Bgi Resources

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

This is What a Massive 500 Gallon Propane Tank Explosion Looks Like

If there's one thing that you want to avoid with anything that's propane powered from your grill to your heater, It would most obviously be a situation that would put the propane tank in danger of building up enough pressure to explode and send shrapnel flying everywhere. While these tanks are fitted with safety...

Oil wells: what different types are they and when are they used?

Different wells will be used at different stages and for different purposes of an oil drilling process

Gas wells affect people's safety and health

Our organization has been monitoring air quality around shale gas wells and other facilities.

Can Coloradans Live Without Oil and Natural Gas?

Fractivists are fighting to ban fracking and eliminate oil & natural gas. Eliminating these energy resources would hurt our growing economy and environment.

The Climate Benefits of Natural Gas

The United States is a global leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions – a feat that is directly attributable to increased production and use of clean-burning natural gas. You’ve probably heard environmental activists attack hydraulic fracturing (fracking) because they say it worsens climate change. But like so much of the anti-fossil fuel “Keep It In...

Will Natural Gas Generation Slow Progress on Climate and Renewables?

The Stockholm Institute has released a provocative report that examines the longer term implications of relying on natural gas as a ‘bridge technology’ to a lower carbon economy.

Natural Gas Trading: The Market Still Feels The Consequences Of Past Mistakes

Low natural gas inventories (relative to historical norms) make price extremely susceptible to changes in the short-term weather models. If we trust GFS model e

Natural-Gas Boom Driving Methane Leaks, Study Finds

The U.S. natural-gas boom is putting much higher rates of methane into the atmosphere than government estimates suggest, a challenge for efforts to slow global warming, according to a new research analysis.

Did you know that oil and natural gas are central to our national security?

Did you know that oil and natural gas are central to our national security? What is a PADD? And why do they matter to your family? The United States has five Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADDs) specifically created to monitor fuel supplies and distribution capacity across the co

US Refineries are set to become the Gem of the Oil Industry

we look at how Middle Eastern geopolitical issues are effecting oil production, how the oil and gas industry is developing in the US, and how a shift in natural gas prices has turned

Is exporting natural gas a problem?

Industry groups say the resource should be treated as a crucial building block for U.S. manufacturing.

Things Are Bad for the Oil Industry and They're Going to Get Worse

The U.S. oil industry has been struggling for more than a year now, and if the price of oil doesn't go up a bit or at least stabilize, the whole situation will likely go from bad to worse. That's pretty much the only thing that industry analysts are certain of...

The Increase of Natural Gas Pipeline Construction and Impacts

There has been a significant increase in the number of new natural gas pipeline projects being built in the last two years in order to satisfy the...

If you care about the environment, you should welcome natural gas fracking

John Hanger: There is no perfect energy source that has no environmental impact and is low-cost. Natural gas is far better than coal or oil

Study finds contaminants in natural gas wastewater

Scientists from Duke University and two other institutions have discovered high levels of two potentially hazardous contaminants in wastewater discharged or spilled into streams and rivers from oil and gas

Opinion: Is banning natural gas an ‘antidote to climate change’?

Why prohibiting new hookups may not result in reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

Natural Gas Benefits

Natural gas and LNG facts

Natural gas is formed primarily of methane and can include ethane, propane, butane and pentane as well. Natural gas is the cleanest of all ...