GeoPure News
Natural-Gas Driller to Disclose Chemical Use
July 15th, 2010
Bloomberg News
Extracting natural gas from shale requires forcing in water and some chemicals to crack the rock open, worrying residents about pollution.
Range Resources Corp. says it plans to disclose the chemicals used to hydraulically fracture natural-gas wells in Pennsylvania, confronting rising pressure from environmental groups worried that drilling could contaminate drinking water.
The decision, which Range [...]
Excellent Article on Unconventional Gas Plays – The Economist July 3rd Issue
July 9th, 2010
Oil companies’ dash for gas
Vapour trails
In hot pursuit of a fuel that is less risky and more accessible
Jul 1st 2010
“THE bad news is we didn’t hit oil,” ran the old wildcatter’s joke. “The good news is we didn’t find gas.” Potentially dangerous and always more difficult to manage than pouring liquid into a barrel, natural [...]
Congress delves into hydraulic fracturing
March 25th, 2010
UPDATE:
A congressional committee has requested information on the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing, setting up what looks to be a showdown over the technology used to extract natural gas from the Barnett Shale, the Marcellus Shale and other gas-bearing formations.
Meanwhile, two major oilfield services companies say that they’ve used diesel fuel and other dangerous chemicals [...]
‘Unconventional gas revolution’ hot topic at conference
March 15th, 2010
BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
Fort Worth Business Press
March 15, 2010
Though the conference sought to cover all forms of energy, the conversation frequently turned to natural gas.
Speakers at the 29th IHS CERA Week in downtown Houston last week fawned over the prospects of natural gas – greater supply, greater demand and new technologies that make rectifying the two [...]
GeoPure HydroTechnologies LLC Secures Series-A Funding, Acquires Assets of Geopure Water Technologies
February 10th, 2010
Investment Will Help Drive Advancement of Oil and Gas Wastewater Recycling Using Proprietary Pre-Treatment Processes and Membrane Technologies
Fort Worth, Texas (February 3, 2010) – GeoPure HydroTechnologies, LLC, a company devoted to recycling produced and flowback water, has secured an initial infusion of Series-A capital to commercialize its proprietary pre-treatment and membrane technologies. The financing was [...]
Rural residents worry about Barnett Shale disposal wells
January 26th, 2010
BY MIKE LEE AND ELIZABETH CAMPBELL
ALEDO — Dan Johnson moved from California to Texas because he wanted to put down roots, open a business and live the good life.
The pet shop that he and his wife, Laura, run in eastern Parker County is next door to a CES disposal well that handles drilling waste from [...]
Drilling Tactic Unleashes a Trove of Natural Gas—And a Backlash
January 22nd, 2010
SHREVEPORT, La.—A mounting backlash against a technique used in natural-gas drilling is threatening to slow development of the huge gas fields that some hope will reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil and polluting coal.
The U.S. energy industry says there is enough untapped domestic natural gas to last a century—but getting to that gas requires injecting [...]
