FuelFix Not Fooled By New Fracking Study … Were You?
A new fracking study is being pitched as great news for the oil and gas industry, but the oil and gas industry has been oddly quiet about the news.
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Price Of Oil Headed Back Up, Gasoline Hikes Will Follow
In the world of oil, Saudi Arabia is the tail that wags the dog. For several years, it has stubbornly refused to cut oil production in the face of falling oil prices in order to maintain its dominant share of the oil market. It is also part of a strategy to drive tar sands and fracking producers out of business. Those non-traditional sources of oil are far more costly than pumping from reserves under the Arabian desert.
New Study Nails Elusive Link Between Fracking & Earthquakes
Seismologists have assembled evidence that connects earthquakes and lingering seismic activity to fracking operations near a previously unknown fault.
Yuuuuuge 5.0 Earthquake Rocks Giant Oil Hub In Oklahoma
Another destructive earthquake — possibly linked to oil and gas wastewater disposal — has hit Oklahoma, near the Cushing oil pipeline and storage hub.
Study: Satellites Link 2012 East Texas Earthquake To Wastewater Injection Wells (Hydraulic Fracturing)
A new study from researchers at Stanford University has linked a 4.8 magnitude earthquake recorded in East Texas in 2012 to the now common oil industry practice of hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and the accompanying wastewater injection wells, through the use of satellite data, according to a new press release from … [continued]
Oklahoma Earthquake Spurs Emergency Action On Oil & Gas Wastewater
The latest Oklahoma earthquake prompted Governor Mary Fallin to stop pussyfooting around and start issuing emergency orders for oil and gas wastewater.
Methane Emissions From Fracking (An Update)
Originally published on Skeptical Science. A relatively large number of research publications has appeared in the peer-reviewed literature since we last updated our readers on fracking and methane, CH4, emissions. We cannot discuss them all here. However, in summary, it can be concluded from these papers that EPA is very … [continued]
US EIA: Natural Gas CO2 Emissions Surpassing Coal Emissions
Originally published on Planetsave. For the first time since 1972, energy-associated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal are dropping below natural gas CO2 emissions. The US Energy Information Agency’s latest Short-Term Energy Outlook reports that energy-related CO2 emissions from natural gas are expected to be 10% higher than coal emissions for … [continued]
New Fracking Study Pulls Rug Out From Under “Safe” Fracking
Whenever a new fracking study comes out, you can be sure that fossil industry stakeholders will run over to the history machine and crank out a purported decades-long safety record. The problem is, until recent years fracking was confined mainly to low-population areas in the western US. Now that fracking … [continued]
EPA To Texas Fracking Regulators: Your Slip Is Showing!
Texas regulators have been playing ostrich when it comes to investigating the link between fracking waste disposal and earthquakes, sez US EPA.
