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Colorado study blames faulty wells for methane found in water near fracking
2016-07-11 21:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Methane contamination of Colorado water wells from nearby fossil fuel development is likely due to faulty oil and gas well construction rather than hydraulic fracturing, according to a new study of aquifer contamination in the state. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, is the latest to pinpoint the sources and pathways of methane reported in residential drinking water near drilling sites, a concern to many communities as the fracking boom has spread...
Study: Methane in Colorado water isnt always from oil wells
2016-07-11 16:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The oil and gas industry may not be to blame if northeastern Colorado tap water is so full of methane it can be set on fire, researchers say. Fewer than 5 percent of the region`s water wells that were checked for methane pollution had been tainted by oil and gas leaks, according to a study released Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. About 18 percent had methane that came from coal seams that underlie the area, the researchers said. The other wells either had methane...
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Statoil to complete drilling of two wells in North Sea
2016-05-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Norway-based Statoil Petroleum is set to complete drilling of wildcat 30/11-12 S and appraisal well 30/11-12 A in the North Sea.
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Hidden, Abandoned, Dangerous: Old Gas And Oil Wells In Neighborhoods
2016-05-30 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: In 2007, Rick Kinder was working for a contractor, building a house in southern Colorado. The workers had just finished putting in all the doors, windows and sealing the house. Kinder and a colleague were working in the crawlspace, hanging insulation. "And we just heard this big roar and then a big boom, and it threw us against the walls, and it just blew the whole top of the roof off," Kinder says. Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission He and his colleagues didn't know it, but they...
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Wintershall Norge completes drilling of two wildcat wells in North Sea
2016-05-24 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Wintershall Norge has completed drilling of two wildcat wells, 35/8-6 S and 35/8-6 A, that are located 5km northwest of Vega field in the North Sea.
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