May
14
Rather than require oil and gas companies to recycle the water they use in the fracking process, Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, said he wants to make the emerging recycling industry more viable, thereby encouraging recycling in general. That’s the idea behind House Bill 2767, that would shift the liability for fracking fluid to the recycling company… Continue reading »
May
08
The Sierra Club found some common ground with the oil and gas industry in the Texas Legislature. The Lone Star chapter of the environmentalist organization supports bills that would use saltwater pipes to haul fracking water from drill sites to disposal wells. Other backers include Fort Worth-based Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:… Continue reading »
Feb
27
For many decades the benefits of oil and gas development in the US have been overshadowed by the amount of money companies in the sector have made, the environmental impacts of use or development and occasional accidents and the degree to which imports impact US foreign policy and economic health. The extent to which the… Continue reading »
Feb
26
Apache Corp this month is set to become the first company to power an entire hydraulic fracturing job with engines running on natural gas, cutting fuel costs by about 40 percent, an executive said. The Houston-based oil and gas company has been working in recent months with Schlumberger, Halliburton and Caterpillar to advance its use… Continue reading »
Feb
25
Houston-based eCORP Stimulation Technologies LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of eCORP International LLC, used liquid propane to stimulate the Eagle Ford shale play at about 6,000 feet in a successful field demonstration, the company announced in a press release. U.S. shale oil and gas production is usually carried out through a process called hydraulic fracturing, in… Continue reading »