Tag: Hydraulic Fracturing
Horgan and NDP in, Clark and Liberals out – what’s next for energy in British Columbia?
Fractious battle over Kinder Morgan pipeline, languishing LNG, fracking banished to “science review” – likely scenario Congratulations to John Horgan, NDP leader and new premier of British Columbia. The Liberal government of Christy Clark lost a non-confidence motion Thursday and Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon invited Horgan, backed by Green Party leader Andrew Weaver, for form a government. Energy […]
Florida “Ban Fracking” pledge based on predictably false claims
Florida boasts a long history of responsible energy development as well as a long tradition of environmental activism By Carson Mutch, EnergyInDepth This week a group called “Floridians Against Fracking” (FAF) claimed to have the signatures of 101 political candidates pledging their support of efforts to ban fracking in Florida. If all of these politicians […]
Researchers keep trying – and failing – to link fracking to reproductive problems
More likely that exposure to chemicals found in fracking is greater in your kitchen or garage By Katie Brown, Energy In Depth Just when we thought the University of Missouri researchers couldn’t come up with an argument sillier than fracking causes low sperm counts, the same team is back with yet another study, this time claiming exposure […]
White House says it will defend fracking rules in the courts
Federal fracking rules set aside by Wyoming judge WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – The White House said on Wednesday it would continue to defend in the courts its legal authority to set rules governing hydraulic fracturing on public lands. “We happen to believe that we have a strong argument to make about the important role […]
U.S. court sets aside Obama administration fracking rules for public lands
White House vows to appeal fracking ruling By David Bailey and Ernest Scheyder June 22 (Reuters) – A federal judge has struck down the Obama administration’s rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a victory for oil and gas producers and state regulators who opposed the rules as an egregious overreach. The ruling, which the White House […]
API claims environment benefiting from hydraulic fracturing, is it?
Stanford researchers say study highlights policies and practices could optimize hydraulic fracking’s environmental cost-benefit balance WASHINGTON- API Upstream and Industry Operations Director Erik Milito touted the environmental benefits of hydraulic fracturing in a conference call with reporters today. “Hydraulic fracturing has allowed us to drill our way to reduced GHG emissions, reduced criteria pollutants, reduced reliance on […]
Hydraulically fractured wells provide two-thirds of U.S. natural gas production
To date, most natural gas from hydraulically fractured wells has come from Lower 48, onshore tight rock formations For decades, hydraulic fracturing had been referred to as an unconventional completion technique, but over the past 10 years it has become the technique by which most natural gas is produced in the United States. Based on […]
Fuelling the search for a more environmentally friendly fracking
University of Alberta team search for best fracking practices in Alberta By Jennifer Pascoe on March 30, 2016 for the University of Alberta News Hydraulic fracturing has become a widely used resource extraction technology in today’s world. Designed to increase the access to our petroleum reserves, this method has come under scrutiny in the recent past for its […]
Hydraulic fracturing accounts for about half of current U.S. crude oil production
This new oil production has primarily come from shale and other tight rocks in the Eagle Ford formation and Permian Basin of Texas, and the Bakken and Three Forks formation of Montana and North Dakota Even though hydraulic fracturing has been in use for more than six decades, it has only recently been used to […]
Prominent democrats back fracking, natural gas for climate and energy saving benefits
Martin O’Malley, Sheldon Whitehouse announced support for fracking, natural gas By Jacques Klick for EnergyInDepth.org This week, former Maryland Governor and current Democratic presidential candidate, Martin O’Malley declared his support for hydraulic fracturing and natural gas. At an Iowa campaign stop, O’Malley described natural gas as a “bridge” fuel that can help promote renewable sources […]
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