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California Utility PG&E Will Discuss Safety Benefits of Picarro Technology at AGA Event SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Picarro Inc. will participate in an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Natural Gas STAR workshop during the American Gas Association (AGA) Operations Conference in Orlando, Fla., on Thursday, May 23. San Francisco-based Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a customer of Picarro Inc., will be on hand to talk about the technology and how it enhances...

HOUSTON, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB:FEEC) today announced that production wells 115V and 119V have reached total depth; preliminary gas content has been determined for the SYE03 appraisal well; and two more wells have been commenced since our May 10(th) ( )release. The newly spudded wells are the SYE-16, a new appraisal well, and the 62-2V, an additional production well, bringing to 16 the number of wells spudded thus far in 2013. Meanwhile,...

HOUSTON, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB:FEEC) announced today that Jennifer D. Whitley has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer to succeed Bruce N. Huff. On May 7, 2013, Mr. Huff notified the Company that he was resigning as the Company's Chief Financial Officer for medical reasons. "It is with sadness that we announce Bruce Huff's resignation and retirement," said Michael R. McElwrath, CEO and President of Far East Energy. Continuing,...

HOUSTON, May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Far East Energy Corporation (OTCBB:FEEC) today announced that appraisal well SYS03 has reached total depth; preliminary gas content has been determined for the SYE06 appraisal well; and, the 108D, an additional production well has spudded, bringing to 14 the number of wells spudded thus far in 2013. The focus for the company remains the drilling and well-fracing program that management detailed in its conference call held April 18, 2013, and...

Indiana University "Eternal flames" fueled by hydrocarbon gas could shine a light on the presence of natural gas in underground rock layers and conditions that let it seep to the surface, according to research by geologists at the Department of Geological Sciences and the Indiana Geological Survey at Indiana University Bloomington. A little-known but spectacular flame in Erie County, N.Y., is the focus of an article in the journal Marine and Petroleum Geology, co-authored by Agnieszka...

LARGO, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK), is pleased to announce their acceptance by the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) as an Industry Partner with the Environmental Protection Agency by entering into a LMOP Industry Partner Memorandum of Understanding. LMOP's goal is to help promote economically and technically sound landfill gas (LFG) energy projects, LMOP teams with a range of companies interested in the utilization of LFG. These companies...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Like the Roman god Janus, methane presents Earth’s atmosphere with two situational faces. As the main component of natural gas, methane when burned as a fuel produces less carbon dioxide than the burning of oil or coal, which makes it a plus for global climate change. However, pure methane released into the atmosphere via leaks from unconventional oil and gas extraction, coal mining or from the melting of Arctic ice is an even more potent greenhouse...

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The waste and recycling industry is continuing to reduce its release of greenhouse gases - even as waste volumes increase, according to the latest greenhouse gas inventory released by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Our industry has been diligent and has invested in new equipment and facilities to reduce emissions of methane and other gases from landfills. Furthermore, we have turned potential emissions into an important...

Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)  and UC Berkeley and have discovered new materials to capture methane, the second highest concentration greenhouse gas emitted into the atmosphere. Methane is a substantial driver of global climate change, contributing 30 percent of current net climate warming. Concern over methane is mounting, due to leaks associated with rapidly expanding unconventional oil and gas extraction, and the potential for large-scale release of...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Part of the surface of Saturn’s moon Titan has been actively tracked by NASA’s Cassini mission for the past several years. During that time, the mission has found a remarkable presence of hydrocarbon methane lakes and seas dotting the surface of the moon. But a model developed by mission leaders at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, suggests the supply of these methane lakes will soon come to end. Of...