276
Spud, 25
Stagflation, 65
Standard International (SI) unit, 21
Standard Oil Company, 52, 55
Standard Oil Company of Ohio (SOHIO), 54
Standard Oil Trust, 53
State agencies, 196
Station keeping, 123
Stationary drill pipe, 75
Statistical techniques, 87
Stranded gas, 127
Strategic bombing campaign, 70
Stray gas, 9, 199
badly-cemented conventional well, 102
basement/well vault, 100
biological activity, 100
contaminants, 100, 104
drinking water wells, 103
flowpaths, 103
foaming agent, 110
fracking, 96, 99, 100
incidents, 96
methane, 100
methane injection experiment, 104
migration, 96, 103, 104
O&G opponents, 96
sources, 96
standardizing, 100
water well vault, 102
String, 24
Stripper wells, 112
Strontium isotope ratios, 94
Sucker rod wax, 47
Sulfate reducers, 114, 194
Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), 84, 171, 172
Sulfur emissions, 221
Super-emitters, 85
Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact
Statement (SGEIS), 191
Surface disposal process, 114
Surface water
bodies, 94
chemical additives, 94
contaminants, 94, 105, 149
influences, 112
monitoring, 94
risk, 93, 105
Sustainability, 203
Sustainability Research Network by the
National Science Foundation, 88
Sustainable Development Program, 181
Sustainable energy, 246, 247
Synfuel pilot project, 71
Synfuels, 205
Synthetic fuel/synfuel, 71
Syracuse University and Chesapeake
Energy, 103
T
Tax transfers, 223
Taxpayers, 187
Technological solutions, fossil fuels
air transit, 240
aircraft, 240
aircraft accidents, 240
atomic weapons, 231
beltway bandits, 239
carbon tax, 226, 227
chernobyl, 228
climate change, 231, 232
Cold War military planners, 232
commercial nuclear power, 233
DAC, 227
Deaf Smith County, 235
death rates, 229
Death Valley, 233
DOE, 234
earthquake, 228
EGS, 240, 241
electric utilities, 232
energy future, 242
ESF, 233, 234
fuel cycle, 240
Fukushima, 228
geologic repository, 231
geothermal energy, 240
GHG, 226
Hanford Site, 235, 236
heat, rocks, 241
high-level radioactive waste, 232
hydraulic fractures, 241
income, 233
isotope 239 U, 230
krypton gas, 228
low-enriched uranium, 230
MOX, 230
Nevada, 238, 239
new nuclear engineering, 227
new nuclear technology, 228
nuclear electricity, 228, 232
nuclear energy, 231
nuclear fuel, 229
nuclear materials, 230
nuclear power, 227, 228, 231, 240
nuclear power plant waste, 231
nuclear proliferation, 231
nuclear reactor designs, 229
Index
Spud, 25
Stagflation, 65
Standard International (SI) unit, 21
Standard Oil Company, 52, 55
Standard Oil Company of Ohio (SOHIO), 54
Standard Oil Trust, 53
State agencies, 196
Station keeping, 123
Stationary drill pipe, 75
Statistical techniques, 87
Stranded gas, 127
Strategic bombing campaign, 70
Stray gas, 9, 199
badly-cemented conventional well, 102
basement/well vault, 100
biological activity, 100
contaminants, 100, 104
drinking water wells, 103
flowpaths, 103
foaming agent, 110
fracking, 96, 99, 100
incidents, 96
methane, 100
methane injection experiment, 104
migration, 96, 103, 104
O&G opponents, 96
sources, 96
standardizing, 100
water well vault, 102
String, 24
Stripper wells, 112
Strontium isotope ratios, 94
Sucker rod wax, 47
Sulfate reducers, 114, 194
Sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), 84, 171, 172
Sulfur emissions, 221
Super-emitters, 85
Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact
Statement (SGEIS), 191
Surface disposal process, 114
Surface water
bodies, 94
chemical additives, 94
contaminants, 94, 105, 149
influences, 112
monitoring, 94
risk, 93, 105
Sustainability, 203
Sustainability Research Network by the
National Science Foundation, 88
Sustainable Development Program, 181
Sustainable energy, 246, 247
Synfuel pilot project, 71
Synfuels, 205
Synthetic fuel/synfuel, 71
Syracuse University and Chesapeake
Energy, 103
T
Tax transfers, 223
Taxpayers, 187
Technological solutions, fossil fuels
air transit, 240
aircraft, 240
aircraft accidents, 240
atomic weapons, 231
beltway bandits, 239
carbon tax, 226, 227
chernobyl, 228
climate change, 231, 232
Cold War military planners, 232
commercial nuclear power, 233
DAC, 227
Deaf Smith County, 235
death rates, 229
Death Valley, 233
DOE, 234
earthquake, 228
EGS, 240, 241
electric utilities, 232
energy future, 242
ESF, 233, 234
fuel cycle, 240
Fukushima, 228
geologic repository, 231
geothermal energy, 240
GHG, 226
Hanford Site, 235, 236
heat, rocks, 241
high-level radioactive waste, 232
hydraulic fractures, 241
income, 233
isotope 239 U, 230
krypton gas, 228
low-enriched uranium, 230
MOX, 230
Nevada, 238, 239
new nuclear engineering, 227
new nuclear technology, 228
nuclear electricity, 228, 232
nuclear energy, 231
nuclear fuel, 229
nuclear materials, 230
nuclear power, 227, 228, 231, 240
nuclear power plant waste, 231
nuclear proliferation, 231
nuclear reactor designs, 229
Index