Now he wants to make drilling safer — apostasy to these industry apologists.
Other leases simply do not have enough oil or natural gas to make drilling commercially viable.
Potter's technology aims to make EGS more economical because it can make drilling the holes more simple and cheaper.
A policy with some appeal might make drilling rights include a mandatory insurance policy with a big deductible, say $100 million, and a cap somewhere in the billions.
"Two years have passed since the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers, and Congress has yet to enact one piece of legislation to make drilling safer".
The main thing that cannot be overlooked is that it would be folly to resume drilling until everything has been done to make drilling as safe as it can be and to ensure a rapid response when systems fail.
An evaluation of SGViewer showed that after a short learning period users were able to use it to read trends and proportions and make drill-down queries.
It comes after the government said it may alter trespass law to make drilling under property easier for companies.
One outfit also uses written sales pitches that make drilling in Alaska seem as though it is a stone's throw away from a leaseholder's property.
Meanwhile, an engineering company in Cwmbran has come up with ideas which they say could make drilling for shale gas safer and less polluting.
