Tag: moratorium

Oilfield minerals – Increased Demand as Oil Prices Increase

This article is another scary look at the future. As oil prices rise, so does the demand for chemicals and other materials used in fracking. Frac sand demand rises and both drilling and sand intensity increase, leading drive to the Permian. After an extremely bearish two years in the oilfield minerals markets – defined here as the group of minerals that find their main use in the oilfield services industry, chiefly in drilling oil wells or in extracting shale gas through hydraulic fracturing (fracking) – things started to look up in 2017.

 

New non-fracking technology close to market but scientists and farmers need more convincing

The jury is out on new non-fracking technology, which is close to commercialisation, as critics still need more convincing. A new water-jet drill, developed by a Brisbane-based company, uses a small amount of water compared to traditional fracking and uses a radial (horizontal) drilling technique in existing holes.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-12-06/fracking-replacement-technology-closer-to-commercialisation/9107720

Some see big gaps, others positive with PEI’s new Water Act

A director with the P.E.I. Watershed Alliance is hoping for further clarity to the Prince Edward Island Water Act once regulations are drafted. The draft Water Act received first reading in the provincial legislature last week and was debated on the floor Wednesday.

http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/some-see-big-gaps-others-positive-with-peis-new-water-act-166541/

Vaughn Palmer: Mungall’s all in on fracking review, but not moratorium

During a break from answering questions in the legislature about Site C this week, Energy Minister Michelle Mungall faced down a call for a full blown public inquiry and possible moratorium on fracking in the natural gas sector.

http://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/vaughn-palmer-mungalls-all-in-on-fracking-review-but-not-moratorium

Will fracking ever come to Lee County?

They held signs, some specifically anti-fracking and some caricatures of then-N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory. The protest was organized by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, a conservation group that had sent McCrory a letter addressed concerns about fracking and the practice of forced pooling.

http://www.sanfordherald.com/news/will-fracking-ever-come-to-lee-county/article_66e9259a-cca3-11e7-94cd-334f04539952.html

Fracking delay to hurt NT – miners

A decision on whether or not to develop the NT’s shale gas by fracking has been delayed by three months. THE mining industry said a delay in the Northern Territory’s decision on whether or not to allow development of its onshore natural gas reserves would impact on mine investment.

http://www.katherinetimes.com.au/story/5043167/fracking-delay-to-hurt-nt-miners/

Fracking report delay kicks investment into the long grass

Multi-million dollar investments that could help boost the flagging Northern Territory economy look set to be delayed by at least another year after bungled consultations forced an independent fracking inquiry to push back its reporting date by three months.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/fracking-report-delay-kicks-investment-into-the-long-grass/news-story/c8323bcd3f50874ee2f1ceaee36d9f9a