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Natural Gas is a highly flammable hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane and ethane. It is a type of petroleum that commonly occurs in association with crude oil. Natural gas is often found dissolved in oil at the high pressures existing in a reservoir, and it also can be present as a gas cap above the oil. Such natural gas is known as associated gas.
Natural Gas is a highly flammable hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane and ethane. It is a type of petroleum that commonly occurs in association with crude oil. Natural gas is often found dissolved in oil at the high pressures existing in a reservoir, and it also can be present as a gas cap above the oil. Such natural gas is known as associated gas.
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Community Commentary: There's too much unknown about 'fracking' effects
An essential element of a viable democracy is that its citizens be accurately informed, and that, once informed, they actively participate in the process of decision making. I fully believe that when the people of this nation have the information they...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Texas, Environmental Politics, Nature, Natural Resources
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16 evacuated from Balboa Island after natural gas line cut
A private construction crew sheared a gas line behind a home on Balboa Island on Tuesday, forcing firefighters to evacuate more than a dozen residents in the area, officials said.
About 3:17 p.m., a crew doing construction on a home in the 800 block of...Tags: Natural Resources, Energy Resources
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Newport sold $1.8M in oil last year
As Gulf Coast residents suffer from their loss of beaches and bays, residents of Newport can enjoy their water and sand for exactly the same reason – oil.
For 30 years the city of Newport Beach has been operating its own oil wells on Banning...Tags: Newport Beach, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Long Beach (Los Angeles, California), Natural Resources, California
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A nickel for every gallon
Newport Beach opened its first natural gas fueling station Wednesday. The $1-million facility at the General Services Corporation Yard, 592 Superior Ave., allows the city to power its fleet of vehicles with cleaner-burning compressed natural gas,...Tags: Newport Beach, Mark Harmon, Vehicles, AT&T Corp., Natural Resources
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Pennsylvania natural gas interests spent $1.3 million on lobbying
— Five of Pennsylvania's largest natural gas drilling interests spent a staggering $1.3 million to lobby state government from January through March as lawmakers and the Corbett administration worked to approve a new impact fee on the industry....Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, National Government, Government, Environmental Issues, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania)
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Gasification plants in Illinois dead or on life support
A few short months ago, the future looked bright for three coal plant developers with the idea that they would create a new market for the state's abundant, but dirty, coal.
Proponents even called the coal "clean" because it wouldn't be burned and sent...Tags: Mining, Leucadia National Corporation, Illinois Governor, Environmental Issues, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Benefits of Marcellus Shale gas drilling
In his May 22 column, "Bradford County's great beauty is getting drilled," Paul Carpenter paints a one-sided, flawed picture of responsible American natural gas development in Bradford County. Your readers should know that Bradford County's wage increases...Tags: Environmental Issues, Career and Workplace, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Natural Resources
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Fracking comes to Illinois
Representatives of the oil and natural gas industries scratched their heads this week when they read two proposed amendments to an Illinois drilling bill.
The amendments, drawn up by House Speaker Michael Madigan's staff, would create the nation's most...Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, Companies and Corporations, Petroleum Industry, Michael Madigan
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'Clean' coal plant on hold over low natural gas prices
Tribune reporterThe developers of a plant that planned to transform coal into synthetic natural gas in Washington County for use in home heating say the project is dead for now. Power Holdings of Illinois, which planned to build a $2 billion the "clean" coal plant,...Tags: Mining, Plant Openings, Environmental Issues, Illinois Governor, Metal and Mineral
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A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are...Tags: Republican Party, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, White House, Environmental Issues, Mexico
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Electric rates going up in 2015
Tribune reporterYour electric rates are going up but not until 2015. That year, electric bills are set to be about $130 a year more than now, according to the results of annual auction that decides which electricity providers will be paid for committing to run their...Tags: Goldman Sachs, Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Auction Service, Coal
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UGI proposes lowering natural gas rates again
UGI Utilities will propose lowering its natural gas rates by an average 3.4 percent in its annual filing next month with the state Public Utility Commission, the company's gas division announced Thursday.
If approved, the reduced gas rates would take...Tags: Environmental Issues, UGI Utilities, Home Heating, Companies and Corporations, Natural Resources
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