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Formosa flares after compressor destabilizes 48 minutes ago The...
2014-09-10 07:54:04| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Formosa Plastics plant in Point Comfort flared most of Tuesday after a process gas compressor lost pressure causing it to destabilize. The event began 7:04 p.m. Monday and was expected to finish Tuesday evening, according to the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality.
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Fracking Flares in Texas and North Dakota Equal to Greenhouse Emissions From 1.5 Million Cars
2014-08-22 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Earthworks, a nonprofit which works to protect communities from the impacts of mineral and fossil fuel extraction and promote sustainable energy development, has released a new report showing that the flaring of natural gas waste in just two shale plays, or exploration areas, is the equivalent of an additional 1.5 million cars on the road. The flares occur when natural gas is burned rather than captured. The report, "Up in Flames: U.S. Shale Oil Boom Comes at Expense of Wasted Natural Gas, Increased...
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Israel Nears Gas Sales to Egypt as Mideast Unrest Flares: Energy
2014-08-22 00:43:08| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
In the midst of some of the worst Middle East tensions in a decade, one-time enemies Egypt and Israel are negotiating deals that may mean the sale of $60 billion in Israeli natural gas to liquefaction plants in Egypt.
North Dakota Flares Down
2014-03-21 14:54:00| OGI
Under new regs, North Dakota producers must develop gas capture plans.
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Green alert flares after McCarthy's comments on Keystone XL, fracking
2013-11-06 14:37:54| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: A Boston Globe reporter yesterday alarmed environmentalists with a preview of his interview with U.S. EPA chief Gina McCarthy that indicated she has an open attitude about the Keystone XL pipeline and hydraulic fracturing. The McCarthy quotes tweeted by the Globe's David Abel at 1 p.m. -- she "didn't buy the argument that blocking the Keystone pipeline would prevent the extraction of tar sands oil," he wrote -- caused a conflagration big enough that EPA spokeswoman Alisha Johnson threw cold water...