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In 2010, Saudi Aramco launched its Accelerated Transformation Plan, which aims to extend the company’s E&P and downstream activities into new frontiers, and promote the production of unconventional natural gas resources in tight sands and shale formations. Currently, Saudi Arabia has over 600 trillion cubic feet of unconventional gas resources, half of which are technically recoverable. […]
Compared to other fossil fuels, natural gas is not so bad, right? WRONG. Natural gas, like all fossil fuels, are terrible for the environment. In this episode, I discuss what natural gas is, where it comes from, and why it is bad for the environment. Sources:National Resources Defense Council (NRDC)https://www.nrdc.org/stories/fossil-fuels-dirty-factsUnited States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gasesStudent Energy· Natural Gas: https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/natural-gas· Unconventional Gas:https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/unconventional-gas· Conventional Gas: https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/conventional-gas· Fracking: https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/hydraulic-fracturing· Shale Oil:https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/shale-gas· Gas Hydrates: https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/hydrates· Coalbed Methane: https://www.studentenergy.org/topics/coal-bed-methaneEnvironment Impact Assessment (EIA)https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI)https://www.eesi.org/topics/fossil-fuels/descriptionUniversity of Calgaryhttps://energyeducation.ca/encyclopedia/Tight_gas#:~:text=Hydraulic%20fracturing%20is%20one%20main,of%20high%20pressure%20fracking%20fluids.&text=In%20most%20tight%20gas%20formations,collect%20and%20make%20extraction%20difficult.Union of Concerned Scientists:https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/environmental-impacts-natural-gasNew York Times:https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/climate/methane-leaks.html Music:“News Theme” by Kevin MacLeod licensed under CC BY. Edited to be shorter but content was not changed. Link to Song Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4122-news-theme/Link to Author’s Profile: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/artists/profile/9-kevin-macleod/Link to license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcod
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Welcome back to another episode! This Week, Mark and Jake hit the following: Tech and Energy are Teaming Up – A Market Review Saudi Aramco to Invest $110B in Jafurah Unconventional Gas Field Cimarex Ties Exec Compensation to Emission Reduction Crazy Shale Growth is a Thing of the Past Largest Bank in US WILL […] The post Tech and Energy are Teaming Up – A Market Review | Saudi Aramco to Invest $110B in Jafurah Unconventional Gas Field | Cimarex Ties Exec Compensation to Emission Reduction | Crazy Shale Growth is a Thing of the Past | Largest Bank in US WILL NOT fund Fossil Fuel Extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge | Democrats Courting Oklahomans seeking Limits on Oil & Gas Production | Big Money Still Loves Oil & Gas – OGTW196 appeared first on Oil and Gas This Week Podcast.
Ian Thom is joined by Liam Yates and Alexandre Araman to discuss the Saudi Arabia (Jafurah) and UAE (Jebel Ali) unconventional gas projects. The Middle East is known for large conventional oil fields, but unconventional gas is featuring more and more.
So much is going on in the early 2016! Quit Coal on front line is calling for a ban on Unconventional Gas in Victoria. Will they listen to the community?The Bats Return to save the Leard State forest at Maules Creek with FLAC.The Melbourne Mob is getting ready to hit the streets of the CBD during Invasion Day.Colin also launches his new rubric 'How to make trouble and Influence people' Short story from Australia!
30-10-14 Institute of Commonwealth Studies 'A Human Rights Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Unconventional Gas Development in the United Kingdom'. Professor Philip Murphy (Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies) Bianca...
30-10-14 Institute of Commonwealth Studies 'A Human Rights Assessment of Hydraulic Fracturing and Other Unconventional Gas Development in the United Kingdom'. Professor Philip Murphy (Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies) Bianca...
Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Paul Mobbs A review of the Government's policies on unconventional gas in Britain, and how these fit into the greater issue of resource depletion and growth. Experience from around the world indicates that both th...
Human Rights Consortium Speaker: Paul Mobbs A review of the Government's policies on unconventional gas in Britain, and how these fit into the greater issue of resource depletion and growth. Experience from around the world indicates that both th...
Human Rights Consortium A license to drill? Social resistance to unconventional gas activities: is Australia’s present Britain’s future? Speakers Abstract: Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith is a Senior Advisor to both the National Toxics Network (NTN) ...
Human Rights Consortium A license to drill? Social resistance to unconventional gas activities: is Australia’s present Britain’s future? Speakers Abstract: Dr Mariann Lloyd-Smith is a Senior Advisor to both the National Toxics Network (NTN) ...
Dr. Scott W. Tinker discusses how as existing and new conventional natural gas reserves decline, unconventional natural gas resources will represent a vital part of the fossil energy mix. (November 19, 2009)
Mark Zoback, a Professor of Geophysics at Stanford University, discusses a strategy for how natural gas combined with carbon capture and storage can play a major role as we turn away from carbon-based fossil fuels such as coal and oil. (October 1, 2009)
Mark Zoback discusses the possibility of replacing coal with unconventional gasses for energy production in the United States. (May 20, 2009)