More Marcellus gas making its way to Europe
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Rex Energy Corp. will begin transporting ethane, propane and butane from the Marcellus shale to Europe. The company signed an agreement with INEOS Europe AG, a company that has spent billions of dollars to bring U.S. shale gas to Europe.
The Business Journal reports that ethane shipments will begin this month and propane and butane shipments will begin when the Mariner East 2 pipeline is completed next year.
The Mariner East Pipeline will take the natural gas liquids to the Marcus Hook terminal in eastern Pennsylvania and then it will be shipped by sea to petrochemical plants in Europe.
Read more: The Business Journal > Rex Energy Begins Export of Natural Gas Liquids
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Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock.
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What most concerns people about fracturing is ground water contamination. The worry is that fractures underground, caused by the process, will extending upwards and into aquifers, releasing gas and chemicals into the ground water supply. There’s been no confirmed reports of such a thing happening. Though surface spills and drill site blowouts can lead to localized environmental concerns.
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Flammable water is caused by the release of methane gas into a drinking water supply. Methane gas occurs naturally and can be released by any kind of drilling, including water wells. In Pennsylvania officials fined Chesapeake Energy $1 million for contaminating ground water with methane. It was determined that the company had not properly cemented it’s boreholes and gas migrated up the well, between rock and into aquifers.