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Fracking – Safe or Not?
/16 Comments/in Hydraulic Fracturing /by John AmosThere has been a lot of buzz lately about stimulating production from gas and oil wells using the relatively new technique of hydraulic fracturing — fracking, fraccing or fracing for short. Most of the new natural gas wells drilled in this country rely on fracking to yield economically attractive quantities of gas, especially in the […]
Offshore Drilling, Onshore Spilling
/3 Comments/in Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosIn case anyone doubts there is any connection between offshore oil and gas drilling, and risks of spills from onshore oil facilities, the helpful officials at BOEMRE have just made that connection crystal clear. Yesterday, BOEMRE awarded the 9th deepwater drilling permit since the BP / Deepwater Horizon spill to Murphy Oil Corporation to resume […]
Gas Plume from Mt. Oyama, Japan
/in Incidents /by John AmosThe MODIS sensor on NASA’s Terra satellite captured another spectacular clear image of Japan yesterday (April 6). The small version (2 kilometer detail) gives a nice overview; for a closer look try the full-resolution version (250 meter detail). There’s still a good bit of snow up in the mountains. No obvious signs of the earthquake […]
Balloon Camera Launch Take 2: Success (almost).
/in SkyTruthing, Watchdog /by Teri BiebelYesterday, on the campus of Shepherd University, SkyTruth had it’s first (almost) successful launch of our balloon camera. You may recall we attempted to launch our balloon last month but were unsuccessful due to nasty weather conditions. However, with blue skies and a beautiful breeze, we were able to get our balloon off the ground […]
Transocean Donates Bonuses to Victim’s Families
/6 Comments/in Deepwater Horizon, Offshore, Oil & Gas, Oil Spill /by John AmosWe’re happy to report today that executives at Transocean announced they will donate their 2010 safety bonuses “to the families of the 11 workers killed in the April 2010 explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.” This will add $250,000 to the Deepwater Horizon Memorial Fund fund that Transocean had already established to support the victims’ […]
Gulf of Mexico – Deepwater Development
/in Gulf of Mexico, Offshore, Oil & Gas /by John AmosWe just ran across an interesting pair of tables on the BOEMRE website listing all of the deepwater oil & gas wells (276) and production platforms (46) in the Gulf of Mexico. Thought we’d put them on a map to see the distribution. In this instance, “deepwater” means a water depth greater than 1,000 feet: […]