Gas Drilling by Fracking may contaminate Groundwater

Petroleum and gas service companies injected tens of millions of gallons of diesel fuel into onshore wells in USA from 2005 to 2009, Congressional investigators have charged. Those injections appear to have violated the Safe Water Drinking Act, the investigators said in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Shale Gas Drilling Dangers

The major concern with shale gas drilling is the chemicals used in the process. Because the federal Energy Policy Act of 2005 exempted hydraulic fracturing from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act, shale gas drillers don’t have to disclose what chemicals they use. A study conducted by Theo Colburn, PhD, the director of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange in Paonia, Colorado, has so far identified 65 chemicals that are probable components of the fracking fluids used by shale gas drillers. These chemicals included benzene, glycol-ethers, toluene, 2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethanol, and nonylphenols. All of these chemicals have been linked to health disorders when human exposure is too high.

Concerns are growing that many of the chemicals used in shale gas drilling are seeping into groundwater. While some of the injection fluid used in the process comes back to the surface, 30 to 40 percent is never recovered, according to the industry’s own estimates. People living in the vicinity of shale gas drilling have reported foul smells in their tap water. In some instances gas well pipes have broken, resulting in leakage of contaminants into the surrounding ground.
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List of Best Petroleum Engineering Universities in USA

Below list best Petroleum engineering Universities in USA :

Colorado School of Mines – Golden (CO) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsColorado School of Mines degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

Louisiana State University – Baton Rouge (LA) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsLouisiana State University degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

Marietta College – Marietta (OH) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsMarietta College degrees offered: Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Private

Missouri University of Science & Technology – Rolla (MO)University Type: Public

Montana Tech of the University of Montana – Butte (MT) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsMontana Tech of the University of Montana degrees offered: Associates Degree, Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

New Mexico Tech – Socorro (NM) University Type: Public

Pennsylvania State University – University Park (PA) University Type: Public

Stanford University – Palo Alto (CA)University Type: Private

Texas A&M University – College Station (TX) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsTexas A&M University degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

Texas Tech University – Lubbock (TX) University Type: Public

University of Alaska Fairbanks – Fairbanks (AK)University Type: Public

University of Kansas – Lawrence (KS)University Type: Public

University of Louisiana – Lafayette – Lafayette (LA)University Type: Public

University of Oklahoma – Norman (OK) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsUniversity of Oklahoma – Norman degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

University of Pittsburgh – Pittsburgh (PA)University Type: Public

University of Texas at Austin, -Austin (TX) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsUniversity of Texas at Austin degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

University of Tulsa, – Tulsa (OK) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsUniversity of Tulsa degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Private

University of Wyoming -Laramie (WY) University Type: Public

West Virginia University -Morgantown (WV) – best Petroleum engineering schoolsWest Virginia University degrees offered: Bachelors Degree, Masters DegreeUniversity Type: Public

Master Degree Scholarship From Shell

Shell is sponsoring Petroleum Engineering scholarship in the Department of Geotechnology for MSc students in Delft University of Technology. Two Shell scholarships cover half the tuition fee for 2 EU students for the full 2 year MSc programme. Two more scholarships cover half the tuition feeand expenses for non-EU students. Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, is renowned for its high standard and quality of innovative research and education. We offer you the opportunity tobecome a petroleum engineer with a broad background knowledge that allows you to really make the most of your future.

Staff and Facilities

The MSc programme is taught by staff with strong research backgroundsand good contacts with the petroleum industry. The department hasexcellent experimental laboratories and makes frequent use ofnon-university facilities. Staff and especially the post-grad studentbody is strongly multicultural and multinational. English is ourworking language.

Entry requirements

Applications are eligible from students with a BSc degree in Physics,Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Earth Sciences, PetroleumEngineering or related disciplines. Graduates are eligible foradmission if they fulfill the requirements set by the department.Further information on the general admission requirements and theapplication procedure can be found at www.studyat.tudelft.nl

Career Prospects

We anticipate the career prospects for students with an MSc inPetroleum Engineering to be very good for the foreseeable future. Ourgraduates are employed throughout the international petroleum industry.Current demand for qualified petroleum engineers is very high.

For more information on how to apply, please contact

MSc coordinator:

Mr. Pascal de Smidt, faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

E-mail: p.desmidt@citg.tudelft.nlTel: +31 (0)15 278 10 68

Fax: +31 (0)15 278 11 89

Or visit our website: www.ta.tudelft.nl

Tangguh LNG Project-Indonesia

Tangguh LNG Project is a major greenfield development   to extract natural gas from gas fields in  Berau and Bintuni bay area of Papua,Indonesia, and to liquefy it into LNG for shipping to export markets. The Project will include gas production facilities and LNG plant facilities, with associated infrastructure, including a seaport and airfield. Facilities will be in the districts of Babo and Arandai in Teluk Bintuni regency , but project activities will extend to the neighboring regencies of Fak Fak, Sorong, and Manokwari.

Significant volumes of gas were discovered around the Project in 1994. By 1998, substantial reserves had been delineated from six fields within three production-sharing contract (PSC) areas. The gas fields have proven reserves of 14.4 trillion cubic feet (tcf), and together with probable and possible reserves, Tangguh has the potential to yield a total of 23.7 tcf of gas. Proven reserves for each field are listed below together with shares of each PSC partner. The combined fields are considered to have the potential to support more than the two trains in the current plan and the Project may be expanded in the future. Tangguh LNG has obtained four long-term contracts with Fujian LNG in China, K-Powerand POSCO in Korea, and Sempra Energy in Mexico

Shareholder 

Through stock ownership in the cooperation contracts , BP (British Petroleum) has a 37.16% from Tangguh LNG Project. Other shareholders, namely: 

• Nippon Oil Exploration (Berau) Ltd (owned by Nippon Oil Exploration Limited and the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation) with the 12.23% 
• KG Berau / KG Wiriagar (owned by Kanematsu Corporation, Overseas Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd.., And the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation) with the 10.0% 
• LNG Japan Corporation (held by Sumitomo Corporation and Sojitz Corporation) with the 7.35% 
• MI Berau B.V. (Owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and INPEX Corporation) of 16.30%
• CNOOC Limited and CNOOC Muturi Wiriagar Overseas Limited with the 13.90% 

Commercial Partner 

KBR Consortium (through a subsidiary in Indonesia PT. Brown & Root Indonesia, JGC Corporation and PT. Pertafenikki selected by the main operator BP Indonesia and colleagues through open competitive bidding process as the main contractor for the construction of onshore LNG facilities. Together they are known by the name of the Consortium KJP.  Two other partners in the Tangguh project are General Electric and Saipem - both companies have experience in large projects in various countries. GE will provide the main turbine and compressor to drain the gas from the reservoir to the LNG, while Saipem, a world leader role in offshore construction, is responsible for all offshore construction and subsea in the Tangguh project.