As companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process, chemists at The University of Toledo discovered that ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 17, 2022
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A huge oil spill off Brazil's southern coast was the result of excessive pressure used by oil giant Chevron in drilling the sea floor, according to a report by police and prosecutors published by local media Tuesday.
Environment
Mar 20, 2012
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Three days ago, the burning question was "To Drill or not to Drill?"
Space Exploration
May 1, 2014
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The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and gas drilling operations safer after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. This event was the worst oil spill in U.S. history. ...
Environment
Jan 8, 2018
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The US Coast Guard and oil company experts on Thursday used aircraft and undersea probes to monitor and search for the source of a 10-mile long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Apr 12, 2012
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NASA's car sized Curiosity rover has arrived at a scientifically enticing science destination at "The Kimberley Waypoint" where researchers hope to carry out the next drilling operation into alien Martian terrain in search ...
Space Exploration
Apr 7, 2014
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French energy giant Total said Thursday it had succeeded in diverting gas that is leaking from a platform in the North Sea so that it no longer gathers in a cloud around the wellhead.
Environment
Apr 26, 2012
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Norway said Friday it had created a "safety zone" around the Arctic drilling site where Greenpeace is trying to prevent oil explorations.
Environment
May 30, 2014
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When he looked at the dramatic increase in his laboratory's thread gauge calibration income – a 50 % increase over last year and a 1000 % increase from 14 years ago – Dennis Everett saw the writing on the wall: The petroleum ...
Engineering
Feb 11, 2013
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The U.S. Coast Guard was working with state officials Saturday to determine the cause of a large oil slick in the waters off Santa Barbara County.
Environment
Jan 9, 2023
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