Only a handful of deep gas wells have been drilled to depths near or exceeding 30, 000 feet and McMoran drilled most of them.
Fracking is the underground fracturing of very deep underground shale deposits where natural gas is sequestered and then is recovered using normal process procedures of deep and horizontal drilling for recovering natural gas.
From offshore oil to previously inaccessible gas deep in the earth, the federal domain is poised for an energy renaissance.
Fracking uses high-pressure mixtures of water, sand or gravel and chemicals to crack rock formations and release oil and natural gas deep underground.
"In the U.S., most of the undiscovered gas is deep and expensive to find, " he says.
Some of them say the water was spoiled by drilling deep underground for natural gas.
Fracking is a drilling process that frees gas from deep rock deposits by injecting wells with chemical-laced water at high pressure.
Oil and gas this deep in the earth is often as hot as 450 degrees and at pressures 2, 000 times atmospheric.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, pumps millions of gallons of water mixed with fine sand and chemicals deep into oil and gas wells to crack gas-bearing rock.
The bans stem from local residents' concerns about potential adverse impacts if the state lifts its 5-year-old moratorium on gas drilling using high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which frees gas from deep shale deposits by injecting wells with chemical-laced water at high pressure.
But perhaps frackers, who inject high-pressure fluid into rocks deep underground to release natural gas, are beginning to improve themselves.
Until recently, oil and gas produced from deep-water fields have been brought to the surface and transported to onshore processing facilities.
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Chavez will also have to pay far more attention to developing offshore gas plays sat deep in the Pacific Ocean rather than monetised into state coffers.
Defusing local opposition to "fracking" to extract gas from rocks deep below the surface is an issue many of the more tactically-adroit MPs are increasingly concerned about.
He has tried to convince the Obama administration that one of the keys to America's energy security lies in the oil and gas in the deep waters of the Gulf.
Who knew that tiny bugs deep underground are burping out natural gas, even at this very moment?
However, located at deep and precarious depths, the gas remains a costly investment.
The group says forcing water and chemicals deep into shale deposits to extract gas threatens drinking water and the environment.
The positive growth should be driven by rising demand for liquid natural gas and growth in deep water exploration and production.
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It would be very bullish for gas prices if the deep freeze lasts for a month, and well head freeze offs shut in 125 bcf of cumulative production.
The WDCS says one problem is the expansion of oil and gas exploration into the deep seas and the resulting growth in seismic testing to find fossil fuel deposits.
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Meanwhile, back in North America, new techniques were being developed to extract oil and natural gas from shale formations deep underground, from tar sands in Canada, and from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico.
At the same time Yury Boiko, the Ukrainian energy minister, has high hopes that shale gas -- formed deep underground within large shale rock formations -- could also be a major alternative source of power in the decades to come.
Shale gas derived from sedimentary rocks deep underground needs to be captured, piped and processed before it is consumed.
They allege that under the agreement ConocoPhillips could export up to 80% of the gas found in the two deep sea blocks.
Fracking uses high-pressure liquid pumped deep underground to fracture shale rock and release gas.
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Glutted with gas from the hydraulic fracturing of deep shale, the U.S. is positioned to shift from imports to exports.
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Carbon sinks deep underground can capture and store emissions from gas flaring.
It should stimulate a boom in construction of gas-fired plants, given the huge new supplies of shale gas unlocked by the combination of deep horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
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The Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempted hydraulic fracturing operations from the Safe Drinking Water Act, freeing drilling companies from the obligation to disclose the chemicals injected into deep shale formations to shatter shale and convey gas back to the well.
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