Resources for the Petroleum & Refining Industry
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Innovation In Applying Existing Technology Solutions
12/15/2015
A long-standing staple — water — is rapidly becoming a major issue for companies, not merely as a risk or line item expense, but for the potential it has to significantly impact shareholder value.
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New Tech Offers Low-Energy Oil And Gas Wastewater Management
12/14/2015
Microbial capacitive deionization (MCD) shows promise as a sustainable, low-cost treatment solution for produced water.
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Level Measurement Precision In North American Oil Fracking
11/23/2015
A newly discovered oil patch in western North America uses Siemens level technology during oil and natural gas extraction. SITRANS LR250 continuous radar for liquid level measurement plus Pointek CLS200 capacitance point level offer a winning combination in this application.
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Recycling Wastewater from Oil And Gas Wells Poses Challenges
11/12/2015
Each year, the oil and gas industry produces more than 800 billion gallons of wastewater. Coupling the massive volumes of wastewater generated over the life of the well and the millions of gallons of water needed to hydraulically fracture each well, it’s easy to see that oil and gas exploration and production is just as much a water issue as it is an energy issue.
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New PA Law Puts Mine Water To Work
11/10/2015
Mines throughout Pennsylvania contain millions of gallons of contaminated water, putting thousands of stream miles at risk.
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3 Solutions To Water-Intensive Fracking
9/23/2015
Are you for or against it? It seems everyone has picked a side in the debate over hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”), but most conflict would likely fall away if fracking was performed in a proven safe and sustainable manner, verified by a reliable source.
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EPA's Water Report: A Good But Incomplete Start
9/11/2015
One study cannot answer every question about water pollution risks from oil and gas drilling, nor should it be expected to. But as my colleague Nichole Saunders pointed out, the oft-quoted statement of EPA’s water study – that it found no evidence of “widespread, systemic impacts on drinking water sources”– implied to some that activities related to hydraulic fracturing had been declared risk-free.
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World Water Week: Water Management Key Priority For International Oil And Gas Sector
8/27/2015
The global oil and gas industry association, IPIECA coordinated a session during World Water Week in Stockholm on water management within the sector from now to 2030.
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Hydraulic Fracturing And The EPA Water Study: Where Do We Go From Here?
8/3/2015
It’s been two months since EPA released its much anticipated draft report on hydraulic fracturing, and organizations like ours are busy preparing their official comments, which are due at the end of August. But based on what we have learned so far and what has been written in the media, it’s important to spend some time on what the report said — and didn’t say — and what it all means.
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The Future Of Fracking: Evaluating Emerging Technologies
2/10/2015
How can the U.S. and other countries profit from hydraulic fracturing AND protect water resources? New technologies hold the key to environmentally responsible shale-gas production.