At this time, North Carolina does not have any natural gas production or oil production. Thanks to the new technologies in horizontal drilling and a well enhancement technique known as ‘ hydraulic fracturing’ that are being used in other states, North Carolina counties are going to be able to tap natural gas reservoirs. There are [...]
How turbines could harness energy from natural gas pipelines. Natural gas drilled from gas fields emerges at intense pressure – very useful for distributing the gas around the network. However, since gas at such high pressure cannot be used safely in homes, its pressure must be released at so called letdown stations (also known as [...]
Natural Gas Processing How it works: The natural gas that you use to cook, heat your home, and make hot water for bathing is made almost entirely of methane. Natural gas is concentrated in natural gas fields, and is tapped by drilling wells, essentially long narrow holes in the ground. Natural gas is gathered from [...]
The U.S. natural gas pipeline network is a highly integrated transmission and distribution grid that can transport natural gas to and from nearly any location in the lower 48 States. The natural gas pipeline grid comprises: • More than 210 natural gas pipeline systems • 305,000 miles of interstate and intrastate transmission pipelines • More [...]
Shale gas, trapped in sedimentary rock beds make it more costly to extract than traditional reserves. Shale gas has become a big factor in growing supplies as shallow offshore and conventional onshore wells decline. The combination of shale gas resources and the development of technology to extract the natural gas from the shale at a [...]
HOW IS SHALE GAS FORMED ? There are two theories as to how natural gas is formed. The most widely accepted theory, the organic theory, maintains that natural gas formation begins with photosynthesis, where plants use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and carbohydrates. The remains of these plants [...]
EXCO Resources, Inc. is unveiling a newly constructed compressed natural gas vehicle fueling facility at its Vernon Field site located near Chatham, Louisiana this morning. EXCO Board Member T. Boone Pickens will be attending this event and will be speaking about the Pickens Plan and his proposal for improving U.S. energy independence through the use [...]
America’s chief environment regulator, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), issued an “endangerment” finding on carbon dioxide that allows the agency to treat carbon as a pollutant. With this recent announcement that global warming is a threat to public health, the Obama administration has made clear that it plans to cut greenhouse gases substantially. President Obama [...]
Is the green energy debate getting turned on its head? The emergence of immense new supplies of clean-burning natural gas from the Haynesville Shale deposits Louisiana is shaking up the energy industry. Several top natural gas industry leaders met last week with the U. S. energy secretary, Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy. They [...]
At EnCana’s annual meeting just over a week ago, CEO Randy Eresman, announced that new technology was enabling their company to have new opportunities in the Haynesville Shale play. The company reported that it would redirect $290 Million to the Haynesville Shale play. EnCana holds about 176,000 net acres, including 25,495 net acres of mineral [...]
