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Environmental management
Comprehensive environment protection practices that aim to prevent or reduce damages to the natural environment as a result of energy productions. These activities include emergency planning, environmental response, compensation and liability, community right to know, regulations for owners and operators of permitted hazardous waste facilities, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) manufacturing, processing, distribution in commerce, and use prohibitions.
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Environmental management
fracking
Oil & gas; Environmental management
A method of mining in which cracks are created in a type of rock called shale in order to obtain gas, oil, or other substances that are inside it.
wildcat well
Energy; Environmental management
A wildcat well is a hole or shaft drilled in land that has not yet been explored for or proven to have petroleum or gas reserves.
shale
Energy; Environmental management
Shale is a type of sedimentary rock that is composed of layers of consolidated silt and clay.
renewable energy
Energy; Environmental management
Renewable energy is a form of energy whose supply can be replenished and regenerated naturally over a short period of time.
hydraulic fracturing
Energy; Environmental management
Hydraulic fracturing is a process in which fissures in rocks and rock formations are opened and widened by injecting a liquid mixture at high pressure.
hydrocarbon
Energy; Environmental management
A hydrocarbon is an organic compound comprised only of carbon and hydrogen.
viscosity
Energy; Environmental management
Viscosity is a measure of the extent to which a fluid resists a tendency to flow.
