Gas, Oil-Sands, Reviews and Water

Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

The Utah Water Quality Board, in a 9-2 vote this week, agreed with the August 2012 recommendations of an administrative law judge (ALJ) upholding a permit-by-rule issued by the Division of Water Quality (DWQ) for the proposed PR Spring an oil sands mine on state land in eastern Utah. Source: USOS, DWQ. Click to enlarge.

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Understanding the variability of GHG life cycle studies of oil sands production

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JANUARY 6, 2012

In a paper published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , Stanford University assistant professor Adam Brandt reviews a number of recent life cycle assessment (LCA) studies calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from oil sands extraction, upgrading, and refining pathways—the results of which vary considerably.

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Report finds diluted oil sands bitumen not more corrosive than comparable heavy crude in pipelines

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Transmitting oil sands production. Synthetic crude is produced by upgrading bitumen and is a blend of naphtha, distillate and gas oil range materials produced by hydrotreating the naphtha, distillate and gas oil generated in a delayed coking unit.).

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Royal Society of Canada releases report on environmental and health impacts of oil sands industry

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

The Royal Society of Canada (RSC)—the country’s national academy of the arts, humanities and sciences—has released an expert panel report on the environmental and health impacts of the Canadian oil sands industry. Impacts on the regional water supply. Impacts on regional water quality and groundwater quantity.

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Critical review finds actual measurement data on segments of natural gas lifecycle sparse or lacking

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JULY 8, 2014

After a critical review of the literature on the air impacts of increased natural gas acquisition, processing, and use, a team of US researchers has determined that that actual measurement data on various individual segments of the natural gas life cycle are sparse or critically lacking. well production end-of-life.

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Alberta approves Cenovus Narrows Lake oil sands project with demo and phase-in of solvent aided process to improve steam-oil ratio and production rate

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MAY 31, 2012

to proceed with its Narrows Lake oil sands project, with an ultimate gross production capacity of 130,000 barrels per day. SAP combines steam injection with solvents, such as butane, to help bring the oil to the surface. Cenovus also anticipates that SAP may increase total oil recovery by as much as 15%. Earlier post.).

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Oil-Sands Oil Production Conversion

EPA submits draft hydraulic fracturing study plan to independent scientists for review

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FEBRUARY 8, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its draft study plan on hydraulic fracturing for review to the agency’s Science Advisory Board (SAB), a group of independent scientists. The process creates fractures in formations such as shale rock, allowing natural gas or oil to escape into the well and be recovered.

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State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. The pipeline would primarily transport crude oil from the WCSB and Bakken regions.

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Climate Change Oil-Sands Nebraska Climate

Joint Review Panel Gives Go-Ahead to Mackenzie Gas Project in Canada

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JANUARY 4, 2010

The parties proposing to develop the Mackenzie Gas Project are: Imperial Oil Resources Limited (IORL); Imperial Oil Resources Ventures Limited (IORVL); Shell Canada Limited as managing partner of Shell Canada Energy; ConocoPhillips Canada (North) Limited and ConocoPhillips Northern Partnership; ExxonMobil Canada Properties; and.

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BOEM publishes final environmental review for geological and geophysical survey activities off the Atlantic Coast

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FEBRUARY 27, 2014

G&G data and information are used to identify sand and gravel resources suitable for coastal protection and restoration; site renewable energy installations; and locate oil and gas resources. The PEIS also evaluates reasonably foreseeable environmental effects in adjacent state waters.

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UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Estimated inventories of methane emissions from the natural gas production sector, excluding processing and transmission. A team of researchers from UT Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering and environmental testing firms URS and Aerodyne Research completed measurements at 190 natural gas production sites across the United States.

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Comparison of the percent differential for WTW (well-to-wheel) GHGs from gasoline produced from WCSB oil sands using different production processes relative to gasoline produced from reference crudes. The proposed Project is not likely to impact the amount of crude oil produced from the oil sands.

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Encana challenges EPA draft Pavillion groundwater report

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DECEMBER 13, 2011

Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, says it strongly disagrees with the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preliminary conclusions on fracking in its draft report related to the groundwater study in the Pavillion natural gas field of Wyoming. Earlier post.)

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EPA Wyoming Oil-Sands Water

EPA Initiates Hydraulic Fracturing Study, Seeks Input from Science Advisory Board

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MARCH 18, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will conduct a comprehensive research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health. Hydraulic fracturing is emerging as an important technology in accessing natural gas.

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EPA Oil-Sands Water Gas

Read Your Way Through Utah

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JANUARY 3, 2024

And for a more personal sense of Arches and Canyonlands, “ Blow Sand In His Soul: Bates Wilson, The Heart of Canyonlands ,” by Jen Jackson Quintano, is a spirited biography of Wilson, who advocated their protection. “ And his book “ The Secret Knowledge of Water ” could not be more germane to our current megadrought.

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Excelsior to Pilot Proprietary in Situ Combustion Bitumen Recovery Process

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MARCH 13, 2009

Excelsior Energy Limited plans to test a proprietary in situ combustion bitumen-recovery process (Combustion Overhead Gravity Drainage, COGD) in a pilot project at its Hangingstone oil sands property in Alberta, Canada. Opportunities to attract Federal funding targeting energy research and sustainable development are also under review.

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NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

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JUNE 17, 2012

Schematic diagram of a shale gas well following hydraulic fracture treatment, with the relative depths of local water wells shown for scale. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) extracts natural gas by injecting a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals in short bursts at high pressure into deep underground wells.

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US Department of the Interior Offering Second Round of Oil Shale Research and Development Leases; Cuts Potential Commercialization Acreage 87.5%

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) is offering additional opportunities for energy companies to conduct oil shale research, development and demonstration (RD&D) projects on public lands in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. Earlier post.) Potential lessees may nominate up to 160 acres for RD&D. Earlier post.) Secretary Salazar.

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Oil Commercial Oil-Sands Wyoming

EPA draft assessment finds no widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources from fracking

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JUNE 5, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft assessment on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The stages of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle. The assessment reviewed relevant scientific literature and data; no new field work was performed.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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APRIL 21, 2009

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 » See also: 9 Electric Cars 100 Years Old or More » Get Gas 2.0 Sign Up for the Green Options Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Subscribe via email Resources Write for Gas 2.0

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New open-source lifecycle analysis tool for oil production using field characteristics

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MAY 25, 2013

A team from Stanford University and the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has developed a new open-source lifecycle analysis (LCA) tool for modeling the greenhouse gas emissions of oil and gas production using characteristics of specific fields and associated production pathways. —El-Houjeiri et al.

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Oil Oil-Sands Production Emissions

MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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APRIL 21, 2009

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Peabody Energy and GreatPoint Energy To Partner on Coal-to-Gas and Coal-to-Hydrogen Facilities with Carbon Capture and Storage

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Peabody Energy and GreatPoint Energy signed an agreement to pursue development of coal-to-gas and coal-to-hydrogen projects in the United States and around the world with carbon capture and storage (CCS) that would achieve near-zero carbon emissions, while increasing the production of stranded oil via enhanced oil recovery.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. of the estimated total.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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APRIL 16, 2009

Find investors, resumes, and free research Get Cleantech Blog in your email Enter your email address: Subscribe in a reader Join us on Linked In Follow us on Twitter Join us on Facebook GHGBlog.com - The Greenhouse Gas Blog Loading. A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Then we are done!

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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APRIL 16, 2009

GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 It is 12 years later.

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Utah Water Quality Board upholds issuance of permit for oil sands mine in Utah

Understanding the variability of GHG life cycle studies of oil sands production

Report finds diluted oil sands bitumen not more corrosive than comparable heavy crude in pipelines

Royal Society of Canada releases report on environmental and health impacts of oil sands industry

Critical review finds actual measurement data on segments of natural gas lifecycle sparse or lacking

Alberta approves Cenovus Narrows Lake oil sands project with demo and phase-in of solvent aided process to improve steam-oil ratio and production rate

EPA submits draft hydraulic fracturing study plan to independent scientists for review

State Department issues Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline: climate change impacts

Joint Review Panel Gives Go-Ahead to Mackenzie Gas Project in Canada

BOEM publishes final environmental review for geological and geophysical survey activities off the Atlantic Coast

UT Austin team and partners report on extensive measurements of methane emissions during natural gas production

State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

Encana challenges EPA draft Pavillion groundwater report

EPA Initiates Hydraulic Fracturing Study, Seeks Input from Science Advisory Board

Read Your Way Through Utah

Excelsior to Pilot Proprietary in Situ Combustion Bitumen Recovery Process

NRC report concludes hydraulic fracturing poses low risk for causing earthquakes, but risks are higher for wastewater injection wells; CCS impact undetermined

US Department of the Interior Offering Second Round of Oil Shale Research and Development Leases; Cuts Potential Commercialization Acreage 87.5%

EPA draft assessment finds no widespread, systemic impacts to drinking water resources from fracking

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

New open-source lifecycle analysis tool for oil production using field characteristics

MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Peabody Energy and GreatPoint Energy To Partner on Coal-to-Gas and Coal-to-Hydrogen Facilities with Carbon Capture and Storage

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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