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A shortage of workers with skills needed by the natural gas industry has universities in many parts of the United States developing programs for petroleum engineers, specialty welders, diesel mechanics and other occupations in short supply.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, astronomy, dictionary, energy, environment, geology, massachusetts, middle-east, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, south-africa, washingtonAn article on Bloomberg.com reports that the proppants used in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells are in short supply. Proppants are tiny particles such as ceramic or aluminum beads that are injected into a well to hold artificial fractures open. It is not unusual for a hydraulic fracturing job to require a million pounds of proppants.
Tags: astronomy, dictionary, earthquakes, environment, fracturing, Geology.com, hydraulic, hydraulic-fracturing, natural gas, oil and gas, pennsylvania, satellite images, science“For the first time in history, a change will be made to the atomic weights of some elements listed on the Table of Standard Atomic Weights of the chemical elements found in the inside covers of chemistry textbooks worldwide. The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry’s (IUPAC) Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights is publishing a new table that will express atomic weights of ten elements as intervals, rather than as single standard values.” “The standard atomic weights for hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, chlorine and thallium previously were expressed as central values with uncertainties that reflected natural atomic-weight variations. The weights of these elements now will be expressed as intervals to more accurately convey this variation in atomic weight. For example, boron is commonly known to have a standard atomic weight of 10.811.
Tags: afghanistan, climate-change, dictionary, earth-elements, earthquakes, Geology.com, Jobs, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, oregon, pennsylvania, plate-tectonics, united-statesNASA leaders and researchers discuss the recent discovery of a bacteria that can subsitute arsenic for phosphorus in its cellular structure at Mono Lake , California. NASA Video on the Arsenic Bacteria…
Tags: afghanistan, california, canada, dictionary, europe, geology, lakes, mexico, washington, wildlifeThe New York State Assembly voted 93 to 43 in favor of placing a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale . The bill now goes to Governor Patterson.
Tags: canada, dictionary, earth sciences, energy, environment, geology-news, mexico, natural gas, pennsylvania, virginia“Severe weather spawned tornadoes throughout Mississippi on Monday which destroyed homes and left people without power.”
Tags: canada, climate-change, dictionary, earth, environment, geology-news, georgia, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, mexico, mississippi, oklahoma, tornadoes, united-states, virginiaA flawless 14.23 carat pink diamond nicknamed “Perfect Pink” was sold in a Christie’s auction in Hong Kong for $23.2 million – a new record for a gemstone sold at auction in Asia.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, america, asia, diamond, dictionary, gemstones, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, massachusetts, pennsylvania, satellite images, united-statesA magnitude 7.2 earthquake occurred about 20 miles northwest of Christchurch, New Zealand on Saturday, September 4 at 4:35 AM local time.
Tags: archaeology, california, canada, dictionary, europe, florida, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, hawaii, pacific, pennsylvania, washingtonThis video provides an overview of yesterday’s Mariner Energy oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico. This was a production platform servicing existing wells, not a drilling rig like the one associated with the BP spill.
Tags: ads-by-google, africa, australia, california, dictionary, energy, geology-news, Geology.com, gulf, Jobs, marcellus-shale, oil and gas, philippines, united-states, washingtonConcerns about climate change are making nuclear power look like a more acceptable choice to many people? A number of new nuclear plants are now seeking a license.
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