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

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JUNE 8, 2022

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 team is back in the lab to find a fix. Shamlou, Elmira & Vidic, Radisav & Khanna, Vikas.

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USGS’ first assessment of shale gas resources in the Utica Shale: 38 trillion cubic feet

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OCTOBER 7, 2012

The Utica Shale contains about 38 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas (at the mean estimate) according to the first assessment of this continuous (unconventional) natural gas accumulation by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Click to enlarge. Kirschbaum, M.A., Schenk, C.J., Ryder, R.T.,

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OSU team develops process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare earth elements

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JANUARY 4, 2023

In an open-access paper in the journal Environmental Engineering Science , the team reports that the process successfully cleaned clean coal mine drainage while producing rare-earth elements in samples from various rivers across Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Coal mine drainage (CMD) impairs tens of thousands of kilometers of U.S.

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Coal Clean Cleaning West Virginia

Duke study finds methane levels 17x higher in water wells near hydrofracking sites

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MAY 10, 2011

A study by Duke University researchers has found evidence of methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction via directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies. high levels of methane in well water collected near shale-gas drilling and hydrofracking sites. —Osborn et al.

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NETL field study of PA fracking site finds no evidence of upward gas and fluid migration into aquifers

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

The US Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has released a technical report on the results of a limited field study that monitored a hydraulic fracturing operation in Greene County, PA for upward fracture growth out of the target zone and upward gas and fluid migration.

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New recycling solution introduced to treat Marcellus Shale flowback frac water

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

a privately held water desalination company in. laden brackish water from Marcellus Shale drilling. Brackish, salty water produced from drilling for natural gas. Services, LLC,” or “CARES,” will recycle brackish oilfield and natural gas wastewater into clean distilled water for future use by the industry.

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Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

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OCTOBER 29, 2015

Panda Power Funds has financed the 1,124 megawatt Panda “Hummel Station” power plant—one of the largest coal-to-natural gas power conversion projects in the United States. The plant will be located at the site of the retired Sunbury coal-fired power plant near Shamokin Dam in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. and Bechtel Power Corp.

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Coal Financing Conversion Power

LanzaTech, Harsco ally to develop ethanol from steel gas process

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AUGUST 17, 2011

at Harsco’s world headquarters in Pennsylvania, taps into Harsco’s leadership serving the worldwide steel industry, in combination with LanzaTech’s proprietary bioenergy technologies for reducing the carbon footprint of integrated steelmaking operations by converting waste gas to ethanol and high value chemicals. Click to enlarge.

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Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

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AUGUST 17, 2021

He served as CTO at both Edeniq and Pennsylvania Sustainable Technologies (where was also co-founder), pursuing capabilities and applications in biofuels and catalytic fuel upgrading. An H 2 economy already exists, but it involves lots of greenhouse gas emissions. Almost all of it is based on H 2 from methane. —Arun Majumdar.

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Hydrogen Economy Clean Cleaning

UT Austin study finds no direct connection of hydraulic fracturing to reports of groundwater contamination

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The study found that many problems ascribed to hydraulic fracturing are related to processes common to all oil and gas drilling operations, such as casing failures or poor cement jobs. The report identifies regulations related to shale gas development and evaluates individual states’ capacity to enforce existing regulations.

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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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JULY 2, 2018

SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. Multi-Gas Sensors for Enhanced Reliability of SOFC Operation. LG Fuel Cell Systems Inc.

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China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

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DECEMBER 29, 2021

About 160 kilometers northwest of Beijing, the city of Zhangjiakou with its rugged terrain boasts some of the richest wind and solar resources in China. More than 85 percent of public-transport vehicles at the Olympics will be powered by batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, or natural gas, according to state media.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

As both EV adoption increases and internal combustion engine vehicles have become more fuel efficient, states are seeking to offset lost revenue from the gas tax. 6, supplemental or substitute forms of gas sources as defined in § 56-248.1, 6, supplemental or substitute forms of gas sources as defined in § 56-248.1,

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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JUNE 26, 2021

Bunting-Dubois (Dubois, Pennsylvania). Hot Shot Coanda-Stabilized Free Stream Gas Atomization (Hot CoSA) of Powders of Refractory Multi-Principle Element Alloys (RMPEA) for Extreme Environments, $250,000. Westinghouse Electric Company (Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania). BioBlend Renewable Resources (Elk Grove Village, Illinois).

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USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

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AUGUST 25, 2011

96% of the estimated resource resides within the Interior Marcellus AU. Technically recoverable oil and gas resources are those quantities of oil and gas producible using currently available technology and industry practices, regardless of economic or accessibility considerations. billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

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PNAS study finds Vertimass CADO efficient way to convert ethanol to biohydrocarbons; 40 to 96% reduction in GHGs, based on feedstock

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Block flow diagram illustrating (top) water removal from wet ethanol vapor above the feed tray to produce pure fuel grade ethanol or (bottom) CADO of the same wet ethanol to fungible blendstocks. Vertimass originally licensed the technology from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in 2014. Earlier post.). HE = heat exchangers. Hannon et al.

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CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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NOVEMBER 17, 2014

EO28), were identified in hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water using a new application of the Kendrick mass defect and liquid chromatography/ quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.

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

USGS’ first assessment of shale gas resources in the Utica Shale: 38 trillion cubic feet

OSU team develops process to clean coal mine drainage and extract rare earth elements

Duke study finds methane levels 17x higher in water wells near hydrofracking sites

NETL field study of PA fracking site finds no evidence of upward gas and fluid migration into aquifers

New recycling solution introduced to treat Marcellus Shale flowback frac water

Panda Power finances conversion of retired coal plant to natural gas; one of largest power conversion projects in US

LanzaTech, Harsco ally to develop ethanol from steel gas process

Energy researchers: clean US hydrogen economy is within reach, but needs a game plan

UT Austin study finds no direct connection of hydraulic fracturing to reports of groundwater contamination

DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

China Will Attempt First Carbon-Neutral Winter Olympics

kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

USGS boosts assessment of recoverable natural gas in Marcellus Shale by 42x from 2002; now 84 trillion cubic feet

PNAS study finds Vertimass CADO efficient way to convert ethanol to biohydrocarbons; 40 to 96% reduction in GHGs, based on feedstock

CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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