Oil Shale: The Next Fossil Energy Boom?
The current fossil energy boom in the United States is natural gas from shale. The next one could be oil shales .
Tags: ads-by-google, current-events, Geology.com, natural gas, oil and gas, pennsylvania, utahAzerbaijan Oil and Natural Gas Report
“ Oil and gas development and export is central to Azerbaijan’s economic growth and the country is one of Caspian region’s most important strategic export openings to the West.” Quoted from the EIA report.
Tags: ads-by-google, asia, carolina, current-events, energy, environment, Jobs, marcellus-shale, meteorites, natural gas, news, oil and gas, united-statesOhio Injection Well Temporarily Closed
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources has temporarily shut down a waste injection well that is suspected to have triggered earthquakes . The state has nearly 200 other injection wells that have not been associated with seismic activity.
Tags: earthquakes, ground-water, marcellus-shale, natural gas, news, north-carolina, pennsylvania, water1/3 of Bakken Gas is Flared
The Energy Information Administration reports that about 1/3 of the natural gas produced from the Bakken Formation of North Dakota is flared instead of marketed because natural gas pipelines are not present in the production area or they can not accept additional gas.
Gas Fracking
Jadela 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, texasEconomic Impacts of Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania
“This study examines how several key unexplored aspects of Marcellus Shale natural gas development in Pennsylvania will affect the overall economic impact occurring in the Commonwealth. Where leasing and royalty dollars are actually going, and how they are being spent, has not been examined in previous economic studies.” Quoted from the report’s abstract.
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Malaysia is a significant producer of oil and natural gas located along important ocean shipping routes of the energy industry. The country has enormous natural gas reserves and is the world’s third largest exporter of LNG .
Tags: climate-change, current-events, earth sciences, energy, geology, Geology.com, massachusetts, middle-east, natural gas, north-carolina, oil and gas, south-carolina, virginiaGlobal Energy Demand Growth
The ExxonMobile 2012 Outlook for Energy has a chart that compares current demand for energy sources with the forecast demand in 2040. Demand for all sources of energy increases. Although wind and solar demand grows rapidly, in 2040 their total use is still dwarfed by the demand for oil, gas and coal .
Tags: ads-by-google, archaeology, energy, Geology.com, Jobs, mexico, natural gas, news, north-carolina, pennsylvania, united-states, wind energyShell Finds Shale Gas in China
Shell and PetroChina drilled two vertical wells to test the natural gas potential of shales in the Sichuan Basin. China is thought to have the largest recoverable shale gas resource in the world but it remains untested.
Tags: asia, china, current-events, earthquakes, energy, Jobs, marcellus-shale, natural gas, news, south-carolina, united-statesStrong Increase in Natural Gas Production
Since January 2005 the daily production of natural gas in the United States has risen from about 55 billion cubic feet per day to nearly 75 billion cubic feet per day.
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