A million-dollar air study at Fort Worth, Texas, has identified excessive pollutants – including propane, methane and butane in high concentrations. But the study’s author does not believe the gas concentrations pose a public health risk. The study measured air samples for pollutants from 388 sites, publicbroadcasting.net reported. Though propane, methane and butane were found […]

A surge in US natural gas production and subsequent propane supply boom is the result of horizontal drilling combined with more hydraulic fracturing, the US Energy Department says. The Energy Information Administration yesterday released data highlighting the rapid jump in horizontal drilling operations in recent years to access shale gas formations. In Texas’ Barnett shale, […]