Natural Gas
Half of all homes use natural gas to power them, making it an important aspect of the fossil fuel industry. It is the cleanest of the fossil fuels, and it doesn’t leave any ash when leaving, making it more environmentally friendly. Taking millions of years to be formed, it can be found under land or the ocean floor. Learn more about this largely popular fossil fuel here.
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Corruption, Power, and Oil: The Russian Legacy of Fossil Fuel Production
As a major global producer and exporter of oil, natural gas, and coal, Russia’s economic growth is primarily driven by its fossil fuel reserves.
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Is the World Running out of Fossil Fuels?
The size of global fossil fuel reserves and how long current reserves will last are questions that energy analysts have attempted to address over the years
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Changing the Energy Grid
DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has earmarked $43 million to aid carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology development.
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LNG to Railways?
In October 2019, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHSMA) published a notice of proposed rulemaking that would add language to the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) in order to allow liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by rail. Currently, the HMR lists only highway or barge as appropriate methods to transport the energy source. The change was submitted…
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The Future of Fossil Fuels: New Discoveries, Technological Advancements, and Global Growth
As energy consumption continues to rise, the Energy Information Administration expects that fossil fuels will remain as the primary source of global energy.
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2019: A Year in Review for the U.S. Oil and Gas Industry
As the calendar year comes to an end, 2019 has been one of the most consequential years in decades for the U.S. oil and gas industry
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Keystone Carries On
TC Energy Corp finished repairs last month after spilling more than 383,000 gallons in North Dakota at the end of October 2019. That spill was the fourth spill in three years for the passionately-debated Keystone Pipeline. But, one corridor of the pipeline is holding strong. The city of Port Neches in Texas has just shown its support for the crude…
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Top Players in Natural Gas
Overall, the top 40 natural gas producers in the United States saw a positive year-over-year change in production. At the end of the second quarter this year, the total million cubic feet reported by the Natural Gas Supply Association was 39,797 million cubic feet per day. This was about a 1,500 difference from 2018, which pumped out 37,087 million cubic…
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Plastics Depend on Fossil Fuels
Nearly 100 percent of what goes into plastic is derived from fossil fuels. The plastic industry is powered by the fossil fuel industry.
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Fossil Fuel Production Continues to Surge Following the Paris Agreement
Current global production targets for fossil fuels will more than double the amount of carbon dioxide needed to increase global warming by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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