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Some people don’t like the word “fracking” and want the term hydraulic fracturing to always be used in its place.
Tags: ads-by-google, carolina, climate-change, current-events, earthquakes, energy, environment, geology-news, geophysics, hydraulic-fracturing, mexico, news, oil and gas, south-carolinaJadela Oil recently used 5000 barrels of liquid propane and butane to frack a horizontal well in Maverick County, Texas . When gas is used for fracking it can be recovered and sold or recycled instead of being a disposal problem.
Tags: ads-by-google, energy, geology-news, geophysics, hydraulic-fracturing, marcellus-shale, massachusetts, natural gas, oil and gas, pennsylvania, texasEncana has responded to EPA’s draft report titled: Investigation of Ground Water Contamination near Pavillion, Wyoming .
Tags: carolina, contamination, energy, geophysics, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, south-carolina, united-states, virginia, water, wyomingAn article on the Star-Telegram.com website explores declining production from the Barnett Shale of Texas – the rock unit that supported the first important use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing .
Tags: barnett, earthquakes, energy, environment, geology-news, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, mexico, plate-tectonics, satellite images, texas, virginiaIn this video, Dr. Bryan Tapp, a structural geologist at the University of Oklahoma explains what he believes caused Saturday’s M5.6 earthquake in Oklahoma – it wasn’t hydraulic fracturing .
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, california, earthquakes, environment, geophysics, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, mexico, middle-east, pennsylvania, united-statesNorth Carolina , a state without a long history of natural gas production, is now a center of debate on the topic of hydraulic fracturing .
Tags: climate-change, geology, Geology.com, geophysics, hydraulic, hydraulic-fracturing, mexico, middle-east, natural gasAn article in the Los Angeles times points to small amounts of natural gas that are lost during drilling and production and asks: What is the climate impact?
Tags: california, climate-change, earthquakes, energy, geology-news, Geology.com, hydraulic-fracturing, oil and gas, virginiaThe Environmental Protection Agency is launching its study into the safety of hydraulic fracturing but the study may not lead to federal regulations.
Tags: ads-by-google, afghanistan, climate-change, environment, geology-news, hydraulic-fracturing, Jobs, marcellus-shale, united-states, virginiaA study on the economic, legal, regulatory, and environmental issues related to development of the Marcellus Shale has been published by the West Virginia University College of Business and Economics, Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Tags: ads-by-google, california, environment, Geology.com, hydraulic-fracturing, mexico, natural gas, oil and gas, pennsylvaniaTo improve their income many natural gas companies are moving to shale oil plays where the hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling strategies that worked for natural gas can be adapted to produce oil.
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