Natural gas

volume of natural gas that is tripped inside some tiny spaces within the shale. The formation of this gas at the depth requires new advanced technologies in facilitating the drilling process. These drilling technologies that are accompanied by increased markets have significantly made exploration of the Marcellus shale to be highly attractive to the oil and gas industry. The…

the years, has become a regular practice used to stimulate natural gas and oil flow to an area and increase its production. It has presented many opportunities and challenges over the years. And it has brought many social and ethical concerns to light. There are different methods used in hydraulic fracturing and involves quite a bit of water. Recently is has become a hot topic regarding national and state policies on energy and natural gas. It has effects that span environmental factors to even…

highlighting the negative effects of hydraulic fracking in its role of causing potential damage to the environment and contamination of groundwater. Hydraulic fracking is defined as the injection of liquid fluid at high pressure that extracts oil or gas. In Cart’s article, she denotes how this issue is very problematic because both oppositions have different opinions. For instance, the companies she interviewed disregard the potential damages from fracking and state that it is safe and “there…

fracturing. The process of hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking”, is used in nine out of ten natural gas wells in the United States, where millions of gallons of water, sand, and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the rock and release the gas. This type of drilling has been used commercially for 65 years. The debate goes back and forth about whether fracking is safe or not. Natural gas Industry claims that fracking is completely safe because the shale formations lie far…

multinational company that mainly deals with the energy corporation in which they produce safe, reliable energy to others now and for the future. Chevron Corporation was established in 1879 which generally deals with the energy products such as oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries such as marketing, refining, production, exploration, and sales. Chevron has been very successful company of standard oil, where their main headquarter is in San Ramon, California, and they have been part of more…

Did you know that at one point, the United States had a fear that they would run out of natural gas? Roughly a decade ago, industry analysts and government officials became worried that the United States would run out of natural gas, a source of energy in the states. A solution to this predicted problem would become hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Developed more than sixty years ago by George P. Mitchell, fracking is the process of pumping millions of gallons of chemically treated…

Part I: Short Answer Question 1a: • What are the implications of natural gas extraction for groundwater supply? • What are the effects of extraction on air quality? • What are the potential consequences of chemicals used during extraction on human and livestock health? • What are the repercussions of long-term exposure to chemicals on crops and soil? • What are the economic implications of extraction in regard to agriculture and tourism? Question 1b: Rachel Carson’s widespread cautionary tale…

under threat from natural gas development. They include the Upper Delaware, Susquehanna, Monongahela, and Hoback Rivers. A PNAS study found that drinking wells near the Marcellus Shale contained 17 times as much methane as those half a mile away. Part of the problem is that natural gas development enjoys exemptions from keystone environmental laws, such as the Safe Drinking Water Act and the Clean Water Act. Earthquakes on the rise While it is widely suspected that natural gas fracking pollutes…

Woodfibre LNG is planning to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) facility seven kilometres south-west of Squamish. The facility will be a link to the tankers that will bring the LNG to the rest of the world to meet rising energy demand. With the building of this facility there will be a new liquid natural gas pipeline from Greater Vancouver. LNG occurs when natural gas is cooled to -160C° and condensates from a gaseous state to a liquid state. Natural gas is a naturally occurring hydrocarbon…

advances in energy exploration, petroleum engineers have been able to implement a new and effective way to extract oil from the ground. The hydraulic fracturing also known as fracking is used in nine out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States with the purpose of extracting oil and natural gas (Freeman, 2014). Fracking is a drilling method, and consists of special ground stimulating techniques that can be vertical, horizontal, or in directional sections, where millions of gallons of…