marcellus shale 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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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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Aquatech Launches MoVapTM the Gas Shale Wastewater Mobile Evaporator Unit
CANONSBURG, Pa.– Aquatech launched MoVapTM a mobile evaporator system at a private luncheon jointly organized by the Washington County, Washington County Chamber of Commerce and Aquatech. The theme of the luncheon was “Bringing businesses together and solving local problems locally”. The MoVap™ unit is a solution specifically designed for the growing frac and produced ...
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Fracking: leaking wells cause gas-contaminated groundwater
Contamination of drinking water in areas close to several fracking sites in the Marcellus and Barnett Shales, USA, is caused by structural problems leading to wells leaking natural gas into aquifers, a new study suggests. The researchers measured trace amounts of chemicals, called noble gases, which formed signatures of the sources of gas contamination in over 130 samples. These findings suggest ...
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New York Top Court OKs Local Gas-Drilling Bans
New York's top court handed a victory to opponents of hydraulic fracturing for natural gas Monday by affirming the right of municipalities to ban the practice within their borders. The state Court of Appeals upheld a midlevel appeals court ruling from last year that said the state oil and gas law doesn't trump the authority of local governments to control land use through zoning. The ...
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Ohio geologists link small quakes to fracking
Geologists in Ohio have for the first time linked earthquakes in a geologic formation deep under the Appalachians to hydraulic fracturing, leading the state to issue new permit conditions Friday in certain areas that are among the nation's strictest. A state investigation of five small tremors last month in the Youngstown area, in the Appalachian foothills, found the injection of sand and water ...
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Studies find methane in Pennsylvania drinking water
New research in Pennsylvania demonstrates that it's hard to nail down how often natural gas drilling is contaminating drinking water: One study found high levels of methane in some water wells within a half-mile of gas wells, while another found some serious methane pollution occurring naturally, far away from drilling. The findings represent a middle ground between critics of the drilling ...
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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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Some states confirm water pollution from drilling
In at least four states that have nurtured the nation's energy boom, hundreds of complaints have been made about well-water contamination from oil or gas drilling, and pollution was confirmed in a number of them, according to a review that casts doubt on industry suggestions that such problems rarely happen. The Associated Press requested data on drilling-related complaints in Pennsylvania, ...
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BioLargo Adds Key Technical Team Member and Specialist in Oil and Gas Industry
BioLargo, Inc. (OTCBB: BLGO), creator of patented iodine technologies, today announced that it had added chemist, Richard D. Bickerstaff, PhD, to its team, to assist in the opportunities presented in the oil and gas industry and to provide technical support to the various business development teams within the company. Dr. Bickerstaff received a PhD in chemistry from Carnegie Melon University. His ...
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