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LNG, fracking, desalination driving growth in industrial valves
The explosion in worldwide oil and gas production is proving to be a boon for the industrial valve market. Market research firm the McIlvaine Company, published in Industrial Valves: World Markets,...
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No fracking for now in Nova Scotia
The government of Nova Scotia has decided to play it safe where hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is concerned. The energy minister announced that the province intends to prohibit high-volume fracking...
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Fracking study finds methane emissions lower than EPA estimates
A new study of methane emissions at natural gas production sites in the United States has found that the Environmental Protection Agency’s methods for estimating emissions “overpredict” those...
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Calgary company a leader in waterless fracking
A Canadian company is a leader in the relatively unknown area of non-hydraulic fracking. GasFrac of Calgary fracked its first well in 2008 using liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or propane gel instead of...
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Government wants to know what chemicals are used in fracking
Whether hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, causes earthquakes or pollutes groundwater is still being studied. There are prominent and outspoken pro-frackers like T. Boone Pickens, the billionaire...
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GE increasing its investment in fracking technology
GE Oil and Gas, which has invested over $15 billion in the oil extraction industry over the past few years, announced recently that it will open a laboratory dedicated to studying how to improve the...
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Treatment system uses electricity to clean contaminated water
A company that developed a new technology for cleaning contaminated water is now offering oil companies and well operators a pay-by-the-gallon water-cleaning service. OriginOil developed its electro...
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Pump and compressor makers feeling the oil crunch
A stark indicator of the seriousness of the current world oil price collapse is news that one of the world’s biggest manufacturers of industrial pumps is facing “unprecedented market challenges.” The...
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Oil leads Canada’s GDP growth while OPEC production cuts have prices surging
Canada’s economic output grew by an annualized rate of 3.5 per cent in the third quarter, largely on the strength of strong energy exports. Exports in the energy sector increased by 6.1 per cent,...
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