Keyword: Fracking

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Saudi Aramco Says Ready To Use Unconventional Gas For Power Plant

14.10.2013 - Saudi Aramco will join the United States in becoming an unconventional gas producer, as it prepares to commit gas supply to a major power plant project in northern Saudi Arabia...

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Solvay Buys Chemlogics for $1.3 Billion

08.10.2013 - Belgian chemicals and plastics maker Solvay has agreed to buy privately held Chemlogics for $1.345 billion, bringing its share of the $8 billion-a-year U.S. market for chemicals...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Enhanced Oil Recovery Chemicals Market Trends

04.10.2013 - Maximizing Oil Fields' Output - Oil producers have resorted to innovative techniques to retrieve trapped oil from rock, sandstone and other formations. In most cases, stimulation...

Chemistry & Life Sciences

The Miracle of Shale Gas

25.09.2013 - Cheap, Clean And Controversial - Shale gas has the potential to turn the world's energy industry on its head. It's abundant. It's cheap. It burns cleaner than other fossil fuels...

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Fracking Regulation Bill Passes California State Assembly

12.09.2013 - A hotly contested bill that would impose California's first regulations on fracking and other oil production practices passed the state Assembly on Wednesday, despite opposition...

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UK Shale Gas Will Not Hinder Climate Targets

10.09.2013 - Shale gas production in Britain should not hinder the UK's ability to meet its climate change targets, a report by the Department of Energy and Climate Change's chief scientific...

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BASF Pushes Harder on Shale Gas as Asian Investors Rethink

03.09.2013 - BASF is stepping up its pressure on Germany to soften its hesitant stance on shale gas exploitation. In presenting Q2 results in July, CEO Kurt Bock said he hoped the new...

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Arkansas lawsuits test fracking wastewater link to quakes

27.08.2013 - Tony Davis, a 54-year-old construction worker in central Arkansas, said he welcomed the boom in natural gas drilling that brought jobs and new businesses to his hometown starting...