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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Bakken Workshop 2011

In 2011, Senator Hoeven of North Dakota hosted the USGS Energy Resources Program and oil and gas industry officials in North Dakota to a workshop to determine whether or not to reassess the Bakken...

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Mallik Gas Hydrates Test Well

A test-well for collecting gas hydrates in Mallik, Canada. Gas hydrates are naturally-occurring “ice-like” combinations of natural gas and water that have the potential to provide an immense resource...

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Mallik Gas Hydrate Sample

A sample of gas hydrates collected from Mallik, Canada. Gas hydrates are naturally-occurring “ice-like” combinations of natural gas and water that have the potential to provide an immense resource of...

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Gas Hydrates Burning

An image of gas hydrates burning. Gas hydrates are naturally-occurring “ice-like” combinations of natural gas and water that have the potential to provide an immense resource of natural gas from the...

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Gas Hydrates Burning

An image of gas hydrates burning. Gas hydrates are naturally-occurring “ice-like” combinations of natural gas and water that have the potential to provide an immense resource of natural gas from the...

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Withdrawing Water for Hydraulic Fracturing

Equipment set up to pump water from a lake to an impoundment for hydraulic fracturing in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas. 

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Natural Gas Development Water Impoundment

A water impoundment at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas. 

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Steel Pipe for a Gas Well

Steel pipe used in a well in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Perforating Gun for Hydraulic Fracturing

Unused and spent perforating gun used in oil and gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. The pipe on the bottom left, shows holes created by the explosive charges mounted inside the pipe.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Well Heads

Well heads hooked up in preparation for a hydraulic fracturing operation at a drill pad in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Sand

Fine-grained silica sand is mixed with chemicals and water before being pumped into rock formations to prevent the newly created artificial fractures from closing after hydraulic fracturing is completed.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Operation Underway

A hydraulic fracturing operation is underway at this drilling pad in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Fayetteville Shale Drill Rig

A drill rig in the Fayetteville Shale gas play of Arkansas. 

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Natural Gas Flare Stack

A flare stack to burn excess natural gas at a natural gas drill site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of western Pennsylvania.

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Marcellus Shale Drill Rig

A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Marcellus Shale Drill Rig

A drill rig at a well site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Drill Site

A typical drill pad in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Natural Gas Production Water Impoundment

A water impoundment at a natural gas drilling site in the Marcellus Shale gas play of southwestern Pennsylvania. 

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Bakken Drill Rig

A drill rig in the Bakken oil field in Stark County, western North Dakota. 

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Bakken Drill Rig

A drill rig in the Bakken oil field in Stark County, western North Dakota. 

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Bakken Drilling

Bakken drilling and completion activities at a well along Interstate-94, 6 miles east of Belfield, North Dakota.

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Bakken Drilling

Bakken drilling and completion activities at a well along Interstate-94, 6 miles east of Belfield, North Dakota.

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Oil Pads in the North Dakota Badlands

A view of the badlands terrain with Bakken oil and gas production "pads" in the distance, Billings County, North Dakota. 

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Oil Pads in the North Dakota Badlands

A view of the badlands terrain with Bakken oil and gas production "pads" in the distance, Billings County, North Dakota. 

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Methane Seeps along Offshore New England

Seafloor image at a deepwater (~1400 m water depth) seep site on the New England margin. Seafloor conditions here are well inside the pressure-temperature stability field for methane hydrate. Gas being...

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Methane Seeps along Offshore Virginia

Numerous distinct methane streams emanating from the seafloor at an upper slope (

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