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Pitt engineers using membrane distillation to recycle water used in fracking and drilling

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Engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering are using membrane distillation technology to enable drillers to filter and reuse the produced water in the oil and gas industry, in agriculture, and other beneficial uses. The method is already being tested in Texas, North Dakota, and most recently in New Stanton, Pa.

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Electric vehicles are inflation relief

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Comparison vehicle based on size and price: VW GTI S DATA: MSRP for both vehicles is $25,600 (before incentives and resale value). CRITERIA FOR SCENARIO: 20k miles/year <> 1,666 miles/month <> ~55 miles daily 5 years of ownership Average gallon of fuel cost in TX at time of writing: $3.58 gal would be $12,785.

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Argonne analysis shows greenhouse gas emissions similar for shale, conventional oil

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The research, conducted by Argonne researchers in collaboration with Stanford University and the University of California, Davis, analyzed the Eagle Ford shale formation in Texas and the Bakken play mainly in North Dakota. to Alaska North Slope crude, to 30.98 As reported in a 2015 paper by Rahman et al.

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State Department releases Keystone XL Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

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The estimated range of potential emissions is large because there are many variables such as which reference crude is used for the comparison and which study is used for the comparison. For the Bakken crude portion of this Scenario, one new rail terminal would be necessary in both Epping, North Dakota, and Stroud, Nebraska.

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