Fracking Recycles During Drought

Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” is a proven and safe way to extract additional oil and gas from both existing well fields and from the shale oil fields that, until the technology improved, were very difficult and expensive to properly utilize.

World Water Day 2014

Water and energy are closely interlinked and interdependent. Energy generation and transmission requires utilization of water resources, particularly for hydroelectric, nuclear, and thermal energy sources

Recycling leftover fracturing water has its benefits

Nearly 100 billion gallons of water were used for hydraulic fracturing between 2011 and 2013, according to an industry water demand report released earlier this year by Ceres

KNPC would invest $35bln on expanding oil and gas projects

The Kuwait National

Petroleum Company (KNPC) chief executive Mohammed Ghazi al Mutairi said earlier this year that KNPC would invest $35bln on expanding oil and gas projects over the next five years. Much of this will be spent on Kuwait’s Clean Fuels Project (a major component of Kuwait’s current development plans), which involves a series of refinery upgrades.

The US Humanitarian Intervention in Iraq: The Oil and Water Angle

http://theenergycollective.com/amjaffe/462766/us-humanitarian-intervention-iraq-oil-and-water-angle?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=The+Energy+Collective+(all+posts)

On 11 June, OPEC reaffirmed the group’s crude oil production target of 30 million bpd which has been in place since December 2011.

http://www.energyglobal.com/news/drilling-and-production/articles/OPEC_versus_Non_OPEC_oil_production.aspx#.U-pXwBZ8CyN