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While “Made in China” may be as ubiquitous a brand as Coca Cola, shale gas exports from China, at least for now, won’t measure up like toys and footwear. With possibly the planet's largest amount of technically recoverable shale gas resources, China has been looking forward to making a name for itself in the shale gas business. In 2013 China ranked 3rd in natural gas usage in the world,...
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Shale Gas Has Lower Carbon Emissions Than Coal Image via Flickr by Max Phillips Shale gas isn't usually thought of as a green alternative the way that renewables like wind and solar power are, but it's got some serious eco-credentials. Shale gas emits around 117 pounds of carbon dioxide for every million British thermal units of energy. That's far less than the 228.6 pounds released by...
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Dadas: Turkey The Dadas Shale is a small, but promising prospect due to its geological similarities to successful shale formations located in the US. The Dadas is located in south Turkey near Syria and contains both oil and natural gas reserves. According to a report released by the Republic of Cyprus in conjunction with the Energy Information Agency (EIA), when it comes to natural gas,...
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Permian: Western Texas With a natural gas production of 5 billion cubic feet per day and an oil production of 1.3 million barrels each day, Permian in western Texas is one of the larger shale plays in the United States. In fact, drilling in this area started in the 1920s. However, since the advent of the technology available to drill for both the oil and natural gas, companies that...
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Injection Wells: Mysterious Cause of Texas Earthquakes or Convenient Scapegoat? During the early 1800s, a band of English craftspeople, the Luddites, formed a collective and destroyed new textile machines. They were afraid of the new technology and assumed it would deprive them of their livelihood. In such an account, fear and indignation derives from a misperception of a personal threat....
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Perhaps to defend itself against charges that its stories have lost cultural relevance, the movie industry has jumped into one of today’s most contentious issues. Yes, Hollywood has joined the great energy debate. But should we be paying attention? In the past four years, not one, but two Gasland movies have put the energy industry in the crosshairs. In both films, director Josh Fox strives...
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Over the holidays, I received a newsletter from one of the companies in our industry, and among the normal details of oil and gas prices, procurement news, and other related items, I found a link to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators. This yearly publication examines and analyzes the quality of learning outcomes, the...
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