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Futuristic walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking
2014-04-16 03:28:22| Energy - Topix.net
Schramm Inc, which built the drilling rig that four years ago helped rescue 33 trapped Chilean copper miners, has designed a 500,000-pound rig for the oil and natural gas industry that can walk, rotate 360 degrees, be operated with a remote control, and load pipe automatically.
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Walking, 'talking' drilling rigs aim to modernize fracking
2014-04-15 21:02:11| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Schramm Inc, which built the drilling rig that four years ago helped rescue 33 trapped Chilean copper miners, has designed a 500,000-pound rig for the oil and natural gas industry that can walk, rotate 360 degrees, be operated with a remote control, and load pipe automatically.
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EPA Drastically Underestimates Methane Released at Drilling Sites
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Drilling operations at several natural gas wells in southwestern Pennsylvania released methane into the atmosphere at rates that were 100 to 1,000 times greater than federal regulators had estimated, new research shows. Using a plane that was specially equipped to measure greenhouse gas emissions in the air, scientists found that drilling activities at seven well pads in the booming Marcellus shale formation emitted 34 grams of methane per second, on average. The Environmental Protection Agency...
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Colorado Oil Drilling Boom Intensifies as Voter Initiatives Multiply
2014-04-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denver Post: Colorado Attorney General John Suthers was walking down Denver's 16th Street Mall recently when a Greenpeace activist asked if he'd like to ban fracking. It reflected the intensifying battle over how to balance public demands for a pristine environment and health versus ramped-up production of fossil fuels. Front Range residents have proposed 17 state ballot measures to bolster local control over drilling, short of a statewide ban, and are drawing support from at least one Internet-made multi-millionaire...
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Drydocks to build two jack-up drilling rigs for Malta Oil
2014-04-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Drydocks World is set to build two new jack-up drilling rigs for Malta Oil & Gas as part of an agreement.
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