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Shell Achieves Fracking Center Certification

March 19, 2015March 18, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development has certified Shell’s SWEPI LP Appalachian operations as having completed the CSSD’s evaluation and verification process. Full CSSD certification confirms conformance with all 15 of the center’s Performance Standards. Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups established the collaborative center in ... Read more »

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New Oil & Gas Rules Coming to Pennsylvania

March 16, 2015March 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced the latest draft revisions of the Environmental Protection Performance Standards at Oil and Gas Well Sites. Acting DEP secretary John Quigley says the proposed rules enable drilling while protecting the environment. The proposed amendments to Chapter 78 address surface activities at oil ... Read more »

OriginOil Launches Standalone Frack Water Treatment

March 4, 2015March 3, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

OriginOil, developer of Electro Water Separation (EWS), the high-speed, primarily chemical-free process to clean up large quantities of water, has launched Clean-Frac Prime, a standalone product designed to provide core water treatment for frac flowback and produced water applications in the oil and gas industry. Clean-Frac Prime removes up to ... Read more »

Fracking Center Expands Wastewater Treatment Standard

March 2, 2015February 27, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The Center for Sustainable Shale Development, a collaborative established in 2013 between Chevron, Shell and other natural gas companies and environmental groups to set fracking standards, has expanded its wastewater Performance Standard 1 to address the treatment of shale wastewater at permitted facilities. The expanded standard represents the culmination of ... Read more »

New Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Process Removes Contaminants, Generates Energy

February 25, 2015February 25, 2015 by Jennifer Hermes

Engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder have invented a process that can simultaneously remove both salts and organic contaminants from wastewater that comes from oil and gas operations while producing additional energy. The new treatment technology, called microbial capacitive desalination, is similar to a battery in its basic form, but ... Read more »

Autris Develops ‘Green’ Nitrogen Fracking Solution

February 24, 2015February 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Autris’ wholly owned subsidiary Nitroheat has designed a dual-action mega pressure nitrogen solution for fracking and secondary oil recovery operations. The patent-pending solution — which the company says is an environmentally clean way to remove toxic materials, chemicals and waste created during the fracking process — will be marketed under ... Read more »

Environment, Energy ‘Front and Center’ on Capitol Hill

February 10, 2015February 9, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Industry can expect several key EPA rules governing climate change, air and water quality to be finalized this year, according to Bloomberg BNA’s 2015 policy outlook on the environment and energy. Among the report’s key takeaways: Climate change: The EPA is slated to finalize landmark climate regulations governing carbon emissions ... Read more »

GE, Statoil Team Up to Reduce Industry’s Environmental Impact

January 29, 2015January 28, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

General Electric and Statoil have teamed up to develop more environmentally and economically sustainable technologies for oil and shale gas production that also reduce emissions. This program is aimed at driving an industrial response to some of the biggest challenges facing global oil and gas production, including flaring, CO2 and ... Read more »

UK Fracking Companies Must Disclose Chemicals

January 20, 2015January 19, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Oil and gas companies in the UK must disclose all the chemicals used in the fracking process, per new legislation adopted by parliament, the Guardian reports. Ken Cronin, chief executive of the industry group UK Onshore Oil and Gas, told the Guardian the new requirements were already being observed voluntarily. ... Read more »

EBJ Ranks Top Environmental C&E Firms

January 16, 2015January 16, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US environmental consulting and engineering industry generated revenues of $28.34 billion in 2013, down 1.5 percent compared to 2012, according to Environmental Business Journal’s annual review. EBJ’s preliminary estimate shows a return to growth of 1-2 percent for 2014 and 3-4 percent for 2015 based on revenues of more ... Read more »

Purestream Expands Oilfield Water Treatment Services

January 13, 2015January 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Purestream Services will continue to expand its water treatment services after receiving a capital funding transaction from John Swire and Sons. Purestream designs and builds water treatment systems to treat produced and frac flow-back water for discharge and re-use in the oil and shale gas industry. Purestream has developed vapor ... Read more »

XTO Energy to Pay $3M to Restore Fracking Areas

December 26, 2014December 23, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil and the US’ largest holder of natural gas reserves, will spend an estimated $3 million to restore eight sites damaged by unauthorized discharges of fill material into streams and wetlands in connection with hydraulic fracturing operations, according to the EPA and the US Department ... Read more »

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