Keeping natural gas in pipelines, not air the new york times. Handbook of natural gas transmission and processing. Natural gas companies operating in the state were looking shaky before the coronavirus hit. By the end of 2015, president barack obama lifted the ban against oil exports. Eliza griswolds new book, amity and prosperity, is an impassioned.
Carlab mixes natural gas and gasoline for more efficient vehicle the new york times. Jan 31, 2011 egypt also ranks 18th in natural gas production, which may have some similar effects. Revised electric power data for 2016 will not be adjusted in the natural gas monthly until the 2017 natural gas annual is published. Investor presentation stokes shale gas rush company coloring book. In many instances it is the pressure of natural gas exerted upon the subterranean oil reservoir that provides the drive to force oil up to the surface.
The moratorium, which would be in effect until may 15, 2011, is aimed at new drilling permits for horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a type of natural gas exploration that requires the use of chemicals and vast amounts of water to release natural gas from rock. Blowout is a rollickingly wellwritten book, filled with fascinating, exciting and alarming stories about the impact of the oil and gas industry on. The move was an energy companys clearest acknowledgment yet that the industry has been far too optimistic about the prospects for natural gas. Exxons bid spotlights bright future for natural gas. Articles in the drilling down series from the new york times examine the risks of natural gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry. Lawrence wrights new pandemic novel wasnt supposed to be. They will not reflect revisions made in the 2016 electric power annual, which was published after the 2016 natural gas annual was released. How natural gas kept some spots bright and warm as sandy blasted new york city. Theres no infrastructure for storing or transporting the gas. We will do an analysis of your account to determine which rate is best for you. At the end of 2018, about a third of the nations electricity was coming from natural gas and a. Some of the natural gas moved to and from the united states is carried as lng in special tankers.
In 2010, natural gas constituted 24 percent of power generation, from percent in 1996, according to u. The history of oil and natural gas extraction has largely been the story. Promoting natural gas development for american energy independence, our rural economies and our environment. Apr 06, 2017 the energy world is wary of a place called waha. The contributions in this book present an overview of cutting edge research on natural gas which is a vital component of worlds supply of energy. An archive of the weekly by the book feature, in which authors and other notable people discuss their lives as readers. James leynse for the new york times robert howarth, a professor of ecology and environmental biology at cornell university, coauthored a study suggesting that unconventional natural gas development is worse than coal for the climate.
Duke energy is weighing the issue of how to replace the power generated by its troubled crystal river nuclear plant in florida, which the company has announced that it will permanently shut down one option is the construction of a new plant fired by natural gas. Cuomo has delayed a decision on whether to allow horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to begin in new york state. Iranian automaker bets on natural gas the new york times. If natural gas is a bridge fuel, how long and wide is that bridge. Rachel maddow takes on the oil industry the new york times. Industry campaign targets hydraulic fracturing bill. In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. The boiling point of natural gas is extremely low, and only in the 1970s did cryogenic technology see lowtemperature physics advance enough to make the production and transport of lng commerically feasible. The second edition of the book substantially revised, was published in march 2017. But as with its petroleum most of it is retained for the domestic market. Last fall, in north and south carolina, a pair of utilities owned by duke energy filed plans with state regulators to continue retiring coal plants and. Jun, 2012 an essential resource if you want a clear view of the bright and dark side of gas in pennsylvania and new york is under the surface.
One city may also require existing homeowners to make a switch. Right now, the propaganda suggests a wide, long bridge where natural gas is imported, exported, used for. Sep 01, 2018 about 20 years ago, an entrepreneur named george mitchell proved that it was possible to get lots of oil and gas out of parts of the earth long thought to be sucked dry, by injecting liquid at. Natural gas being flared at a well site north of odessa, tex. On said it would gradually leave the conventional power generation business of coal, nuclear, and natural gas and concentrate on alternatives like wind and solar power.
Sep 24, 20 the question is whether the natural gas revolution, which is a real thing production is up about a third since 2005 is also a good thing. Wilsons science wrong, but he was a moral leper too. As part of the agreement, the two companies will form a strategic alliance. Ninetynine percent of the natural gas used in the united states comes from north america. Natural gas market assessment the future environment for the u. Sending natural gas halfway across the world is no easy task. An essential resource if you want a clear view of the bright and dark side of gas in pennsylvania and new york is under the surface. But the project a conduit running from the atlantic ocean, under the rockaways and jamaica bay, and then into southeast brooklyn has drawn concern and opposition since it became public this year. Cornell gas study stirs heated debate the new york times. I hope youll read applying creativity to a byproduct of oil drilling in north dakota, a valuable clifford krauss feature on baby steps taken by the oil and gas industry to stanch the wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas from the countrys booming bakken oil fields in north dakota. The natural gas industry has exemptions or exclusions from key parts of at least 7 of the 15 major federal environmental laws designed to protect air. List of books and articles about natural gas online. Nick kurczewski for the new york times despite irans rich oil reserves, iran khodro, the countrys largest car company, displayed a sedan that runs on compressed natural gas.
Could smog shroud the marcellus shales natural gas boom. Today, america is the worlds largest producer of natural gas and is an oil. The nuclear power and natural gas equation the new york. The frackers, by gregory zuckerman the new york times. Located in the arid scrubland of western texas, waha is a natural gas pipeline junction. Nov 11, 2008 chesapeake is the largest producer of natural gas in the united states, while statoilhydro is the secondlargest natural gas supplier to europe. If you need help to determine the best rate for you contact customer service. Final annual data are generally available in the third quarter of the following year. Examining the natural gas fracking controversy the new york times. Methane losses stir debate on natural gas the new york times. The energy information administration has released world shale gas resources, an important commissioned report providing an assessment of how much natural gas is locked in shale deposits in 14 regions around the world. One reason for the plummeting price of natural gas has been the sharp rise in domestic natural gas exploration, which has created more supply.
Lawrence wrights new pandemic novel wasnt supposed to be prophetic. For the obama administration, and regulators in the 14 states where natural gas is booming, this means imposing tough new rules on every stage. Her sensitive and judicious new book, amity and prosperity. After my column on wednesday about how the nations natural gas boom is helping reduce emissions of heattrapping carbon, i received a bunch of email arguing that gas obtained by hydraulic fracturing could, on the contrary, worsen climate change the main reason is that fracking wells where water, chemicals and sand are pumped at high pressure into horizontal shafts to. With its downtown little rock headquarters, stephens, inc.
Feb 01, 2011 erik schlenkergoodrich, an attorney with the western environmental law center who has fought for tighter regulation of natural gas drillers, put it to me this way. Youll learn about the key factors that drive the price of natural gas, and youll be takenstepbystepthrough several ways to trade natural gas including via stocks, options, futures and etfs. Feb 04, 2015 with this, our second annual student editorial contest, were asking you to channel that enthusiasm into something a little more formal. These standard rules and regulations and rate schedules contained herein have been adopted by the company to govern its relations with customers and have been approved by the michigan public service commission as an integral part of its rate book for natural gas service. In an effort to avoid the huge storage tank that natural gas powered cars usually use, a company turned to an unusual approach. The natural gas industry has seen a coinciding boom as advances in extraction have made it possible to get more gas out of shale rock. New lawsuit filed in fracking country the new york times.
On to focus on renewable energy the new york times. In this lesson, students will define hydrofracking, identify how demand for natural gas is changing and why this method is controversial, then map how natural gas development may impact a community. There have been no abnormal changes in the gas flow in our gas transmission lines. A decade and a half ago, congress was handwringing about impending shortages of oil and natural gas. Oil and natural gas is spes first educational book telling the story of petroleum and natural gas and how it shapes our world. Shale gas and new fracking techniques are covered in detail. Nov 11, 2008 a series of new bills to promote natural gas have fizzled in congress, and the natural gas boom on the airwaves has gone quiet. The amount of financial assurance has been a key sticking point in negotiations about the rules, and has been interpreted by some as an indicator of how welcoming the regulators and the bodys member states will be to natural gas development in the northeast greenwire, sept. The gas rate is listed on your bill as preferred residential or general residential. But power from natural gas plants surged as fracking produced an abundant supply of the fuel. As we exit the recession, total gas demand will be led by growth in gas demand in the power sector.
This book is the ultimate guide to natural gas trading in this book, youll learn how the natural gas market works and how to trade natural gas. Why the texas natural gas boom is making waves financial times. In the past few months, gas sold there has fallen well. Ben fowke, the chief executive of xcel, said that getting to 100 percent carbonfree power will likely require new technology that can supplant natural gas as a costeffective backup fuel.
Youll learn about the key factors that drive the price of natural gas, and youll be takenstepbystepthrough several ways to trade natural gas. But new hope for natural gas fuel interests may be on the way. As oil continues to flow in the gulf of mexico, a new documentary investigates a landlocked drilling controversy josh fox began working on gasland in 2009, after he received a lucrative offer for the drilling rights to his family property in northeastern pennsylvania, which sits atop the natural gas rich marcellus shale. Natural gas wins over homeowners the new york times. Approval of a fossilfuel plant was overturned after opponents were shut out. A gas drilling well pad behind a farmhouse in fairdale, pa. Proposed gas pipeline, endorsed by the city, draws. Natural gas currently supplies more than onehalf of the energy consumed by residential and commercial customers, and about 41 percent of the energy used by u. Book fundamentals of natural gas portions of this website were excerpted from the book fundamentals of natural gas. Muckraking road movie on natural gas drilling the new. Sep 30, 20 a conversation with paul sabin, author of a new book on a storied 1980 wager over the prospect of overpopulation and the applications for the current debate over global warming. Nyserda offers objective information and analysis, innovative programs, technical expertise, and support to help new yorkers increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
In suggesting that unconventional natural gas production might be worse for the climate than previously thought. Young, the chief executive of energy future holdings, acknowledged in the companys earnings call last week. He has also criticized a study by cornell university researchers that says the entire life cycle of natural gas wipes out its advantage over. Osullivans book lays out trumps ignorance of the whole united statesmexico relationship. It is one of the cleanest, safest, and most useful of all energy sources. Under the terms of the deal announced late on tuesday, kinder morgan will pay 0. Congress faces gas, energy issues the new york times. Jan 20, 2012 it tells us that processed foods are part of a very serious industrial complex. Seeking to do their part to avert climate change, dozens of cities are exploring ways to limit natural gas heating in new homes. Howarth of cornell university, is right in his draft paper on such emissions that complete lifecycle analysis is sorely needed to clarify. Jul 04, 2012 this big shift from coal to gas has had a huge impact on national emissions of warming gases. Today, america is the worlds largest producer of natural gas and is an oil powerhouse, ready to eclipse both saudi arabia and russia. Natural gas is a combustible mixture of hydrocarbon gases, primarily methane but also heavier gaseous hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane and butane. Assembly approves fracking moratorium the new york.
But a gas fired power plant emits only half as much carbon dioxide as a coalfired plant. Easy to read and loaded with colorful photos, diagrams, and graphicsthe book is appropriate for younger students, school libraries, and for use as a textbook. Fracking, fortunes, and the fate of the marcellus shale, by tom wilber, a longtime news reporter in new yorks gas zone. The new geopolitics of natural gas is a compelling and wellwritten study of the multiple revolutions that are transforming the global gas business. That is the only thing everyone following a proposed natural gas pipeline in the rockaways agrees upon. Raw natural gas after transmission through the fieldgathering network is processed before it can be moved into longdistance pipeline systems for use by consumers. Extracting natural gas from rock a look at the process and hazards of hydraulic fracturing. An international perspective, a book written by the creator of this website published by pennwell publishers of oil and gas journal. In fact, it was new extraction techniques in tight oil and shale gas that helped ease america. The illustration above shows the emissions captured so far in international partnerships and those identified but not. Jul 07, 2008 yes, the price of gas at the pumps is putting a strain on everyones pocket book.
A community cracked open by fracking the new york times. Assessment of new york city natural gas market fundamentals. The question is whether the natural gas revolution, which is a real thing production is up about a third since 2005 is also a good thing one reason natural gas is called clean is because it emits 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal when you burn it. News about natural gas and hydraulic fracturing, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. Customers may only change their gas rate once in a 12 month period. I will be paying almost twice what i paid last year to keep my home warm in winter, its a lot of money and im on a more or less fixed income. Doing that with modern, efficient natural gas plants would consume 39 billion cubic feet of gas a day, or 14. And earlier this year, hanger took to his blog to write a pointbypoint takedown of a new york times article that said radioactive wastewater from fracking could be making pennsylvania tap water unsafe. One of the few outward signifiers separating the truck from the conventional ram 2500 is the natural gas tank enclosure, positioned flush with the. Because natural gas is delivered continually, consumers do not need to sign contracts that lock in set rates. Natural gas is often found dissolved in oil at the high pressures existing in a reservoir, and it can be present as a gas cap above the oil.
The objective of gas processing is to separate natural gas. Statoilhydro buys into joint venture with chesapeake the. One reason natural gas is called clean is because it emits 50 percent less carbon dioxide than coal when you burn it. The environmental protection agency issued its latest report on the methane to markets program intended to encourage industries to capture fugitive emissions of the one heattrapping greenhouse gas that is a valuable fuel, methane. This has led to muscular claims about american energy wealth. To keep producers updated, boyun guo and ali ghalambor have enhanced their bestselling manual, natural gas engineering handbook, to continue to provide upcoming and practicing engineers the full scope of natural gas engineering with a computerassisted approach.
Switching to natural gas is not going to solve climate change. Current customers york county natural gas authority. Txu buyout turns sour for investors the new york times. The oil and gas sector is changing and so is geopolitics the. The next financial crisis lurks underground the new york times.
Discover the best natural gas energy in best sellers. Analysis of natural gas prices and also developments in the natural gas sector. In this important new book, mohan kelkar, a respected author and professor, presents the quintessential guide for gas engineers, emphasizing the practical aspects of natural gas production. Opinion natural gas, by the book the new york times.
Oil and natural gas is spes fun, colorfully illustrated, and informationfilled book on the history and uses of oil. A history of the energy we have consumed the new york times. Gas leaks on the path to a postfossil future the new. The low price of natural gas provides a significant challenge for the company, john f.
But a gas fired power plant emits only half as much carbon dioxide as a coalfired plant, and this is no time to squander any advantage. Chevrons multibilliondollar writedown of gas assets is the most. Eia projects that by 2024, natural gas will drop back slightly to 21 percent because of growth in renewable power and because the price of natural gas will start to rise, making coal more competitive. How natural gas kept some spots bright and warm as sandy. Tudor van hampton for the new york times the dual fuel gauges in the ram 2500 heavy duty cng. Propublica has published a good update on concerns that existing practices for extracting and piping natural gas, through leakage, substantially cut into the fuels substantial greenhouse gas advantage over coal. The new york times is discontinuing the green blog but plans to press on with aggressive energy and environment coverage. There are unconfirmed reports that a natural gas main line was broken at west 10th street and bleecker by a private contractor. Opinion the next financial crisis lurks underground the. Processed food ingredients are made in large parts from the most common industrial chemicals, like phosphoric acid and sulfuric acid and ethylene, which comes from natural gas. That is a rather large number given that today, national consumption of natural gas for all purposes is only a little over 20 trillion cubic feet a year. When presidentelect barack obama chose representative rahm emanuel of illinois to be his chief of staff, he chose one of congresss biggest proponents of compressed natural gas cars. Heres its overview of shale gas in the united states. What happened when fracking came to town the new york times.
After quietly grabbing up unconventional natural gas reserves for years, exxon mobil corp. Gas volumes delivered for use as vehicle fuel are included in the state annual totals through 2010 but not in the state monthly components. Currently available in arabic, chinese, english, french, russian, spanish and portuguese. The closing on both the transaction and alliance should occur by the end of this year, officials from the two companies said. Carlab mixes natural gas and gasoline for more efficient. Gregory zuckerman, in his new book the frackers, plants a less cozy. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Northeast regulator eases proposed natural gas drilling. Guidry began her homework after a subsidiary of entergy a major utility in a state heavily reliant on the oil and gas industry said it needed to build a new natural gas plant to. Gas volumes delivered for vehicle fuel are included in the state monthly totals from january 2011 forward.
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