Another day and yet another reported problem with fracking. Canadian regulators are now investigating the possibility that fracking could have caused a blowout in a neighbouring well which was producing oil several hundred metres away. The countryâs Energy Resource Conservation Board was alerted last Friday after a landowner saw black fluid spraying fifteen metres into … Read More
A recent report by the World Economic Forum on the future of the gas markets has highlighted the revolution that is currently happening in this sector. The report started by saying: âWhat a difference a few years can make in one of the worldâs major energy markets. Advances in the production of unconventional gas â … Read More
What a difference a day makes. Last week, the FTâs âEnergy Specialâ pull-out included an article on Chinaâs potential for shale gas. The article quoted a recent report from the investment bank, Jefferies which said: âUnconventional gas is a dream come true for Chinaâs energy policymakers,â but then the report added âChina does not need … Read More
Another day and another review has been ordered into the controversial technique called fracking. Last week, the Governor of Maryland established the âMarcellus Shale Safe Drilling Initiativeâ, which will review the safety of the drilling technique for natural gas from the Marcellus Shale in Western Maryland. âWe are also very concerned about an array of … Read More
For an industry that prides itself on precision engineering and drilling, fracking is a brutal technique with unforeseen consequences. The oil industry is trying to argue that fracking which exploits shale gas is a âgame changerâ that will guarantee energy security for years to come. But the industry already faces growing public opposition due to … Read More
Just last week, a study by the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security concluded that unconventional gas resources in Europe â such as shale gas – could radically reshape the continentâs oil and gas outlook, and reduce its dependency on Russia and the Middle East. The report said that, in theory “Europeâs unconventional gas … Read More
Later today, several hundred New Yorkers, backed by at least 40 environmental organisations, are heading to attend a rally on Capitol lawn in Albany to protest against the dirty drilling technique of hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Among the speakers will be Josh Fox, director of the award-winning anti-gas industry documentary “Gasland.” Opponents of fracking have … Read More
This post by Brendan DeMelle originally appeared on DeSmog Blog. DeSmogBlog has uncovered an industry memo revealing that âEnergy In Depthâ is hardly comprised of the mom-and-pop âsmall, independent oil and natural gas producersâ it claims to represent. In fact, the industry memo we found, entitled âHydraulic Fracturing Under Attack,â shows that Energy In Depth … Read More
This post is cross-published from ProPublica. Congress isnât going to regulate hydraulic fracturing any time soon. But the Department of Interior might. [2] For starters, Interior is mulling whether it should require drilling companies to disclose the chemicals they use to frack wells drilled on public lands, and already the suggestion has earned Interior Secretary … Read More
Despite the ongoing serious concerns about pollution from hydraulic fracturing or fracking in the US, the technology is set to be used in the UK too. Such is the concern in the US that the state of New York has issued a moratorium on the practice. The US Environmental Protection Agency is also currently undertaking … Read More
