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Fracking safety: report warns of 'significant unknowns'
2014-03-25 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The lack of publicly available data on the UK's onshore oil and gas drilling means there are significant "unknowns" about the safety of future fracking wells, according to a new study. The research also found that public data from the US showed that hundreds of recent shale gas wells in Pennsylvania have suffered failures that could cause water or air pollution. "The research confirms that well failure in hydrocarbon wells is an issue and that publicly available data in Europe on this seems to...
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PENETRON Helps Clean Up Fracking In West Virginia
2014-03-25 06:04:50| oilandgasonline News Articles
Located in Fairmont, West Virginia, the AOP Clearwater recently began operation as a “one of a kind” facility to treat and recycle water. This water is used in the “fracking” of natural gas extracted from the Marcellus shale formation.
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United Kingdom: Oil well safety warning for fracking
2014-03-25 03:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Plans to expand shale gas "fracking" in the UK must learn from leaks and poor monitoring at existing onshore oil and gas sites, scientists say. A review of 2,152 wells drilled from 1902-2013 found up to 100 "orphaned" wells for which no firm is responsible. Only two cases of well "failure" were recorded, but legacy sites are not monitored for leaks, the authors note. The study led by ReFINE (Researching Fracking in Europe) is published in the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology. It is...
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New fracking fear: Well barrier failure likely to contaminate certain sites' surroundings
2014-03-25 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: A small percentage of the shale gas sites drilled in the event of a UK fracking boom would probably contaminate the surrounding environment because of problems with wells, a new report has warned, adding that in some cases the damage could be exacerbated because the companies that drilled them will have gone out of business. A Durham University study into the impact of shale gas production concludes that it is likely that well barrier failure will occur in a small number of wells and this could...
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United Kingdom: Governments fracking focus threatens renewables investment, experts say
2014-03-24 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: By promoting shale gas development, the UK could see itself start to lag behind on low-carbon technology, putting investment and innovation at risk, according to analysis from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM). While CIWEM recognises that fracking can help the UK improve its energy security and eventually reduce energy costs in the short-term, it warns that focusing on shale gas might have long-term negative effects. The announcement comes as energy minister...
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