This is done by providing pushrod length adjustment or by the use of hydraulic lifters.
The project would mark the first use of hydraulic fracturing in Nevada.
Production of domestic oil and natural gas has surged in recent years through the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and horizontal drilling.
Since 2005, the widespread use of hydraulic fracturing has caused Texas gas production to begin to climb again, though production is still well below 1972 levels.
The Interior Department will issue revised rules on the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and gas on public lands, officials said Friday.
Wednesday's hearing of the House science committee had been called to review an investigation by the Environmental Protection Agency into contamination of drinking water in Wyoming, where there has been extensive use of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.
The company's use of hydraulic equipment to dredge large numbers of clams had been opposed by Fish Unlimited of Shelter Island, the North Shore Baymen's Association of Port Jefferson and others as underwater strip-mining.
Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Wednesday with an article about opposition in Europe to the use of hydraulic fracturing for oil production misidentified the plant shown and carried an incorrect credit.
According to a 2009 Global Insight study, without the use of hydraulic fracturing, our nation would lose 45 percent of its domestic natural gas production and 17 percent of its oil production within five years.
Battles against new airports or rail hubs or the use of hydraulic fracking to search for shale gas have mobilized local support for Green causes, often in alliance with middle-class "not in my backyard" campaigners.
In questioning the use of hydraulic fracturing in New York to help produce natural gas, you do not note that the technology has been employed and continuously improved for more than 50 years and that studies by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Ground Water Protection Council have not identified a single instance of groundwater contamination.
