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Most natural gas production growth is expected to come from shale gas and tight oil plays
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Outlook 2016
<p>The growth in total U.S. dry natural gas production projected in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Reference case results mostly from increased development of shale gas and tight oil plays. Natural gas resources in tight sandstone and carbonate formations ...
Filed under: Economic Geology
The world’s largest private coal company just went bankrupt
grist   13 April 2016   USA   USA  
Coal mine
<p>In a move that has environmentalists hunting for graves to dance on, Peabody Energy, the world&rsquo;s largest private-sector coal company, has filed for bankruptcy.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s the fourth major U.S. coal company to go bankrupt in the last year. The ...
Filed under: Mining News
Earth's rarest minerals catalogued
BBC NEWS   13 February 2016   USA   USA  
Nevadaite is only known from just two locations: Eureka County, Nevada, and a copper mine in Kyrgyzstan
<p>Scientists have categorised the Earth's rarest minerals.<br />None of 2,500 species described is known from more than five locations, and for a few of them the total global supply could fit in a thimble.<br />The researchers say it is important to hunt ...