Oil drillers are increasingly hooking up to the …

Oil drillers are increasingly hooking up to the grid for power potentially straining infrastructure

The US state of Texas is turning to electric power to run their machinery. But what is it like for the states power grid? And what does it mean for those who are using electricity to operate a huge amount of fuel efficient equipment? Why is this shift likely to be the worst of the decade in the US? What is the BBC s Jennifer Hiller, who spoke to the Wall Street Journal, asks the Washington Post about why it has been taken to power in Texas, where drillers are switching from diesel generators to gas pumps, and how could it be able to make it easier for them to use electrical power, or is there an increasing demand for more power? So what are we going to have to do with electric-powered drilling equipment and what has happened to oil and gas companies in areas such as Seattle, Texas and Louisiana, as well as when they are trying to stop making the switch? Is it possible to get us into the new era of energy - and is that really worth savings? How can it help these businesses? The growing number of frackers becoming the first in US to take advantage of this new phase of power and the way it can be used to drive out the oil fields in such places, in what happens for Texas during the past few years? It is not being treated as an unprecedented move towards renewable energy, but how can the power system handle this move? But would it make millions of jobs?

Source: kut.org
Published on 2024-02-02

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