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Living Sensor Can Potentially Prevent Environmental Disasters From Fuel Spills

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Living Sensor Can Potentially Prevent Environmental Disasters From Fuel Spills

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Scientists are developing technology that would alert pipeline managers about leaks as soon as failure begins, avoiding the environmental disasters and fuel ...

Academic Oil & Gas Technology Water Monitoring Water Monitoring Infrastructure Infrastructure Management Multi-Sensor Pipelines Oil Field Chemicals Pipeline Rehabilitation Remote Monitoring & Control Pipes and Pipelines

How COSIA Reduces the Oil Sands' Environmental Impact and Saves Water

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How COSIA Reduces the Oil Sands' Environmental Impact and Saves Water

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COSIA set a goal in 2012 to reduce our freshwater use intensity by 50 percent by 2022, and since 2012 the companies have reduced their freshwater use by 38 ...

Business Oil & Gas Oil Water Separation Oil Sand Extraction Environment Fracking Oil Field Chemicals Environment Fracking Technology Heavy Oil Oil & Gas Water Conservation Water Conservation

UM Researchers Working on Acoustic Detection for Undersea Oil Leaks

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UM Researchers Working on Acoustic Detection for Undersea Oil Leaks

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A team of Ole Miss researchers is working on technology that could quickly detect, locate and characterize these undersea hydrocarbon leakages in offshore ...

Academic Technology Pipes Design Leakage Detection Leakage Infrastructure Leakage Reduction Infrastructure Management Utility Pipe Network Oil Spill Treatments Pipeline Oil & Gas

Environmentally-friendly Waterless Fracking with Supercritical CO2

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Environmentally-friendly Waterless Fracking with Supercritical CO2

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Fracking is considered extremely environmentally controversial, but one method can kill two birds with one stone. Actually, the stone will get cracked… but ...

Technology Water Resources Climate Change Fracking Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Climate Protection Greenhouse Gases Fracking Technology Greenhouse Gases Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health, Princeton Study Concludes

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Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health, Princeton Study Concludes

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Health risks increase for infants born to mothers living within 2 miles of a hydraulic fracturing site, according to a study published in Science Advances. ...

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