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A report for Natural Resources Canada has described methane leakage from active or abandoned wells as " a serious threat to the environment and public safety" with the risk of "irreversible contamination of freshwater aquifers, accumulation of explosive gases within and around residences and other structures and contribution to greenhouse gases. (thetyee.ca)
Not only is this bad because of its contribution to greenhouse gases, but it's not fun to unknowingly build a house on top of an abandoned well and then experience gas leaking into the garage. (techbriefs.com)

Gases and vapors can build up in well pits, creating a hazardous environment. (cdc.gov)
Work in well-ventilated areas and avoid breathing vapors when mixing and handling chlorine solutions. (cdc.gov)
Overview of Environmental Lung Diseases Environmental lung diseases are caused by harmful particles, mists, vapors, or gases that are inhaled, usually while people work. (msdmanuals.com)

The financial results of Petro Sharq, which is responsible for managing the Zohr field's development, in 2018/19 saw the drilling and completion of seven wells, bringing the total number of wells that have been linked and put on production to 12 wells. (dailynewsegypt.com)
CAIRO - 6 August 2018: The production oftwo wells at Phase 9B of the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession will start during the first half of next October with a capacity up to 100 million cubic feet per day of natural gas, an official source at the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) told Egypt Today. (egypttoday.com)
SwRI to Host Inaugural International Multiphase Flow Separation Symposium Feb 23, 2018 Southwest Research Institute is bringing together oil and gas industry experts for the International Multiphase Flow Separation Symposium (IMFS 2 ), to be held April 25-26, 2018, at SwRI's headquarters. (scandoil.com)

In November 2021, as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), the U.S. government allocated $4.7 billion USD to plug orphaned oil and gas wells across the country. (eurasiareview.com)
Come September 2021 and Equinor added an additional well to the contract for this rig, which was expected to keep it busy into the third quarter of 2022 after the contract started in February 2022. (oilandgaspeople.com)
Many western states are currently engaged in oil and gas well plugging and remediation activities, and this work could be significantly accelerated with federal assistance," asserted the outreach of April 29, 2021, signed by WGA Chair Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and Vice Chair Idaho Gov. Brad Little . (westgov.org)
On Dec. 15, 2021, West Deer Township in northern Allegheny County rejected a proposal by Olympus Energy LLC for one of two planned natural-gas well pads in the township. (pghcitypaper.com)
Public hearings on the proposed well began in August 2021 and concluded in November. (pghcitypaper.com)

Recent studies have identified air, water and human health hazards of orphaned oil and gas wells however the literature is not yet extensive enough to quantify the risks of this legacy infrastructure across the country," adds Seth Shonkoff at PSE Healthy Energy. (eurasiareview.com)
Please contact me if you can document leaking well hazards in your community. (toxicstargeting.com)
Take Action Today: Request That Governor Cuomo Clean Up All Unplugged and Abandoned Gas and Oil Well Hazards! (toxicstargeting.com)
Until all unplugged and abandoned gas and oil well hazards in New York have been cleaned up, it would be irresponsible of Governor Cuomo to permit shale gas fracking, even on a limited basis. (toxicstargeting.com)
When the abandoned well is located nearby the facilities where there still hydrocarbon production is in process, the hazards are low as there is personnel, who usually monitor the wellhead pressures and generally the conditions are under control. (imechanica.org)
Clear hazards away from wells before cleaning and disinfecting them. (cdc.gov)

Workers stand near a rig that drills into the shale at a well site in Washington, Pa. (publicintegrity.org)
At first glance, the impact fee of up to $50,000 per well seems to put wealth from drilling on the Marcellus Shale into citizens' hands. (publicintegrity.org)
When Marcellus Shale gas fracking was originally proposed, DEC asserted that: "As a result of New York's rigorous regulatory process, the types of problems reported to have occurred in states without such strong environmental laws and rigorous regulations haven't happened here . (toxicstargeting.com)
As a result, New York's shale gas moratorium remains steady as a rock against seemingly insurmountable odds. (toxicstargeting.com)
Shale gas activists should take urgent action until election day. (toxicstargeting.com)
DEC might restart its shale gas regulatory rulemaking effort because an 11/29/12 deadline could be missed as Health Commissioner Nirav Shah reviews public health data compiled for the Revised Draft SGEIS. (toxicstargeting.com)
Effects of longwall-induced stress and deformation on the stability and mechanical integrity of shale gas wells drilled through a longwall abutment pillar. (cdc.gov)
This paper presents the results of a comprehensive study conducted by CONSOL Energy, Marcellus Shale Coalition, and Pennsylvania Coal Association to evaluate the effects of longwall-induced subsurface deformations on the mechanical integrity of shale gas wells drilled over a longwall abutment pillar. (cdc.gov)

The whole project, including digging other productive eight wells and two exploration wells, will be completed in the third quarter of 2019 with an output of 400 million cubic feet per day," the source added. (egypttoday.com)

Gas company Santos plans to drill several hundred wells in the area. (smh.com.au)
After Norway's state-owned giant Equinor decided to exercise its option to add more wells to the backlog of an Odfjell Drilling-owned rig, this rig now has eight more wells to drill for the Norwegian company. (oilandgaspeople.com)
After this addition, the Deepsea Stavanger now has eight remaining wells to drill which are expected to keep the rig booked into the third quarter of 2023. (oilandgaspeople.com)
After the Uranus rig, hired in May 2022, was repositioned to drill the firm's third and fourth wells at the SASB shallow-water conventional gas field, the Canadian player explained that the West Akçakoca-1 and Guluc-2 wells would be spudded a few weeks apart and completed in sequence. (offshore-energy.biz)
Now gas companies can drill wherever they like, even if local councils vote to keep the wells out of their jurisdictions. (publicintegrity.org)
According to the company, the technology gives operators greater confidence to drill and complete dual-string wells by allowing enhanced lift from both strings separately. (offshore-mag.com)
The well is anticipated to take 10-15 days to drill and if successful is expected to be completed, flow tested and connected to existing infrastructure. (scandoil.com)
In October 2020, East Pittsburgh borough rejected a permit to drill a fracking well filed by Merrion Oil & Gas after sustained opposition from community groups including North Braddock Residents for Our Future. (pghcitypaper.com)

The report, completed in November, recommended that Alberta Health assess the health and public safety risks of six wells in particular that exceeded a "life-threatening" threshold of 10,000 parts per million. (thetyee.ca)
One study involved flying an aircraft-based sensor over the basin, home to around 10,000 oil and gas wells. (sciencedaily.com)
The installations are tubing-conveyed, surface-controlled multi-rate gas lift units, rated to 10,000 psi (689 bar) burst, 6,000 psi (413 bar) collapse, and 125°C (257°F). (offshore-mag.com)

Santos regards the new water storage scheme as a way to close down and rehabilitate the network of small, polluted ponds which dot sections of the Pilliga Forest as a result of drilling test wells, and to consolidate the waste water in one place. (smh.com.au)
It said in a letter to government planners that no drilling should take place until a treatment plant was ready at the site, and also that a plan should be put in place to detect leaks from a planned pipeline running from the gas field to the water storage area. (smh.com.au)
That report also documented at least two dozen other cases of gas seeping from old wells, including three where the drilling of new wells "communicated" with old wells, leaking gas into water supplies and forcing the evacuation of a home. (propublica.org)
But as the nation's latest drilling boom continues, abandoned wells have begun attracting more attention, particularly in states where the earth is already pock-marked with holes left by earlier waves of extraction. (propublica.org)
Some regulators fear that the number of abandoned wells will grow when the current drilling boom runs its course. (propublica.org)
Researchers found that drilling and operating wells emits harmful levels of pollution that may affect the health of nearby residents. (stanford.edu)
While it's not necessarily surprising that drilling and operating oil and gas wells emit air pollutants, knowing the magnitude of the effect improves our broader understanding of who is exposed to what and how to intervene to improve health outcomes. (stanford.edu)
Other factors that could be contributing to elevated emissions were controlled for - such as wildfire smoke or industrial activities - and monitors located far from drilling sites were used to identify those factors unrelated to wells. (stanford.edu)
The new study contributes to a growing body of evidence about the dangers of living near oil and gas wells that may help guide ongoing policymaking around residential setbacks from drilling sites. (stanford.edu)
MENAFN - AzerNews) The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) drilled and improved 21 offshore and onshore oil and gas wells in the country, during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through May 20, 2023), Deputy Director of the NIDC, Masoud Afshar said, Azernews reports referring to the Shana News Agency. (menafn.com)
WO) - Multi-disciplinary energy and software specialists AGR and Add Energy are combining their expert services in drilling, wells, and reservoirs, and energy transition technologies, CCUS and geothermal, under the AGR brand. (worldoil.com)
AGR delivers drilling project management, well engineering, resource solutions, reservoir management and asset evaluation, wellsite and operations geologists, and software to support the oil and gas life cycle and decarbonization solutions. (worldoil.com)
This consolidation broadens AGR's overall service portfolio, bringing added value to clients and projects across the energy industry, with the combination of Add Energy's teams, expertise and proprietary software within drilling intervention, specialized expertise in well servicing, well control and blowout contingency and in safety and risk management. (worldoil.com)
Bringing Add Energy's drilling and wells teams into AGR is a strategic move rooted in shared values and complementary strengths and service offerings of two industry leaders. (worldoil.com)
But gaps in Texas's industry-friendly disclosure rules prevent the public from knowing how widely PFAS or other toxic chemicals have been used in fracking or other methods or stages of oil and gas drilling and extraction. (bespacific.com)
Oil and gas companies are not required to disclose any of the chemicals they inject into oil and gas wells during the drilling that precedes fracking or during other "downhole" operations aside from fracking. (bespacific.com)
However, the offshore drilling contractor confirmed that Equinor still has the opportunity to add more wells to the rig's work scope under the continued optionality mechanism. (oilandgaspeople.com)
Oil and gas drillers position, assemble and operate drilling machinery and related equipment to sink wells, extract oils and gases or for a variety of other purposes. (123test.com)
BP PLC started drilling a relief well as one of several options the company is pursuing to kill a deepwater blowout in the Gulf of Mexico and stop a widening crude oil leak that has caused international concern. (ogj.com)
Canada's oil and gas player Trillion Energy has wrapped up recompletion work on the third well in its 2022 - 2023 drilling campaign on a natural gas field in the Black Sea off Türkiye, which led to a boost in gas production. (offshore-energy.biz)
The perforation of new gas pay in West Akçakoca-1 was done with the wireline on the platform and does not require the drilling rig. (offshore-energy.biz)
Earlier this month, the company started drilling the Alapli-2 well, which is the sixth one in its multi-well drilling programme. (offshore-energy.biz)
Trillion plans to add three sidetrack wells to the development programme for the SASB field , increasing the total number of wells for this Black Sea drilling campaign from 17 to 20. (offshore-energy.biz)
Broadview Heights, OH, residents' strong stand to block new drilling wells keeps fracking out and oil and gas companies away. (celdf.org)
Although it's hard to draw conclusions from the various state fracking polls published in the last few years, it is clear that a sizable chunk of Pennsylvanians do support natural gas drilling, even as opposition appears to be growing. (pghcitypaper.com)
A drainage unit is the subsurface area allocated to a vertical oil well completion or gas well completion for drilling and producing in order to maximize oil or gas recovery from a defined or miscellaneous pool. (saskatchewan.ca)

But the researchers also noted that the amount of methane still leaking from the remaining wells in 2020 was about six to eight percent of the produced natural gas, about the same as it was in 2015. (sciencedaily.com)

Between 2013 and 2022, oil and gas companies injected more than 58,000 oil and gas wells in 183 of Texas's 253 counties with at least one fracking chemical whose identity the companies withheld from the public through "trade secret" designations. (bespacific.com)
Six months later, the Norwegian giant added more wells to the rig's backlog, and followed this up in May 2022, when it awarded even more work, which was anticipated to keep the rig fully occupied until the first quarter of 2023. (oilandgaspeople.com)
In 2022 the oil and gas industry spent just over $124 million lobbying on this and other issues. (wvhighlands.org)
Come December 2022, the firm spudded the Guluc-2 well, after completing the West Akçakoca-1 17 ½" diameter section to 1,008 metres depth. (offshore-energy.biz)

As the gas velocity in the production tubing drops with time, the velocity of the liquids carried by the gas declines even faster. (wikipedia.org)
Flow patterns of liquids on the walls of the conduit cause liquid to accumulate in the bottom of the well, which can either slow or stop gas production altogether. (wikipedia.org)
The same concept is also applicable to oil wells when they are at the end stage of production. (wikipedia.org)
ConocoPhillips, the No. 2 company in the IW 500 ranking, uses analytics and dashboards to increase natural gas production. (informationweek.com)
In addition, it's applying the techniques and lessons learned to other types of gas wells as well as to oil production. (informationweek.com)
The key to PLOT's success has been getting more wells connected to ConocoPhillips' infrastructure, gathering more data from those wells more frequently, and applying analyses to optimize gas production. (informationweek.com)
Full-scale coal seam gas production has not yet started in the Pilliga Forest - Australia's largest inland woodland - and if it occurs, is still two or three years away. (smh.com.au)
It's really hard to show air quality impacts of an activity like oil and gas production at a population scale, but that's the scale we need to be able to infer health impacts," said senior study author Marshall Burke, an associate professor of Earth system science at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (Stanford Earth). (stanford.edu)
The research reveals that when a new well is being drilled or reaches 100 barrels of production per day, the deadly particle pollution known as PM2.5 increases two micrograms per cubic meter about a mile away from the site. (stanford.edu)
The team evaluated about 38,000 wells that were being drilled and 90,000 wells in production between 2006 and 2019. (stanford.edu)
All LNG terminal functions including gas production and storage, maintenance, and disaster prevention are centrally controlled from the CCR. (yokogawa.com)
Italian company Eni has started testing the production of the 14th well in the Zohr deep-water field in the Mediterranean Sea, bringing the total capacity of the field to about 3.2bn cubic feet of gas per day (scf/day). (dailynewsegypt.com)
He added that production from other wells has been reduced until the 14th well testing is completed, which has production of 150-250m scf/day, because the local market does not need any additional quantities of natural gas. (dailynewsegypt.com)
They pointed out that operating expenses amounted to about $49m, a saving amounted to 55% of the approved budget with an increase in production quantities to reach 122% of the approved plan, which led to reducing the target cost of gas production. (dailynewsegypt.com)
After the production stops, companies are required to plug the well and prepare for abandonment. (cpr.org)
That makes answering questions about the sources and magnitudes of emissions, as well as year-to-year trends across an entire production region, difficult. (sciencedaily.com)
Methane is the "gas" part of oil and gas production. (sciencedaily.com)
Because it's hard to keep every component of the gas production process airtight, methane can leak from wells, pipelines -- anywhere along the way. (sciencedaily.com)
It was good timing -- after years of booming oil and gas production, oil prices began to fluctuate and fell off by the 2020s, affecting production in the region and giving the researchers a glimpse into how economic forces and methane emissions were related. (sciencedaily.com)
Natural gas production also fell to around half of its peak, as fossil fuel prices collapsed after 2014. (sciencedaily.com)
This means that the leak rate has stayed at a constant -- albeit high -- rate, even with decreases in natural gas production," Lin says. (sciencedaily.com)
Two new gas wells have started production in Syria, increasing slightly the country's output. (syria-report.com)
By shielding this chemical information from the public, it creates the potential that Texans may be unknowingly exposed through well water or other pathways to PFAS and other toxic chemicals from hundreds or even thousands of oil and gas production wells. (bespacific.com)
Minister of Petroleum affirmed the information on Friday by saying that the production of natural gas from two deep-water wells at Shell's West Nile Delta field 9B in Egypt will begin in the first half of October. (egypttoday.com)
In 2015, Eni discovered Zohr gas field, the biggest gas field in the Mediterranean, with an estimated production of 30 trillion cubic feet. (egypttoday.com)
Egypt produces 5.1 billion cubic feet of gas daily after several fields have started production. (egypttoday.com)
You need carbs to help fuel your workout with immediate and sustainable energy, but some carbs are better than others in terms of gas production. (wellandgood.com)
By reducing the food sources for your microbes, you'll reduce their gas production in your intestines," she says. (wellandgood.com)
If you're dehydrated, of course drink some water , but if you aren't super thirsty and are just gassy, ditch the drinks for the rest of the workout, as it'll help ease some gas production. (wellandgood.com)
The slick forced shutdown of two production platforms and evacuation of one of them, halting production of 6.2 MMcfd of natural gas (OGJ Online, May 1, 2010). (ogj.com)
Halliburton had completed the cementing of the final production casing string in accordance with the well design approximately 20 hr prior to the incident,' the company said. (ogj.com)
This has resulted in an increase of production to 5.3 MMcf/d at the SASB gas field offshore Türkiye. (offshore-energy.biz)
However, two additional gas bearing intervals - 3,561.5 to 3,564.5 metres MD (measured depth) and 3,498.5 to 3,501.5 metres MD - for a total of 6 metres were recently perforated and put onto production at about 5.3 MMcf/d and with a final buildup pressure of 1,794 psi. (offshore-energy.biz)
These new perforations are the start of our efforts to maximise the gas production from our new wells. (offshore-energy.biz)
Silverwell will supply its Digital Intelligent Artificial Lift gas lift production optimization system to Petronas for mature fields offshore Malaysia. (offshore-mag.com)
It is said to provide oil production gains of up to 30% and savings of 20% in lift gas consumption, while eliminating the need for well interventions and reducing the requirement for well tests for each year of operation. (offshore-mag.com)
This gas leak in Elgin would be costing the operator, Total a great deal of money which was estimated to be around GBP 94,0000 a day in lost production. (imechanica.org)
All applications must include technical engineering arguments and analysis, as well as associated production, geological and other relevant engineering supporting data. (saskatchewan.ca)
The assimilation of carbon into ecosystems via photosynthesis is covered as well as carbon emissions from ecosystems via respiration and decomposition and the production of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, laughing gas and other volatile organic carbon compounds). (lu.se)

The scientists analyzed local air quality measurements in combination with atmospheric data and found that oil and gas wells are emitting toxic particulate matter (PM2.5), carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide, ozone and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). (stanford.edu)
But plugging the wells also offers various potential environmental opportunities such as underground storage of carbon dioxide and hydrogen, or the development of geothermal energy systems. (eurasiareview.com)
For example, the researchers found that most of the documented orphaned wells (91%) are in areas where geologic formations offer subsurface storage potential for carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and natural gas, as long as they meet security standards. (eurasiareview.com)
We heard from oil companies that they would welcome this use of some of their wells for energy storage, because it would give them carbon negative credits. (techbriefs.com)
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, with around 85 times more global warming potential than carbon dioxide over the first 20 years it's in the atmosphere. (sciencedaily.com)
ATLANTA-Some homes in Carbon, Luzerne, and Schuylkill counties of Pennsylvania have elevated levels of radon gas in indoor air and radium in soils, according to a health consultation released today by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (cdc.gov)
The course includes lectures which aim to give a solid theoretical knowledge of the carbon cycle, greenhouse gases and related environmental issues. (lu.se)
Carbon offsetting is an environmental strategy based on financing climate measures in developing countries to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions in industrialised countries. (lu.se)
In recent years, it has become a popular strategy among companies as well as private individuals to reduce their carbon footprint. (lu.se)
Other inhaled gases may cause a general body poisoning (including breathing difficulty) because they are poisonous to the body's cells (such as cyanide) or because they displace oxygen in the blood and therefore limit the amount of oxygen reaching the tissues (such as methane or carbon monoxide). (msdmanuals.com)

Many types of gases-such as chlorine, phosgene, sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, nitrogen dioxide, and ammonia-may suddenly be released during industrial accidents and may severely irritate the lungs. (msdmanuals.com)
Gases such as chlorine and ammonia easily dissolve and immediately irritate the mouth, nose, and throat. (msdmanuals.com)

The leak mostly consisted of the potent greenhouse gas methane, but also included various odorants that cause unpleasant side effects in humans and trace amounts of other chemicals. (npr.org)
As important as emissions of the greenhouse gas methane are in the climate conversation, recently factoring prominently in the recent COP26 conference in Glasgow, researchers have painfully little long-term data on emissions from wells and other oil and gas infrastructure. (sciencedaily.com)

The findings align with other smaller-scale studies that have measured emissions from a handful of wells. (stanford.edu)
Since 2015, researchers have been tracking emissions from oil and gas wells and report that, over that time, emissions from the region have fallen by half. (sciencedaily.com)
Our work in the Uinta Basin shows that the methane emissions can change over multiple years," says professor John Lin, of the University of Utah Department of Atmospheric Sciences, "and it is important to bring a long-term perspective and monitor these emissions over multiple years as well. (sciencedaily.com)
Oil and natural gas facilities are not evenly distributed around the state or around the world, but climate impacts from fossil fuels are not dependent on the location of emissions. (sciencedaily.com)
In particular, the governors highlighted their priority to "protect western wildlife, natural resources, and the environment, including clean air and clean water, and strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," along with "advancing employment opportunities for workers affected by energy sector transitions. (westgov.org)
Solid waste disposal sites account for up to 20% of global emissions of methane the second most significant greenhouse gas. (lu.se)

The mobility of the two-dimensional (2D) electron gases in the quantum wells is nonetheless large, fairly unaffected by the presence of misfit dislocations generated in the lattice relaxation. (rsc.org)
Transmission electron microscopy reveals that the relaxation is localized in the buffer layer, leaving the epitaxial growth in the quantum-well region coherent. (rsc.org)
This includes experimental setups at the free-electron lasers as well as electron storage rings and high-harmonic generation light sources. (lu.se)
Illustration of an electron wave-packet emitted when attosecond pulses (blue) impinge an atom, schematized by a potential well. (lu.se)

recommends that Texans protect their health and environment by halting PFAS use in oil and gas extraction operations and immediately expanding public disclosure. (bespacific.com)
I am pleased to note that almost three years ago to this very day, I first began to publicize DEC's botched regulation of gas and oil extraction activities using the agency's own records. (toxicstargeting.com)
In early 2019, Franklin Park voted against signing a lease with PennEnergy Resources that would permit natural gas extraction from a local recreation area. (pghcitypaper.com)

A drainage area is made up of the drainage units associated to a horizontal well completion based on set-back requirements. (saskatchewan.ca)
In accordance with subsections 17(1)(a), (b) and (c) and section 27 of The Oil and Gas Conservation Act , an application for oil/gas well spacing modifications must be submitted and approved by the Minister of Energy and Resources before licensing a well completion that won't meet the well spacing minimum requirements. (saskatchewan.ca)

The subsurface is a natural resource like any other and many present-day as well as future applications will require access to subsurface reservoirs that are not compromised by oil or gas leakage. (eurasiareview.com)
One problem is that when you improperly abandon a well, it could become a source of gas leakage. (techbriefs.com)

Add Energy's well control, blowout contingency, and safety and risk management solutions strengthen AGR's overall service portfolio, allowing us to span the entire project lifecycle of wells, and enables even more efficient and optimized operations on behalf of our customers," says Svein Sollund, CEO of AGR. (worldoil.com)

They had the impression that perhaps empty oil and gas reservoirs could be used as a storage. (techbriefs.com)

When natural gas flows to the surface in a producing gas well, the gas carries liquids to the surface if the velocity of the gas is high enough. (wikipedia.org)
A leaking natural gas storage well on the outskirts of Los Angeles has been permanently sealed and shut down, after spewing methane into the atmosphere for months, California officials say. (npr.org)
The well had been leaking since late October and was brought under control last week , after releasing more than 5 billion cubic feet of natural gas . (npr.org)
To gain a sense of the larger impacts of these wells and help inform government policies, the researchers analyzed data for over 80,000 documented orphaned oil and gas wells in the U.S. while at the same time looking at available socioeconomic, environmental, and natural resource data. (eurasiareview.com)
He added that the Ministry of Petroleum meets the full needs of power plants, factories, households, and cars of natural gas and directs liquefied gas for export, but does not need additional quantities during the current period in light of the decline in power plant consumption by about 800m scf/day. (dailynewsegypt.com)
Molla announced earlier that Egypt may stop importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the fourth quarter of this year. (egypttoday.com)
Egypt plans to turn into a regional hub of natural gas after the latest gas discoveries, including West Delta's Taurus and Libra fields, as well as the Atoll and Zohr gas fields. (egypttoday.com)
Western Governors have communicated their support for legislation supporting states' cleanup activities on abandoned and orphaned oil and gas wells and associated sites to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources . (westgov.org)
When Pennsylvania passed a state law that stripped local authority over where potentially hazardous natural gas wells could be drilled, cities and townships decided to take matters into their own hands. (publicintegrity.org)
Seven municipalities from across the state have filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court challenging the constitutionality of Act 13, a law passed in February that charges an impact fee for natural gas wells but also overrides local governments' zoning authority. (publicintegrity.org)
With the recent surge in availability, natural gas (methane) has become an important feedstock for the energy and chemicals market. (confex.com)
Technologies with low capital cost and low complexity could be leveraged to monetize low flow rate and low pressure natural gas. (confex.com)
ATLANTA, GA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has released its public health consultation report, " Public Health Evaluation of Water Data Collected in the Vicinity of the JKLM Natural Gas Well on the Reese Hollow 118 Pad, " in Coudersport, Potter County, PA for public comment. (cdc.gov)
For more information about ATSDR's JKLM Natural Gas Well public health consultation report, community members can call 1-800-CDC-INFO (1-800-232-4636), or email www.cdc.gov/info . (cdc.gov)
If you do not get your water from a well, see Use Safe Water After a Disaster or Emergency for information on clean, safe drinking water during a natural disaster or emergency. (cdc.gov)

This analysis shines a light on the need to find, prioritize, plug and remediate orphaned wells - which are often located in close proximity to millions of Americans' homes - and the major task ahead to understand and mitigate their environmental impacts," said Adam Peltz, Director and Senior Attorney at Environmental Defense Fund. (eurasiareview.com)
The Revised Draft SGEIS must be withdrawn because it provides no meaningful plan to remediate 5,000+ unplugged wells. (toxicstargeting.com)

Last year, oil and gas operators drilled almost 45,000 new wells across the United States, and that number is expected to hold steady or increase as the nation tries to wean itself from foreign oil. (propublica.org)
We're now talking to some of the operators that have shown interest in using their idle wells for a demonstration project. (techbriefs.com)
When it comes to newer wells, Curtis explained that operators are looking to recover as much oil and gas as efficiently as possible. (cpr.org)
Operators are more concerned in making profit from the exploitation of oil and gas but, less concerned in the proper management of a depleted reservoir. (imechanica.org)

By injecting a gas (such as nitrogen) into the wellbore at a specific point, the density of the fluid column can be reduced to the point that the reservoir pressure is once again able to lift fluids to the surface. (wikipedia.org)
Some gases-for instance, nitrogen dioxide-do not dissolve easily. (msdmanuals.com)

The February 2023 issue of The Highlands Voice reported on a new proposal by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to limit methane leaks from oil and gas operations. (wvhighlands.org)
Trillion Energy disclosed the end of the recompletion activities on the West Akçakoca-1 gas well on Thursday, 22 June 2023. (offshore-energy.biz)
The Canadian player revealed the preliminary gas indications from the West Akçakoca-1 well in March 2023. (offshore-energy.biz)

Southern California Gas Co., the utility that owns the leaking well, announced Thursday that the California Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources has confirmed that the well is sealed for good. (npr.org)
In addition, approximately 33% of orphaned wells are in regions, such as North Dakota, that are considered moderately favourable to geothermal systems and 1% are found in areas such as Utah, Colorado and California that are considered most favourable for geothermal development. (eurasiareview.com)
I think that one possible solution to avoid dangerous circumstances would be the application of geothermal power exploitation systems instead of cementing the wells, which is probably the most effective way to seal a well applied so far. (imechanica.org)
Geothermal applications would involve employees working in these areas, who would provide safety in terms of continuous monitoring and thus avoiding environmental pollution potential of abandoned wells. (imechanica.org)

The country consumes around six billion cubic feet of gas a day, 65 percent of which go to the electricity sector. (egypttoday.com)

The well will now be taken out of service and never used again, as ordered by California regulators . (npr.org)
Researchers found increased concentrations of air pollutants downwind from oil and gas wells in California, likely affecting millions of Californians who live near them. (stanford.edu)
In a 14-year analysis of air quality across California, Stanford researchers observed higher levels of air pollutants within 2.5 miles of oil and gas wells, likely worsening negative health outcomes for nearby residents. (stanford.edu)
Oil wells operating in Signal Hill, a city in Los Angeles County, California. (stanford.edu)
In California, Black and Latinx communities face some of the highest pollution from oil and gas wells. (stanford.edu)
Professor Iraj Ershaghi and a team of researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found a way to use idle oil and gas wells for energy storage - one of the major concerns for solar and wind energy generation. (techbriefs.com)
There are more than 37,000 Wells in California that are currently idle, and in the entire U.S., you're talking about more than a million. (techbriefs.com)
There are many acre-feet of layers around wells in California that can be used for a large amount of storage. (techbriefs.com)

The oil and gas industry employs hundreds of thousands of people and is a vital component of the national economy. (osha.gov)
The most recent effort to count the nation's unplugged wells was a survey published in 2008 by the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a multistate agency made up of regulators and industry representatives. (propublica.org)
The unpublished study by the Alberta Energy Regulator, obtained by The Tyee, identified 335 urban wells recently tested by industry that were "believed to be in close proximity to surface developments (houses, airports, business, etc. (thetyee.ca)
Got a question about Colorado's oil and gas industry? (cpr.org)
By combining 70 years' operational experience, knowledge and resources in well management and engineering, we create a partnership that positions us at the forefront of the energy industry. (worldoil.com)
But more analysis of leak rates shows that the oil and gas industry has a ways to go in stopping methane leaks, which impact the climate and human health and can impose costs on Utah's economy. (sciencedaily.com)
Egypt expects to attract $10 billion both this year and next year in foreign investment in its oil and gas industry, he said. (egypttoday.com)
The gas industry is very strong," said Jan Milburn, president of the Westmoreland Marcellus Citizens Group. (publicintegrity.org)
Well Checked Systems International was recognized by the Oil & Gas Awards as the 2014 Mid-Continent Industry Supplier of the Year during the organization's annual gala ceremony on October 29, 2014, held at the Skirvin Hotel in Oklahoma City. (i2e.org)
The Industry Supplier of the Year Award recognizes companies that have demonstrated reliability and have gone the extra mile to provide the oil and gas sector with impressive customer service. (i2e.org)
Innovations in oil & gas industry is relentless, making it hard to stay-on top of the dynamically evolving industry landscape and in early identification of profound shifts posing high risk of being disrupted if detected too late. (globaldata.com)
GlobalData's coherent data-driven approach, using multiple forward-looking alternative datasets, empowers clients by decoding in advance the disruptive innovations in oil & gas industry. (globaldata.com)
This report specifically looks at innovation in oil well fracking for the oil & gas industry and the leading companies, start-ups and their adoption trends. (globaldata.com)
Identify key innovations impacting the oil & gas industry using GlobalData proprietary Innovation S-curves. (globaldata.com)
Edwin you have pointed out a grave issue that has been neglected in the Oil and gas industry. (imechanica.org)

Government reports have warned for decades that abandoned wells can provide pathways for oil, gas or brine-laden water to contaminate groundwater supplies or to travel up to the surface. (propublica.org)

Yet treating the briny water will leave behind mounds of salt, probably laced with traces of arsenic and heavy metals, which have been detected in water from test wells already operating on the site. (smh.com.au)
The conservation group has previously documented contaminated water leaks in Bohena Creek, next to the site of test wells. (smh.com.au)
Four test wells and four monitoring wells were drilled and installed over a 38-m by 84-m centers abutment pillar. (cdc.gov)
In addition to the test wells and monitoring wells, surface subsidence measurements and underground coal pillar pressure measurements were conducted as the 457-m-wide longwall panels on the south and north sides of the abutment pillar were mined by. (cdc.gov)

Alberta's oil and gas watchdog lacks ability to protect public from methane leaks, says former chief environmental scientist. (thetyee.ca)

Decode the key disruptive innovations impacting the oil & gas sector, with specific focus on oil well fracking and its trends in patent filing, identifying the leading companies and start-ups (and those with unicorn potential), key application areas plus examples from real-world scenarios and leading countries driving the innovation. (globaldata.com)
Opposition to the well pad was led by a community group, Concerned Residents of West Deer (CROWD), some of whom approve of fracking but don't want to live near a well pad. (pghcitypaper.com)
According to State Impact Pennsylvania, there are currently 63 active well pads in Allegheny County, although fracking is much more prevalent in adjacent counties such as Washington and Westmoreland. (pghcitypaper.com)

ATLANTA, GA - Some private wells have elevated levels of methane, naturally occurring salts, and other organic chemicals in the area of Dimock, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania area, says the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) in a health consultation report released today. (cdc.gov)
Use this guidance after checking with local authorities for flood precautions for private wells in your area. (cdc.gov)

Well abandonment is a major issue that's facing all of the oil companies. (techbriefs.com)
I always had some interest in the issue of well abandonment and thinking about what the engineering community can do to reduce abandonment cost and do it more effectively. (techbriefs.com)
The abandonment of oil and gas wells is an issue which should be considered as very important aspect of the entire oil and gas exploitation chain, despite that it is one of the final parts. (imechanica.org)
The practice of the abandonment is not just plugging the well, but filling it with fluid which at offshore facilities is usually sea water. (imechanica.org)

So, 37 oil fields are operating in the territory of the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC), 14 fields - Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC), 5 fields - Arvandan Oil and Gas Company (AOGC), and 18 oil fields - Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC). (menafn.com)
US Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen briefs President Barack Obama on May 2 in Venice, La., about the situation along the Gulf Coast during the offshore oil spill from a BP deepwater well. (ogj.com)
This will be the first multi-well deployment of DIAL offshore and the first installation in dual-string wells. (offshore-mag.com)

Previously unpublicized information unearthed by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) shows that since at least 2013, oil and gas companies have used more than 21 tons (43,000 pounds) of a class of extremely toxic and persistent chemicals known as PFAS in hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells in Texas, according to a report released today by PSR. (bespacific.com)
The forever chemicals that PSR was able to identify as used in Texas's oil and gas wells are known as PTFE/Teflon and fluoroalkyl alcohol substituted polyethylene glycol. (bespacific.com)
Here we present a mathematical model of one such possibility that we term the 'Deep Well Reactor,' which utilizes pre-existing structures for the biological conversion of methane to liquid fuels and chemicals. (confex.com)
Bored or dug wells contaminated with fuel or toxic chemicals will not be made safe by disinfection. (cdc.gov)
Inhalation of some gases and chemicals may also trigger an allergic response that leads to inflammation and, in some cases, scarring in and around the tiny air sacs (alveoli) and bronchioles of the lung. (msdmanuals.com)
In some people, inhalation of small amounts of gas or other chemicals over a long period may result in chronic bronchitis (inflammation of the airways). (msdmanuals.com)

These inactive wells represent environmental risks since they have the potential to contaminate water supplies, degrade ecosystems, and emit methane and other air pollutants that are harmful to human health. (eurasiareview.com)

Gas well deliquification, also referred to as "gas well dewatering", is the general term for technologies used to remove water or condensates build-up from producing gas wells. (wikipedia.org)
Artificial lakes will be dug out of the arid soil of the Pilliga district, in north-western NSW, to hold millions of litres of contaminated water from coal seam gas wells. (smh.com.au)
The plastic-lined lakes will store the huge volumes of water that will be sucked up, along with gas, from a kilometre underground. (smh.com.au)
Oil, gas and tainted water can seep through abandoned gas and oil wells into drinking water sources and sometimes into septic systems. (propublica.org)
and leaked oil into water wells in Ohio and Michigan. (propublica.org)
Located Saskatchewan Steel, For Oil, Gas & Water Wells Casings Suppliers. (ctidirectory.com)
Designed to provide information on leading, quality oriented companies, a broad range of CASINGS: STEEL, FOR OIL, GAS & WATER WELLS manufacturers has been compiled in this industrial directory. (ctidirectory.com)
Unplugged and abandoned gas, oil and other wells are reportedly located shockingly close to thousands of residential homes, directly over drinking water aquifers, in wetlands, near geologic faults and adjoining critically important waterbodies, including Southern Cayuga Lake near the Bolton Point water intake that supplies 30,000 local residents. (toxicstargeting.com)
Borough residents living near the site of the first well in Plum complained that their tap water became discolored with a foul taste and odor after the well began operating. (pghcitypaper.com)
If possible, use a contractor with experience in disinfecting and servicing drinking water wells. (cdc.gov)
Warn users not to drink or bathe in water until all the well has been disinfected. (cdc.gov)
Bored and dug wells can be difficult to disinfect because the shallow depth and inadequate protection from flood water can allow contaminants to re-enter the well. (cdc.gov)
Use the outside faucet closest to the well to drain potentially contaminated water from the well and keep unsafe well water out of the interior household plumbing. (cdc.gov)
If there isn't a pump, bail water from the well with a bucket until water is clear. (cdc.gov)
If the well is connected to interior home plumbing, close valves to any water softener unit. (cdc.gov)
Well water is viral cause. (cdc.gov)
Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction gas into the water. (cdc.gov)
Sharjah Electricity, Water and Gas authority has completed the lightening of the district 9 and 10 of Rahmaniya village in Sharjah. (who.int)
This initiative serves one of the Sharjah electricity, water and gas authority initiative in Sharjah age- friendly program. (who.int)

McGill University researchers are leading an international team whose goal is to create a framework to help governments in the U.S. and around the world assess and prioritize remediation strategies for orphaned oil and gas wells. (eurasiareview.com)

In 2008, gas from an abandoned well leaked into a septic system in Pennsylvania and exploded when someone tried to light a candle in a bathroom, killing the person, according to a 2009 draft report by the state's Department of Environmental Protection. (propublica.org)
The expertise to assess the health risk of abandoned wells really doesn't exist in house," charged Monique Dube, former chief environmental scientist with the Alberta Energy Regulator and one of the authors of a report on the toxicity of abandoned wells in Alberta. (thetyee.ca)
We need to rapidly develop a framework and environmental monitoring datasets to prioritize wells for plugging, since tens of thousands of wells will be plugged in a matter of years. (eurasiareview.com)
In an age of rising gas prices, growing environmental worries and ever-tougher efficiency rules, there's still millions of vehicles sold every year that can properly wear the crown of gas-guzzlers. (yahoo.com)
No human life was threatened by this accident, but oil and gas leaks from the abandoned wells can cause serious environmental impacts. (imechanica.org)
Officials, environmental groups, and residents in Plum Borough are currently waging opposition to the construction of a second wastewater injection well. (pghcitypaper.com)
Principles of Pediatric Environmental Health: What Are Special Considerations Regarding Toxic Exposures to Young and School-age Children, as Well as Adolescents? (cdc.gov)

In the last 150 years, prospectors and energy companies have drilled as many as 12 million holes across the United States in search of oil and gas. (propublica.org)

Many thanks to ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability - for their support and contributions making the podcast possible as well as the WRI Ross Centre for Sustainable Cities, the European Commission and the Pune Municipal Corporation. (lu.se)

There's nothing new about energy companies using computers and data analysis to find and produce more oil and gas. (informationweek.com)
To prevent that from happening, states require energy companies to post bonds before they begin building their wells. (propublica.org)
AGR and Add Energy Wells share a complementary geographical footprint. (worldoil.com)
By combining AGR and Add Energy Wells, we are strengthening our total suite of software products and digitalization capabilities, adding competence and scale to support energy transition technologies, CCUS and wells projects," says Dr. Ole Rygg of Add Energy. (worldoil.com)
Oil and Gas People is now part of Energy People. (oilandgaspeople.com)
As planned, Trillion Energy announced flow test results at the end of that month for the West Akçakoca-1 well at a rate of 5.9 MMcf/day while the shut-in pressure was 1,620 psi. (offshore-energy.biz)
SDX Energy Inc., the North Africa focused oil and gas company, has spud its ONZ-7 development well on the Sebou permit in Morocco. (scandoil.com)
Wastewater injection wells are a way for energy companies to dispose of wastewater by injecting it into porous geological formations underground. (pghcitypaper.com)
Well spacing modifications approved by the Ministry of Energy and Resources are available on the Minister's Order Bulletin Board . (saskatchewan.ca)
Similarly, oil-associated gas is flared in preference to the more desirable oil, wasting energy and opportunity. (confex.com)
Data regarding MSW regulations, its generation rate and composition, as well as data regarding relevant aspects of the Nigerian energy market and its regulations and Nigeria's climate change policies are evaluated in order to determine the potential for successful implementation of a Landfill gas to energy project in the Olusosun dumpsite in Lagos, Nigeria. (lu.se)

Plunger-lift technology has been around for decades, so wells dating to the 1950s offer only basic gas pressure and flow-rate data. (informationweek.com)
It has taken Kentucky more than two decades to plug about 4,000 wells -- and it has a waiting list of almost 13,000 more. (propublica.org)

London Independent, Oct 27, 2002 & Russia used Knockout Gas (USA declines to criticize). (orwelltoday.com)

9,14,15] However, the effect of HIV exposure of age annual y.[1-4] However, the mortality rate from pneumonia on pneumonia morbidity and mortality risk is less well known. (who.int)
A common household exposure to a chemical gas occurs when a person mixes household ammonia with cleansers containing bleach. (msdmanuals.com)

Investigations continue into the damage caused by the spills, which took place when the site was being managed by another gas company, Eastern Star, in 2010. (smh.com.au)
The gas company has maintained that the leak poses no long-term threat to human health, but as NPR has reported , some nearby residents are concerned there's not enough research to support that claim. (npr.org)
But the bonds are often so low that it can be more economical for a company to forfeit its bond rather than plug its wells. (propublica.org)
The deputy director said that 19 wells were drilled in the territory of the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) and one well - in the territory of the Iranian Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC). (menafn.com)
Meanwhile, the remaining one well was drilled as a part of the projects of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC)," he added. (menafn.com)
In addition, 5 gas fields are operating in the territory of the NISOC, 13 fields - the ICOFC, 1 field - Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), and 3 gas fields - the IOOC. (menafn.com)
As the well identified numerous potential gas zones, the company planned to bring it on stream together with another well by the end of the month. (offshore-energy.biz)
Well there are high risk involved in one abandoning a well that is to the environment the sea life and its surroundings the company should always carry and take responsibility to make sure that the hazard is safe to all works of life. (imechanica.org)

The recent trend for the harvesting of methane produced by the anaerobic degradation of MSW has resulted in the need for nearly full-depth, large-diameter, landfill gas collection wells. (scsengineers.com)
The large diameter MSW gas well borehole assessment methodology presented in this paper is shown to be an efficient and valuable means for characterizing MSW. (scsengineers.com)

Such gases are known to be in development by governments who want "non-lethal" ways of dealing with civilians during conflicts . (orwelltoday.com)
The task of finding, plugging and monitoring old wells is daunting to cash-strapped state governments. (propublica.org)
Since the former owners of these abandoned wells cannot be traced or cannot clean up these wells, the responsibility for plugging the wells typically falls to governments who may need further information on how best to manage the orphaned wells. (eurasiareview.com)

I plan to write each and every Town Supervisor in New York State with unplugged gas and oil wells in their jurisdiction. (toxicstargeting.com)

I do not believe that it is right to leave a abandoned well no matter how well you protect it you should always monitor it and make sure that there are no leaks that will come out from it. (imechanica.org)

The findings, which appear in the journal Science of the Total Environment , will help researchers determine how proximity to oil and gas wells may increase the risk of adverse health outcomes, including preterm birth, asthma and heart disease. (stanford.edu)
A. The Director shall adopt regulations requiring each licensed operator to notify, and in appropriate circumstances obtain the consent of, the Director prior to removing minerals in proximity to any gas or oil well already drilled or in the process of being drilled. (virginia.gov)

In addition repair and clean up of leaking wells can be prohibitively expensive, which explains why the issue has become an explosive one throughout western Canada and even Quebec . (thetyee.ca)

Both strategic acquisitions have bolstered the group's comprehensive suite of services to drive optimization and efficiencies across oil and gas operations and the wider value chain. (worldoil.com)
Salazar plans to report to Obama by May 31 about the safety of deepwater oil and gas operations. (ogj.com)
Some of the judging panel comments included, "Equally applicable to both large scale field operations and smart field maintenance, its cost effective availability to even stripper well operations offers low budget access to monitoring previously only afforded to large field operations," and, "Innovative concept using today's technology for oilfield use, it's taking 'pump by exception' to the next level. (i2e.org)
The primary objective is to demonstrate that a properly constructed gas well in a standard longwall abutment pillar can maintain mechanical integrity during and after mining operations. (cdc.gov)

In Pennsylvania alone, regulators estimate that 184,000 wells were drilled before records were kept. (propublica.org)

One of our faculty members, Dr. Jha, calculated that if you could go down below 4000 feet, you could have enough storage to produce 5 to 10 megawatts of electricity in a 2000-foot radius around an idle well repurposed as an injection well. (techbriefs.com)

A typical well has a series of pipes leading to the hydrocarbon deposits. (techbriefs.com)
In an idle well, a cement plug is placed above the hydrocarbon layer. (techbriefs.com)

Excessive gas, whether you're working out or not, is usually the result of imbalanced gut flora. (wellandgood.com)

A shallow well in good condition can sometimes be plugged with cement for a few thousand dollars. (propublica.org)

The researchers also found that over one third of these wells are at about 1km (or ½ mile) from a domestic groundwater well, though they note that there is generally insufficient data about the potential health risks associated with orphaned wells. (eurasiareview.com)

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