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OCTOBER 16, 2015

Shale oil production generates greenhouse gas emissions at levels similar to conventional crude oil production, according to a pair of new studies released by the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. These are shale formations with low permeability and must be hydraulically fractured to produce oil and gas.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Comparison of the potential reduction in emissions with the application of lower sulfur 0.5% The emissions report focuses on the low- and mid-range diversion scenarios—i.e., Neither ECA extends west of Kodiak, Alaska, and neither includes the Aleutian Islands or areas north into the Arctic. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2011

Under van Wijk’s concept, a plant would produce methanol from natural gas on the North Slope using the proposed GigaMethanol technology. If the entire daily output of North Slope gas (4.5 Atlas uses Lurgi’s MegaMethanol technology, which allows the cost-effective production of methanol from natural gas. Source: EMRE.

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MAY 29, 2009

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has completed a geologically-based assessment of the oil and gas resource potential of the Arctic, the Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA). Undiscovered natural gas is three times more abundant than oil in the Arctic and is largely concentrated in Russia, the researchers concluded. Earlier post.)

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MAY 27, 2010

Based on three separate methodologies (described below), the independent analysis of the Federal Flow Rate Technical Group analyzing the flow from BP’s gushing undersea well has determined that the overall best initial estimate for the lower and upper boundaries of flow rates of oil is in the range of 12,000 and 19,000 barrels per day.

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