Yeah, I said it in the title, but I’ll say it again: The updated Vortex Tools site is live! Vortex Tools has redone its site to give oil and gas engineers easier access to Technical Reports (White Papers, case studies, and installation instructions) and Media (promotional materials and published articles). In addition to featuring key [...]
Archive for January, 2012
The Updated VortexTools.com is Live!
Posted in gas, Green Savings, Industrial, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, tagged flowback, Green Savings, green technology, Industrial, Natural gas, natural gas liquids, Natural gas processing, oil, Oil & Gas, Oil well, underground gas storage, Vortex, Vortex Tools on January 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Wherefore Art Thou, Neutral Fracking Definition?
Posted in gas, Green Commentary, Industrial, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, tagged Current Events, fracking, Green Commentary, Hydraulic fracturing, Industrial, Natural gas, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, Vortex Tools on January 24, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Vortex Tools goes in search of a neutral definition of the controversial fracking process, yet comes back with hands smeared with bias from both sides of the issue. Waldo. Carmen Sandiego. That leprechaun with my pot of gold. A neutral definition of fracking. What do these things have in common? That’s right, they’re hard to [...]
On the Keystone XL Project Rejection
Posted in gas, Green Commentary, Industrial, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, tagged Current Events, envrionmentalism, Green Commentary, Industrial, Keystone, Keystone Pipeline, Natural gas, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, Vortex Tools on January 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Vortex Tools looks at President Obama’s decision today to reject the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline project and what this means for environmentalists and the oil and gas industry. The short answer: Everything went as expected and nothing has changed. With President Obama rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline project, let’s take a look at how [...]
Cartoon Commentary: Solar Power isn’t Feasible
Posted in Cartoon Commentary, tagged Green Commentary, solar power on January 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
While I think solar power does have its share of issues, the gist of this one is fair: * * * Colin McKay Miller is the Marketing Manager for the SpiroFlo Holdings group of companies: -SpiroFlo for residential hot water savings (delivered 35% faster with up to a 5% volume savings on every hot water [...]
Fracking in 2012
Posted in gas, Green Commentary, Industrial, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, tagged Current Events, envrionmentalism, fracking, Green Commentary, Hydraulic fracturing, Industrial, Natural gas, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, Vortex Tools on January 10, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Vortex Tools explores the recent changes to oil and gas fracking regulations going into 2012. Ah, the second week of the New Year. The gyms are still packed, diets are still obeyed, but some things are already changing. Fracking (using highly pressurized water, sand and chemicals to fracture a rock layer for improved oil and [...]
Delving Into the Pro-Fracking Stance
Posted in gas, Green Commentary, Industrial, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, tagged Current Events, eco-villain, fracking, gas, Green Commentary, Hydraulic fracturing, Industrial, Natural gas, oil, Oil & Gas, Vortex, Vortex Tools on January 26, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Vortex Tools explores why the oil and gas industry believes fracking does not contaminate groundwater, and why, even when they are to blame (in this case of contamination or otherwise), they won’t take responsibility until they’re forced to do so. With the potential changes coming to hydraulic fracturing in 2012, we’ve spent a number of [...]
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