Underused Drilling Practices Could Avoid Pollution | Herald de Paris


Dec 14th, 2009 | By stepvpin2 | Category: Uncategorized

Although natural gas burns cleaner than other fossil fuels, the drilling and production of oil and gas is responsible for some 18 percent of the world’s human-caused emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas that is the main component of natural gas, according to the … EnCana began using natural gas instead of diesel fuel to power its 150-foot-tall drilling rigs , a seemingly small change that resulted in 85 percent less volatile organic compounds being spewed into the air . …

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