With natural gas booming across the Front Range, drilling rigs may operate within feet from cattle farms. That shared land use can confound attempts to understand trends in methane, a greenhouse gas and air pollutant—the ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 22, 2019
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Chemical clues in waters near Marcellus Shale gas wells in rural Pennsylvania can identify new drilling-related sources of methane contamination, according to scientists.
Environment
Nov 20, 2018
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A model that simulates how drilling fluids, or muds, behave and influence the stability of oil wells has been developed by KAUST researchers. Their findings could inform new safety protocols and the design of novel drilling ...
Engineering
Oct 2, 2018
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New research suggests drinking water supplies in Pennsylvania have shown resilience in the face of a drilling boom that has turned swaths of countryside into a major production zone for natural gas.
Environment
Jun 18, 2018
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NASA's Curiosity rover is analyzing drilled samples on Mars in one of its onboard labs for the first time in more than a year.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2018
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A study of drinking water in Appalachian Ohio found no evidence of natural gas contamination from recent oil and gas drilling.
Environment
May 19, 2018
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NASA's Curiosity rover could soon be drilling rocks on Mars again.
Space Exploration
May 18, 2018
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NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has conducted the first test of a new drilling technique on the Red Planet since its drill stopped working reliably.
Space Exploration
Mar 1, 2018
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America within a few years could be extracting oil from federal waters in the Arctic Ocean, but it won't be from a remote drilling platform.
Environment
Oct 19, 2017
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Researchers at Newcastle University (UK) found that European sea bass experienced higher stress levels when exposed to the types of piling and drilling sounds made during the construction of offshore structures.
Ecology
Aug 10, 2017
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