Hydraulic Fracturing
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Fracking risks overstated, say U of Texas researchers
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin say the controversial practice of “hydraulic fracturing,” or “fracking”, may not be to blame for environmental problems such as water contamination.
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Fracking explained negatively
Michael Allan McCrae | February 3, 2012
In an escalating media war, the makers of the movie Gasland put together a good looking infographic to get out their message that hydraulic fracturing is bad.
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A how-to video on hydraulic fracturing
Michael Allan McCrae | January 31, 2012
EnergyfromShale released a good, basic video showing how hydraulic fracturing is carried out.
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Daiichi Chuo targets boom in coal export from US
Steel Guru | January 29, 2012Bloomberg reported that Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha, a Tokyo-based shipping line, is targeting a boom in coal exports from the US as the development of shale gas reserves in the world’s biggest economy frees up the fuel for sales overseas.
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Live blogging from VRIC Day Two: Turning rocks into money and fun uranium facts
Andrew Topf | January 23, 2012The three presentations I attended provided some good advice for investors looking to invest in gold and uranium companies.
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Don’t frack me up
Casey Research | January 19, 2012To many walking the planet, fracking has a seriously bad reputation. Thanks to hyperbole and misinformation, fracking opponents have convinced a lot of people that the operators who drill and then hydraulically fracture underground rock layers thumb their noses at and even hate the environment.
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Drill baby drill! The last time US mining jobs were added this fast Reagan had just taken office
MINING.com News | January 11, 2012
US Labor Department figures released on Wednesday show the country’s mining sector added more jobs in 2011 than at any other period since the early 1980s.
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Finding growth in a flat energy market: Tim Murray
The Energy Report | January 5, 2012Clean balance sheets, cash flow visibility and trading liquidity in oily stocks are the cornerstones of investment success in junior E&Ps, according to Oil and Gas Analyst Tim Murray of Desjardins Securities.
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Scientists worry about a greenhouse feedback loop as the permafrost warms up
Michael Allan McCrae | January 4, 2012
Given that the earth’s temperature is rising, sciencetists are investigating if gases trapped in the permafrost are going to be released and what effect it will this have on the climate.
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Greenhouse gases released from coal or hydraulic fracturing: researchers tussle over which is greater
Michael Allan McCrae | December 27, 2011
A Pennsylvania research group has challenged the findings from Cornell University, which found that the carbon footprint of natural gas derived from shale is greater than the production of coal.
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Older, dirtier coal plants about to take their last bow
Michael Allan McCrae | December 26, 2011
In a ruling that will be felt most heavily by older coal-burning power plants, the United States Environmetal Protection Agency announced new regulations last week to limit emissions of toxic air pollutants like mercury, arsenic and metals.
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Canadian regulator approves Enbridge’s $180 million Bakken pipeline
Andrew Topf | December 23, 2011
Canada’s energy and pipeline regulator has approved an application by Enbridge to build a $180 million pipeline to move oil out of the pipeline-constrained Bakken oil play.
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EPA now unsure of link between between water contamination and hydraulic fracturing
Michael Allan McCrae | December 23, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, who was appointed by Obama in 2008, says that the Pavillion study in Wyoming that found water contamination from hydraulic fracturing may need another look.
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Putin’s plan for world dominance: oppose hydraulic fracturing
Michael Allan McCrae | December 15, 2011
At a news conference in early November, Overheard reports that Vladimir Putin became quite critical of hydraulic fracturing claiming that the practice causes too much damage to the environment.
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EPA Pollutes Fracking Argument with Flawed Science, Gas Industry Says
Keith Schaefer - Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin | December 13, 2011The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – may be the cause of groundwater pollution in a Wyoming community.
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EPA links natural gas fracking to contamination of water supply aquifer
Peak Oil | December 10, 2011The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a preliminary report linking chemicals found in a Wyoming drinking water aquifer to hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the area. The EPA first began an investigation in 2008 after…
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