Study: 2 million jobs to be added to natural gas industry
Saturday, July 8, 2017
A new study conducted by the American Petroleum Institute predicts two million jobs will be added to the natural gas industry by 2040, according to ShaleOhio.
Currently, the natural gas industry and economic activity related to the industry employs about four million workers.
Ohio ranks fourth among natural gas-producing states for most natural gas pipelines in the United States behind Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
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What is fracking?
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.