shale drilling News
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Kroff, Inc. to Offer Expertise on Safe Water Reuse in Marcellus Drilling at Pittsburgh Chemical Day
Kroff, Inc., one of the fastest-growing water treatment companies in the United States, is pleased to announce that Kevin Flaherty, account manager for Kroff Well Services (KWS), Inc., will serve as a featured speaker during the 45th Annual Pittsburgh Chemical Day (September 25, 2012 at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, PA). Flaherty's presentation is titled "Chemicals for Shale ...
By Kroff, Inc.
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Gas leaks fuel climate change
A leading authority on the effects of methane in the atmosphere has called for a new drive to cut gas leaks from pipelines and wells. Euan Nisbet, professor of Earth sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London, says that ever more sensitive detection equipment using global satellite positioning systems has made it relatively cheap and quick to check where leaks are coming from. ...
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Island Offshore Aims for Riserless Heavy Well Intervention
Following a successful deployment of its riserless coil tubing (CT) technology in the offshore petroleum industry, Island Offshore is said to be taking it to the next level by performing heavy well intervention with coil tubing in producing subsea wells. In 2015 Island Offshore made history when drilling a pilot hole for Centrica by means of riserless coil tubing, in order to check for shallow ...
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Gas Detectors Protect Shale Gas Rigs From Hazardous Hydrocarbon Gas Leaks
Oil and gas engineers responsible for hydraulic fracturing operations in the production of natural gas will find the Combustible Gas Detectors product lines available from General Monitors accurately sense potentially explosive hydrocarbon gas and alert crews in time to complete an orderly shutdown of the drilling rig. Pockets of combustible gas potentially escaping from shale drilling rig ...
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Kroff Well Services, Inc. to Offer Water Treatment Workshop Presentation at Emerging North American Shale Plays Conference
Kroff, Inc., one of the fastest-growing water treatment companies in the United States, is pleased to announce that Dave Grottenthaler, general manager of Kroff Well Services, Inc., will offer his expertise on water treatment procedures that allow for safe and effective reuse of frac water flowback during a workshop at the Emerging North American Shale Plays conference (January 11-13, 2012 at ...
By Kroff, Inc.
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Utilizing Leadership Commitment and Emergency Response Planning
The unconventional revolution has dramatically transformed the global oil and gas landscape and will continue to do so for the anticipated future, opening a world of new opportunities and associated risk for energy companies striving to increase reserves and shareholder value. Health and safety of workers, as well as environmental concerns, are the most current and prominent challenges facing ...
By Marcus Evans
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Battelle to Assist OEPA, ODNR in Assessment of Wastewater Treatment Technologies
Battelle scientists and engineers will work with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) to identify wastewater treatment technologies that are suitable for use in Ohio. The technologies will increase water reuse and decrease injection of wastewater into disposal wells associated with shale gas drilling and production activities in the ...
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Gas drillers draw less water, but concerns linger
The gas drilling industry in Pennsylvania is recycling more and more water and one river basin commission now reports drillers there are drawing less freshwater than in the past. Water use by the natural gas industry in the Susquehanna River Basin peaked at about 3.8 billion gallons in 2011 and that figure declined to about 3.1 billion gallons in 2013, Andrew J. Gavin, deputy executive director ...
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Coast Guard wants barges to ship fracking water
The U.S. Coast Guard wants to allow barges filled with fracking wastewater to ply the nation's rivers on their way toward disposal. Many environmentalists are horrified, but industry groups say barge transport has its advantages. Now, the wastewater is usually disposed of by truck or rail, which poses more risk for accidents than shipping by barge, according to a government report. And one ...
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Kroff, Inc. to Present Water Management and Treatment Course Focused on Marcellus Shale at Upcoming Society of Petroleum Engineers Meeting
Program Will Include Discussion of the Company's Innovative Flowback Treatment Technologies PITTSBURGH - Kroff, Inc., one of the fastest-growing water treatment companies in the United States, will co-present a course titled "Water Management and Treatment for the Marcellus" on the first day of the upcoming Society of Petroleum Engineers Eastern Regional Meeting. The event is being held from ...
By Kroff, Inc.
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Wetland Credits Available Now in Northwest Louisiana
MSUSA is pleased to announce the release of approximately 66 wetland mitigation credits from Bushneck Bayou Mitigation Bank in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Located in northwest Louisiana, with a service area that includes parts of DeSoto, Caddo, and Sabine Parishes, Bushneck Bayou is actually within the Ft. Worth United States Army Corps of Engineers District. The service area’s watersheds ...
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Workers dig deep to fix massive New York City water leak
Workers are planning to go under the river and through the rocks to replace part of a massive tunnel leaking New York City's drinking water. They're blasting through hundreds of feet of shale and building a shaft on each side of the Hudson River, about 60 miles north of New York City. Once they reach about 600 feet below the river next year, they will begin building a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel ...
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EPA announces schedule to develop natural gas wastewater standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing a schedule to develop standards for wastewater discharges produced by natural gas extraction from underground coalbed and shale formations. No comprehensive set of national standards exists at this time for the disposal of wastewater discharged from natural gas extraction activities, and over the coming months EPA will begin the process ...
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Frost & Sullivan: The chance of long-term natural gas buoys wastewater treatment equipment in the Shale Gas Industry
The North American wastewater treatment equipment market in the shale gas industry is expected to achieve steady growth once the utility market and oil and gas industry gets accustomed to the increasing environmental regulations in the market. Uncertainty over the existing coal power plants, due to new strict regulations focusing on efficiency and reduction in capital costs, coupled with stagnant ...
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Number of US rigs drilling for gas remains unchanged: Baker Hughes
At 194, the number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the US remained unchanged this week compared with last week, according to Baker Hughes North American Rig Count, released Friday. Similarly, at 63, there was no change in the number of rigs drilling for gas in Canada, Baker Hughes reported. The number of US gas-directed rigs increased by 29, compared with 165 in the same week of last year, ...
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Frost & Sullivan recognizes Ecosphere for product leadership in the disinfection equipment market for oil & gas wastewater treatment
Based on its recent analysis of the disinfection equipment market for shale oil and gas wastewater treatment, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. and Ecosphere Energy Services LLC with the 2012 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership. Through its advanced oxidation technology, OZONIX®, Ecosphere has answered the challenges of recycling and ...
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Frost & Sullivan: The Chance of Long-term Natural Gas Buoys Wastewater Treatment Equipment in the Shale Gas Industry
The North American wastewater treatment equipment market in the shale gas industry is expected to achieve steady growth once the utility market and oil and gas industry gets accustomed to the increasing environmental regulations in the market. Uncertainty over the existing coal power plants, due to new strict regulations focusing on efficiency and reduction in capital costs, coupled with stagnant ...
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Frost & Sullivan Recognizes Ecosphere for Product Leadership in the Disinfection Equipment Market for Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment
Based on its recent analysis of the disinfection equipment market for shale oil and gas wastewater treatment, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. and Ecosphere Energy Services LLC with the 2012 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Product Leadership. Through its advanced oxidation technology, OZONIX(R), Ecosphere has answered the challenges of recycling and ...
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Gas Drilling-Reluctant Embrace story
For years, activists have warned that fracking can have disastrous consequences - ruined water and air, sickened people and animals, a ceaseless parade of truck traffic. Now some critics are doing what was once unthinkable: working with the industry. Some are even signing lucrative gas leases and speaking about the environmental benefits of gas. In one northeastern Pennsylvania village that ...
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Questions and Answers on the Commission`s proposal for the revision of EU law on environmental impact assessments
1. What are the shortcomings of the current legislation? Under the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) Directive, any project that is likely to have significant effects on the environment has to be studied carefully before it is approved. This helps minimise any negative impact on the environment, and avoids problems in the longer term. The Directive needs to be updated to reflect the lessons ...
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