After years of being derided for hurting the environment, could new uses for coal help revive its reputation? Energy watchers have begun touting the virtues of coal gasification, a process that converts the carbon-based fuel into a synthetic called “syngas.” This can be used as an alternative for both crude and natural gasA naturally occurring
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The shaleA fine grained sedimentary rock composed mostly of consolidated clay or mud. Shale is the most frequently occurring sedimentary rock. boom in the United States has affected the entire domestic economy, but also is shaping world thinking about energy use, panelists said at the kick-off session for a KPMG conference on global energy in
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by John G. Miller, Executive Editorexponent-telegram.com There’s been a great amount of positive energy in the North Central West Virginia area of late. Highland Hospital’s remodeling of the old United Hospital Center continues, keeping dozens of construction workers employed. In the not too distant future, the behavioral health facility will open, employing between 250 to
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May 22 Tulsa World It’s no coincidence that a group of visitors from across the globe are asking the same kinds of questions about energy that are dominating discussions about U.S. energy policy. What are the risks of hydraulic fracturingRefers to a method used by producers to extract more natural gas from a well by
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When Ken Alexander started working at the J&L steel mill in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, in the 1970s, he was one of 17,000 workers. But the workforce quickly declined as the American steel industry withered in the face of cheaper foreign competition. In 1984 J&L shut the mill. Four years ago another mill where Mr Alexander had
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