The Tennessean The research will likely involve hydraulic fracturing — also known as fracking — a controversial method to inject water, chemicals or other material thousands of feet deep into the ground to break apart shale and release natural gas. In Tennessee ... and more »
News & Observer ... and Natural Resources to issue provisional permits before the N.C. Mining & Energy Commission completes writing 120-plus regulations to govern hori...
Lab Manager Magazine Drill core of volcanic ash-hydrated lime mortar from the ancient port of Baiae in Pozzuloi Bay. Yellowish inclusions are pumice, dark stony fragments are lava, gray areas consist of other volcanic crystalline materials, and white spots are lime. Inset ... and more »
Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies that drill for oil and natural gas — and their critics — will have 60 more days to comment on a new rule regulating hydraul...
Colorado Springs Gazette The Obama administration has said it doesn't want to get plunged into conflict there, but won't abide the ordering of chemical warfare. ... ...
Daily Comet "They mean business," said Burford, who owns the biggest portion of the drilling unit. His extended family owns about 12,000 acres ... The Haynesville Shale also gained competition from other shale plays, especially those that also included natural gas ... and more »
Telegraph.co.uk 16.23 More reaction to the US jobs data, this time from analysts at Societe Generale, who described May's figures as "quite encouraging", despite this week's other lacklustre data: Quote Fears of a marked deceleration in job creation sparked by a trio ... and more »
Akron Beacon Journal (blog) Nevertheless, in 2011, a year after the family sued, Range Resources Corp. and two other companies agreed to a $750,000 settlement. In order to collect, the Hallowiches promised not to tell anyone, according to court filings. .... The technology, in ... and more »
Los Angeles Times Despite California's reputation as a trendsetter in environmental protection, it lags behind other parts of the country in the extent to which it has demanded oversight of the drilling method. Energy firms are permitted to keep secret the mix of ... and more »
Popular Science Obsidian Flow At Newberry Volcano Joshua Schreiner. In October, at the Deschutes National Forest in central Oregon, a team of scientists and engineers began pumping 11 million gallons of water underground, right near the caldera of the famed Newberry ... and more »
