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By Edwin Thomas; Updated September 29, 2017 Extraction refined-1.1-800x800.jpg" width="320" /> Natural gas extraction begins with drilling a well. These wells are purpose-drilled for natural gas, but because natural gas is often found in the same deposits as petroleum, sometimes natural gas extraction is a side-operation of oil extraction, or is pumped back into the well for future extraction. In a typical operation, the well is drilled, a concrete and metal casing is installed into the hole, and a collection pump is installed above it. Preparation and Transportation After being brought up from its subterranean deposit, the raw natural gas is first transported to a collecting point. Here, pipelines from all adjacent wells bring the raw gas together for pre-processing, which removes water and condensates. Then it is almost always pipelined to a processing plant. If this is not feasible, the gas is pumped into an underground storage facility for future pipelining and us...

By Edwin Thomas; Updated September 29, 2017 Extraction refined-1.1-800x800.jpg" width="320" /> Natural gas extraction begins with drilling a well. These wells are purpose-drilled for natural gas, but because natural gas is often found in the same deposits as petroleum, sometimes natural gas extraction is a side-operation of oil extraction, or is pumped back into the well for future extraction. In a typical operation, the well is drilled, a concrete and metal casing is installed into the hole, and a collection pump is installed above it. Preparation and Transportation After being brought up from its subterranean deposit, the raw natural gas is first transported to a collecting point. Here, pipelines from all adjacent wells bring the raw gas together for pre-processing, which removes water and condensates. Then it is almost always pipelined to a processing plant. If this is not feasible, the gas is pumped into an underground storage facility...

Curiosity  isn’t NASA’s only rover currently on Mars — the Opportunity rover has also been on the red planet  since 2004 . But last year the rover dropped out of communications when an enormous  dust storm wracked the planet  and it hasn’t been heard from since. The Opportunity rover is solar-powered, and the storm kicked up so much dust that the sun’s rays were blocked from reaching the planet’s surface and recharging its batteries. The rover has not responded to contact from Earth, and over the last seven months has ignored over 600 calls, leading the NASA team to believe that it may no longer be able to continue its mission. It was hoped that as the storm cleared, the wind would blow away the dust which covered the rover’s solar panels so the rover could recharge. But this has not happened, and the rover remains silent. NASA has been attempting to contact the rover through a strategy called “sweep and beep,” where rather than just listening for responses from Opp...

Curiosity  isn’t NASA’s only rover currently on Mars — the Opportunity rover has also been on the red planet  since 2004 . But last year the rover dropped out of communications when an enormous  dust storm wracked the planet  and it hasn’t been heard from since. The Opportunity rover is solar-powered, and the storm kicked up so much dust that the sun’s rays were blocked from reaching the planet’s surface and recharging its batteries. The rover has not responded to contact from Earth, and over the last seven months has ignored over 600 calls, leading the NASA team to believe that it may no longer be able to continue its mission. It was hoped that as the storm cleared, the wind would blow away the dust which covered the rover’s solar panels so the rover could recharge. But this has not happened, and the rover remains silent. NASA has been attempting to contact the rover through a strategy called “sweep and beep,” where rather than just listening for response...

EARTHQUAKES have hit the United States today, striking California, Alaska and Oklahoma, are they due to the Super Blood Wolf Moon? Is there any correlation between the lunar cycle and earthquakes? By  GEORGINA LAUD PUBLISHED:  12:53, Tue, Jan 22, 2019   | UPDATED:  12:53, Tue, Jan 22, 2019 Eclipse 2019: Super wolf blood moon in sky over Buenos Aires Play Unmute Current Time  0:16 / Duration  1:16 Loaded : 0% Progress : 0% Facebook Twitter Share Fullscreen On Monday, January 21, six quakes have struck the United States - one measuring a magnitude of 4.7. Four earthquakes have hit Alaska, one has hit Oklahoma and another California. Last night a Super Blood Wolf Moon graced the night sky, turning the Moon red in the process; but are the  Blood Moon  and earthquakes connected? These struck between 7.59pm Sunday, January 20 (4.59am Monday GMT) and 11.33pm Sunday, January 20 (8.33am Monday GMT). Meanwhile in Oklahoma, a magnitude 3.6 struck 20km sout...

EARTHQUAKES have hit the United States today, striking California, Alaska and Oklahoma, are they due to the Super Blood Wolf Moon? Is there any correlation between the lunar cycle and earthquakes? By  GEORGINA LAUD PUBLISHED:  12:53, Tue, Jan 22, 2019   | UPDATED:  12:53, Tue, Jan 22, 2019 Eclipse 2019: Super wolf blood moon in sky over Buenos Aires Play Unmute Current Time  0:16 / Duration  1:16 Loaded : 0% Progress : 0% Facebook Twitter Share Fullscreen On Monday, January 21, six quakes have struck the United States - one measuring a magnitude of 4.7. Four earthquakes have hit Alaska, one has hit Oklahoma and another California. Last night a Super Blood Wolf Moon graced the night sky, turning the Moon red in the process; but are the  Blood Moon  and earthquakes connected? These struck between 7.59pm Sunday, January 20 (4.59am Mond...

Quantum Theory In November 1922, when Einstein and Elsa were visiting Japan as part of an extended tour of the Far East, they received the news that Einstein had been awarded the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. Although Einstein was most famous for his theory of relativity, the prize was officially awarded for his work on quantum theory. Throughout the first quarter of the century, Einstein made many important contributions to this field, the first of which was his 1905 paper on the photoelectric effect. From 1905 to 1923, he was one of the only scientists to take seriously the existence of light quanta, or photons. However, he was strongly opposed to the new version of quantum mechanics developed by Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schroedinger in 1925-26, and from 1926 onwards, Einstein led the opposition to quantum mechanics. He was thus both a major contributor to and a major critic of quantum theory. Einstein's early contributions to quantum theory include his heuristic suggestion t...