Keyword: hydraulic fracturing

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U.S. Rules on Fracking on Public Lands Seen Costing Drillers Dearly

23.07.2013 - Oil and gas companies in the U.S. West would face at least $345 million a year in extra costs if rules on hydraulic fracturing on public lands proposed by the Obama administration...

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Britain Unveils Tax Breaks for Shale Gas Investment

19.07.2013 - The British government unveiled draft tax breaks on Friday to drive investment in shale gas production, in what it termed the most generous shale incentives in the world. The new...

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Fracking Water’s Dirty Little Secret - Recycling

16.07.2013 - The oil and gas industry is finding that less is more in the push to recycle water used in hydraulic fracturing. Slightly dirty water, it seems, does just as good a job as crystal...

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France’s Holland Rules Out Fracking at Least Until 2017

16.07.2013 - French president Francois Hollande has ruled out overturning the country's ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, during his five-year term of office, which ends in 2017. The...

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Fracking Can Lead to ‘Triggered Quakes,’ Study Reveals

12.07.2013 - Powerful earthquakes thousands of miles away can trigger swarms of minor quakes near wastewater-injection wells like those used in oil and gas recovery, scientists reported on...

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U.S. Environmental Agency Leaves Wyoming Fracking Review to State

24.06.2013 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be growing footsore in its struggle to regulate hydraulic fracturing (fracking) or may simply have decided not to try to fight every...

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UK Fracking Debate Heats Up on Tax Breaks, Reserve Potential

20.06.2013 - The ongoing UK debate over the chances and risks of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is gathering momentum. The country already has one of the largest anti-fracking movements...

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Vopak Considering LNG Storage in Asia as Demand Grows

12.06.2013 - Dutch oil and chemicals storage company Vopak is considering building more liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminals, including its first in Asia, to meet rising demand as spot...