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Saturday, January 5, 2013

Study Finds Shale Gas is not as Clean as Thought

Study Finds Shale Gas is not as Clean as Thought

Last February scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado, released the findings of a study that claimed that around four percent of methane was escaping into the atmosphere as natural gas was being extracted from a field in Denver.Now that same group has studied the gas production techniques of a field in Utah and discovered that around nine percent of the methane gas extracted at the gas field was leaking into the air. Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, far more so…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Study-Finds-Shale-Gas-is-not-as-Clean-as-Thought.html

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