Slick Water Fracing

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Apr 252011

Engen is a Green Surfactant foaming agent suitable for suspending “proppant” (like sand), in Slick Water Fracing. These foamers are both non-toxic and bio-degradable, and when used in conjunction with other Green additives, will eliminate any potential contamination risks to the aquifer.

Moved by public opinion and concerns over reported incidents of aquifer contamination the State of New York is adopting strong legislation to regulate fracing in the Marcellus Shale, and other tight gas-bearing rock reservoirs. Other states are moving to adopt similar legislation and are considering banning Slick Water Fracing altogether. This legislation will ensure transparency, demanding disclosure of all chemical additives in the fracing process. The EPA has an ongoing study into the fracturing process and the water flowback quality. Continue reading »

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BP Horizon Oil Spill

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Apr 202011

The BP Deep Horizon offshore spill and disaster in the Gulf of Mexico highlights the need for truly environmentally-friendly-based washing agents, suitable for lifting and solvating oil from both sand and soil.

Engen TeraSol is a non-toxic, biodegradable and non-bioaccumulating surfactant cleaning agent. This product can be sprayed over the contaminated surface providing rapid penetration, and effective static lifting of oil contamination. The now separated oil can be mechanically or biologically processed, and free rinsed leaving no residue. Continue reading »

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Exxon Mobil Rejuvenates Mature Oil Field

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Jan 252011

If the world has any chance of avoiding the worst fears of peak oilers, it has to pump every possible barrel of oil it can out of fields in the United States and elsewhere. Many exploration and production companies are doing just that, all the way from the largest integrated oil company in the world down to small cap companies. (Learn a little more about the “non” part of this non-renewable resource. Read Peak Oil: Problems And Possibilities.)

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) was the latest to announce an enhanced oil recovery project at one of its aging fields. The Hawkins Field was discovered in 1940 and has pumped out hundreds of millions of barrels of oil since then. Exxon Mobil will be injecting nitrogen into these old wells to stimulate production. Continue reading »

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Gas drilling tactic fuels a boom and health concerns

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Dec 172010

SHREVEPORT, La. — Residents here rejoiced two years ago when gas companies poked into a mammoth natural gas deposit 2 miles under their homes, sparking a modern-day gold rush.

The companies offered residents tens of thousands of dollars an acre to drill on their land, enriching some folks overnight in this rural corner of northwestern Louisiana.

Then cows started to die. Methane seeped into the drinking water. Homes were evacuated when natural gas escaped uncontrollably from a wellhead. Continue reading »

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Oilsands Poisoning Fish, say Scientists, Fishermen

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Sep 162010

Toxins from Canada’s Alberta oilsands are damaging fish in the Athabasca River, say scientists and First Nation representatives.

They’re showing the public examples of deformed fish caught in the northern river over the last few years, at the University of Alberta’s Lister Centre in Edmonton.

Fish with tumours, deformities and signs of disease or infection were collected from the lower Athabasca River, Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca, downstream from the oilsands. Continue reading »

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