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New crustal stress map of North America
- Apr, 23, 2020
- Structural Geology Oil & Gas Geo-Energy Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Research / Academia
- United States
A new study presents the first quantitative stress magnitude map that also includes horizontal stress orientations in North America. The findings were recently published in Nature Communications. Th...
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Numerous submarine landslides detected in the Gulf of Mexico
- May, 18, 2020
- Landslides Oil & Gas Slope Stability News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry Seismic Slope Stability
- Gulf of Mexico
In a new study, scientists have identified 85, previously unknown, submarine landslides in the Gulf of Mexico that occurred in a 7-year period (from 2008 to 2015). The results of the study have been...
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Evaluating the earthquake hazard of hydraulic fracturing
- Apr, 28, 2020
- Oil & Gas Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia Engineering Seismology
A new study suggests new guidelines in order to mitigate the earthquake risk triggered by hydraulic fracturing. Hydraulic fracturing is a drilling process that aims at connecting existing cracks in...
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Oil price drops below 18$ per barrel in the U.S.
Oil price has dropped below $18 per barrel in the United States as of April 17, 2020. It is the lowest oil price recorded since November 2001 and it is mainly caused by the inability of the market to...
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Oil, gas and chemical solutions by Keller
Planned LNG (liquefied natural gas) storage facilities may require ground improvement to increase soil bearing capacity and control settlement, deep foundations to transfer loads to competent bearing...
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Engineering new materials to replace diamonds for drilling
Diamond drilling was a break-through approach mostly used in mining industry to exploit deposits that would otherwise remain inaccessible. It also enabled the recovery of cores to examine the undergr...
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Bridge Replacement in Growing Cairo, West Virginia
Cairo, a small town in West Virginia, began growing in truck traffic when the oil and gas industry started taking roots in the city. The old bridge proved to be insufficient for the Average Daily Tra...
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Continuous oil and natural gas resources found in Texas and New Mexico
According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware Basin part of Texas and New Mexico's Permian Basin province contain a vast quant...
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Potential oil and gas exploitation in the North Sea
A region of the North Sea could be exploited to extract oil and gas but first scientists must clarify the geological background of the area. The 7000-km2 area of interest is the Rattray Volcan...
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Earthquake magnitude can be mitigated due to ground water pressure
According to scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, pressurized ground water can reduce the intensity of seismic events. Undergroun...
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