Extra: Cape Town International Convention Centre
Location: Cape Town
Start Date: 28 July 2009
End Date: 31 July 2009
Category: Mining, Oil, Gas
DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found oil and gas projects in the western Amazon are threatening not only biodiversity, but also the area's indigenous peoples.
... seismic airguns during geophysical exploration for oil and gas – seems to have minimal effect on endangered ... Humans no longer hunt them for their oil, but the whale in Herman Melville's classic novel ...
... extracted from the planet vary wildly. Now, researchers have published a new estimate in the International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology that suggests we may have used more than we think.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, May 29 (UPI) -- Russia stands to benefit greatly from untapped oil and gas reserves north of the Arctic Circle, U.S. geologists said.
... in the
natural gas drilling process of hydraulic fracturing. Scientists
also found traces of other contaminants, including oil, gas or
metals, in 11 of 39 wells tested there since March.
The study, ...
CALGARY, Ontario, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Heat-loving bacteria found in sediment in the Arctic Ocean could target undiscovered oil and gas reserves, scientists in Canada said.
... and seas of the Arctic.
The potential for conflicts is increasing as the search for new oil, gas and minerals intensifies.
The move to comprehensively map the region illustrates the urgent need ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- That nip in the air means fall is here, and many homeowners are facing a drastically more expensive home-heating season. An energy specialist in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...
Location: Cape Town, AfricaStart Date: 28 July 2009End Date: 31 July 2009
... be directly tied to global warming. A greenhouse gas, CO2 absorbs radiation that would normally be ... a scientist, Lowenstein has no doubt that burning oil, gas and coal are fueling global warming and ...
... State researchers. Burning fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal release large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into the atmosphere. Rather than contribute to global climate change ...
... Disaster
Schuster's research, which is funded by 20 oil and gas companies, focuses on developing improved ... at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in oil-rich Saudi Arabia.
His work ...
... as the biological carbon pump, and it helps to significantly reduce the CO2 released by the burning of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal), that would otherwise accumulate in the atmosphere. ...
