deep well water News
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Statoil: Stronger results in volatile markets
Statoil's first quarter 2010 net operating income was NOK 39.6 billion, an 11% increase compared to NOK 35.5 billion in the first quarter of 2009.The quarterly result was mainly affected by a 48% increase in liquids prices measured in NOK and a 35% decrease in gas prices. Adjusted earnings in the first quarter of 2010 were NOK 38.9 billion. The 8% increase in adjusted earnings from first quarter ...
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COSAN Chile Surveys Water Well Drilling Locations with GMR Non-Invasive NMR Tools
In early 2022, Vista Clara delivered a GMR system to COSAN Chile. COSAN offers non-invasive surface NMR geophysical surveys to deep, water well drilling customers. By offering this service they have increased their customers certainty of finding groundwater and reduced the risk associated with drilling a dry well. Since taking delivery, COSAN had surveyed more than 40 locations, drilled 15 ...
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Earth’s own heat could provide vast amounts of clean electricity, and current MIT research could help make it feasible
Grants recently awarded to MIT researchers by the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) could help to pave the way for a method of generating electricity that produces no greenhouse gas emissions, and that could become a major contributor to meeting the world’s energy needs. Most energy analysts agree that geothermal energy — tapping the heat of bedrock deep underground to generate electricity — has ...
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Drilling Begins 3 Miles from Epicenter of BP Oil Spill
Just 3 miles from the catastrophic BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a Louisiana company is seeking to unlock the same oil and natural gas that turned into a deadly disaster. Drilling has begun in the closest work yet to the Macondo well, which blew wild on April 20, 2010, killing 11 people and fouling the Gulf with as much as 172 million gallons of crude in the nation's worst oil spill. Federal ...
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In key shift, US oil production tops net imports
For the first month in nearly two decades, the U.S. in October extracted more oil from the ground than it imported from abroad, marking an important milestone for a nation seeking to wean itself off foreign oil. A promising sign for a still-slugging economy, the shift could foreshadow future opportunities to boost jobs in the U.S., lower the trade deficit and insulate the economy from foreign ...
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Testing the waters for offshore treatment
The market for spending on water treatment in the offshore oil and gas industry is set to grow by an annual average of 4.4% in the next six years, driven by increasing production from developing markets around the world, and the need for more advanced solutions to keep mature oilfields productive. Today, the offshore oil and gas industry accounts for approximately 27% of worldwide production. The ...
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Electropositive Pleated Cartridges exhibit ultra-low SDI values
Argonide’s patented NanoCeram® technology has staked a claim in the demanding membrane prefiltration market. The Sanford, Florida-based company manufactures a full line of standard filter cartridges based on their patented NanoCeram® electropositive media. This media yields SDI (Silt Density Index) values averaging < 0.5 with turbidity levels < 0.01 NTU when incorporated in standard pleated ...
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Future groundwater supplies are a concern for growing Illinois communities
Population growth may be an economic boon for communities and counties, but the subsequent increased water demand could threaten the amount and quality of public water supplies available within the next few decades, according to Scott Meyer, hydrogeologist at the Illinois State Water Survey, a division of the Institute of Natural Resource Sustainability at the University of Illinois. In fact, ...
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Toward cheaper water treatment
Original story at MIT News Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” produces a lot of wastewater. Drilling one well requires millions of gallons of water that’s injected into the ground to loosen rocks and release oil. While some is reused, much of the produced water is discarded into deep injection wells, and clean water is purchased again and again. But MIT spinout Gradiant ...
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AECOM awarded US$101-million design-build contract for water and wastewater project in Davie, Fla.
LOS ANGELES - AECOM Technology Corporation (NYSE: ACM), a leading provider of professional technical and management support services for government and commercial clients around the world, announced today that it has been awarded a US$101-million design-build contract by the Town of Davie, Fla. The company will design and construct a 6-million-gallon-per-day (MGD) brackish water membrane ...
By AECOM
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Standards Raised in MASKİ Akpınar Treatment Plant
MASKi Akpınar Arsenic Treatment Plants has been treating and meeting the drinking water demand by 70% of Manisa City Center. In MASKi Akpinar region, the extracted water from the deep wells, which arsenic ratio of the water reduced, was supplied to the city as clean drinking water. At this stage, a more efficient and odorless oxidation system alternatives for commercial sodium hypochlorite ...
By Kemisan
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EPA releases draft findings of pavillion, wyoming ground water investigation for public comment and independent scientific review
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released a draft analysis of data from its Pavillion, Wyoming ground water investigation. At the request of Pavillion residents, EPA began investigating water quality concerns in private drinking water wells three years ago. Since that time, in conjunction with the state of Wyoming, the local community, and the owner of the gas field, Encana, ...
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Prysmian to provide best-in-class Steel Tube Umbilicals to the Libra Mero Project, first development in Brazil to require steel tubes
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, has been awarded a contract by Libra, a consortium of prime international oil & gas operators, for Steel Tube Umbilicals to be installed in the Mero offshore oilfield. The Libra Consortium is led by Petrobras – with a 40% interest – in partnership with Shell Brasil (20%), Total (20%), CNPC (10%) and ...
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SeaBird Exploration Plc: Letter of Award for Aquila Explorer
SeaBird Exploration Plc ("SeaBird") is pleased to announce that Aquila Explorer has received a letter of award for a 2D seismic survey in Australasia. The survey will cover a minimum of 10,000 km and will have an estimated value of approximately USD 11 million. The project is expected to start in Q4 2014 and will have an estimated duration of 90 days based on the minimum survey size. SeaBird is ...
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Remedial Construction Services, LP Launches New Division
Remedial Construction Services, LP (RECON), based in Houston, Texas, announced the launch of a new division, Recon Oil Field Services. This new division focuses on environmental remediation technologies to manage oilfield exploration and production wastes. The technologies treat the liquids produced during drilling, hydro-fracturing, and production as well as treatment of cuttings and drilling ...
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Scientists collect water near site of blown well
Scientists from several universities are working to learn whether a gas well that blew wild last week off the Louisiana coast is polluting the Gulf of Mexico. Joseph Montoya, a biology professor with Georgia Tech, was performing tests aboard a vessel near the site of the 2010 BP oil spill when the Hercules 265 well blew Tuesday and caught fire. All 44 people on the rig were evacuated and not ...
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Cadmus Staff Help Bring Clean Water to Village in Ghana
Work on a drinking water well for the remote community of Asiafo Amanfro in the Eastern Region of Ghana will begin in December, thanks to the efforts of a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization assisted pro bono by members of the staff of The Cadmus Group. The Akaa Project is dedicated to creating opportunities in the region through educational, financial, and healthcare initiatives. One of ...
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Summer field work set to begin!
We’ve been busy here at AltaRock preparing for additional testing of the EGS well, which is scheduled to begin the last week of August. We’ve been lining up contractors, cranes, well-bore evaluation equipment, and crew for the operations. Compared to our field activities last summer and fall, the field work planned for 2013 is short and sweet, but it is critical to keep the Newberry ...
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Scientists Assess 100 years of Los Angeles Groundwater Replenishment
A new study offers the most sophisticated analyses to date on how Los Angeles-area groundwater supplies are replenished. The analyses provide water managers with a clearer understanding of the sources and amount of available groundwater in the region – information that is important for planning and management of the vital resource. A new study offers the most sophisticated analyses to date ...
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EPA Finalizes Pollution Cleanup Plan for Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey Cleanup Expected to Cost $19 Million
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up contaminated soil and ground water at the White Swan Cleaners/Sun Cleaners Superfund site in Wall Township, Manasquan Borough and Sea Girt, New Jersey. Previous dry cleaning operations in Wall Township contaminated soil and ground water with volatile organic compounds, including perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethene ...
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