling out of northeastern Pennsylvania, where a three-year moratorium on gas drilling has infuriated landowners who say it's now cost them a windfall of more than $187...
View ArticleFracking Waste: Is It Safe To Ship Natural Gas Drilling Byproduct By Barge?
From Mother Nature Network's John Platt: Should a Texas company be allowed to ship fracking wastewater by barge up the Ohio River prior to disposal? The company says yes. Environmental groups say no....
View ArticleNortheast, despite highest gas costs, resists more pipelines
CONCORD, N.H. — There is near universal agreement that the Northeast has to expand its energy supply to rein in the nation's highest costs and that cheap, abundant, relatively clean natural gas could...
View ArticleCalifornia Fracking Ban: Golden State Moratorium On Controversial Practice...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Efforts to put the brakes on the practice of hydraulic fracturing, often called "fracking," took a step forward in California earlier this week. A trio of bills aiming to impose a...
View ArticleUS environmentalists target fracking in Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON: The chas sued the US government, alleging it has failed to make public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, by oil and gas companies in...
View ArticleNew York Fracking Ban Seen As Having Little Impact On Supply>
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's recent decision to ban fracking is hardly seen as a big loss for the nation's production of natural gas. That's because scientists say New York's available reserves of...
View Article>NY fracking ban seen as having little impact on supply
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's recent decision to ban fracking is hardly seen as a big loss for the nation's production of natural gas. That's because scientists say New York's available reserves of...
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