Archives for 2016
Fracking emissions greatest as gas starts to flow, study finds
DENVER — A study of air pollution from western Colorado fracking wells found the highest rate of emissions came just after fracking was completed. The research released Tuesday didn’t measure the effects on human health,...
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Market Currents: U.S. oil imports from West Africa have doubled this year
One hundred and eighty-two years to the day after Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper, and the oil market is looking a little rough once more. Getting into the nitty gritty, crude is being ushered lower...
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Oil market, prices stabilizing, says IEA
By David Hunn The oil market may finally be stabilizing, but don’t expect a boom in oil prices, according to a report released early Tuesday by the International Energy Agency. In its first forecast for...
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Spectra, TransCanada to build $3.6B natural gas pipeline into Mexico
The projects will feed cheap shale gas from Texas to Mexico to help meet the country’s growing electric generation needs. Mexico is currently building out more gas-fired power plants. Source: FuelFix
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EIA: Flaring continues to decline in North Dakota
The burning of natural gas in the nation’s oil fields has been an ongoing source of strife between drillers and the Obama administration, which worries not only about the increased methane emissions but a wasting of the country’s energy...
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