Minerals

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May 16, 2013
astronomy

Why Natural Gas Cars are Selling Slowly [1]

What is Sunstone? [2]

Natural Gas Could Kill Fuel Diversity [3]

Large Hurricane on Saturn [4]

Who Becomes Dominant After a Mass Extinction? [5]

Diamond Dust over Saskatoon [6]

The Bone Worm [7]

[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/02/natural-gas-vehicles-havent-caught-on-yet-heres-how-that-could-change/
[2] http://geology.com/gemstones/sunstone/
[3] http://www.nj.com/times-opinion/index.ssf/2013/05/opinion_increased_reliance_on.html
[4] http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/m/news/index.cfm?release=2013-149
[5] http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=127749&WT_mc_id=USNSF_51&WT_mc_ev=click
[6] http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2013/04/multiple-light-pillars.html
[7] http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1351

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PA Supreme Court on Who Owns Shale Gas

May 5, 2013
energy

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided not to overturn over 100 years of property transactions in a case involving the ownership of natural gas produced from the Marcellus Shale. Shale gas is not to be treated differently from natural gas produced fro…

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Potash vs Oil and Gas Drilling Disputes

July 18, 2012
minerals

A conflicting land use problem exists in parts of New Mexico where prime potash deposits are underlain by oil and natural gas reservoirs. These resources can not be developed at the same location simultaneously. This BusinessWeek article explores the…

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Helium Stewardship Act of 2012

May 31, 2012
minerals

The Helium Stewardship Act of 2012 lays out a responsible resource management strategy for the Federal Helium Reserve. The bipartisan Helium Stewardship Act (S. 2374) draws on recommendations from private helium refiners, retailers, end users, Bureau of Land Management officials and the National Academy of Sciences to address the most pressing problems facing our nation’s helium industry.

Related: Helium: A byproduct of the natural gas industry [1].

[1] http://geology.com/articles/helium/

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Helium: A Natural Gas Byproduct

May 30, 2012

“Helium is produced by the decay of uranium and thorium in granitoid basement rocks. The liberated helium is buoyant and moves towards the surface in porosity associated with basement faults. The helium then moves upwards through porous sedimentary cover until it is trapped with natural gas under beds of anhydrite or salt.” Quoted from the Geology.com article.

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Oh No! Who Really Owns the Natural Gas in Shale?

September 23, 2011

Is natural gas part of the shale or is it a fugitive commodity that is not an integral part of any specific rock unit? Will a refined legal definition of natural gas in Pennsylvania overturn thousands of historic leases?

More at Business Week.