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6 Companies That Stand To Benefit From Fracking
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 10:25am | 1389Read More...Fracking, also known as hydraulic fracturing, is the controversial process of forcing water, gases, chemicals and other materials deep underground to fracture rock layers and free up the gas and oil trapped there. The process has created an oil and natural gas boom in North America and has put...
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High-Risk OIl and Natural Gas Transportation Should Focus Investor Spotlight on Iron Mountain
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 5:26pm | 705Read More...The transportation of our essential oil and natural gas supplies has always been a risky business; with that risk underscored whenever there's a major accident -- like the massive gas pipeline explosion last week in western Missouri. But it's events like the Missouri accident that should focus...
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The Natural Gas Outlook, Both Long- and Short-Term, is Bullish
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:54pm | 434Read More...Due to colder-than-normal weather in the United States, the exchange traded fund for natural gas, United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG), is up more than 4.5 percent for the last week of trading. And looking ahead in terms of decades, the International Energy Agency's "World Energy Outlook"...
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USA Expected to Become World's Largest Gas and Oil Producer in 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 2:25pm | 676Read More...While it’s not likely Olympic sized crowds will chant in response to the news, the US Energy Information Administration said Friday that the U.S. could become the world’s largest single producer of oil and natural gas this year. This flies in the face of much conventional wisdom that most of...
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Fracking Study Provides Good News For The Gas And Oil Industry
Monday, July 22, 2013 - 9:13am | 575Read More...In a study designed to determine the degree to which chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing for natural gas contaminate drinking water, preliminary results are encouraging for the gas and oil industry for a change. In short, Energy Department researchers have found “nothing of concern,” in a...
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Twelve Oil & Gas Plays Worth a Look Now
Monday, August 22, 2011 - 6:59am | 940Read More...Despite controversy over the process known as fracking, and despite pullbacks resulting from the recent market volatility, shares of the following seven oil and gas companies are trading more than twice where they were a year ago. These are all dividend payers as well. Apco Oil & Gas (NASDAQ:...
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New York May Partially End Fracking
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 2:36pm | 117Read More...Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking" as it's commonly known as, is one of the most controversial topics around, as some believe that it causes contamination in drinking water, which is why many states have banned it or have a partial ban on it. News came out earlier today that New York was...
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Michigan Adds New Fracking Regulations
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 2:30pm | 262Read More...The promise of energy independence has resulted in a natural gas boom across the nation. New technologies in hydraulic fracturing have allowed energy companies to drill into the various shale formations in the Northeast. The hydraulic fracturing process, which pumps water into wells at great...
