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News Briefs: Wildfires Put a Stop to Oil Output in Canada
The wildfire that raged near Fort McMurray in Alberta knocked out as much as one-third of Canada’s daily crude capacity and closed some pipelines, according to Reuters news service.
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News Briefs: Enbridge Replacement Pipeline Gets Conditional Approval
Canada’s National Energy Board, on April 25, granted conditional approval to an Enbridge project to replace a pipeline that would allow more Canadian crude oil to flow into the U.S.
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News Briefs: US Rig Count Hits All-Time Low
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped to 476, according to numbers released by Baker Hughes on March 18.
A year ago, 1,069 rigs were active. The…
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News Briefs: Bakken Pipeline One Step Closer to Being Approved
The North Dakota Public Service Commission is one step closer to approving what would be the largest crude oil pipeline in the Bakken, but one of the panel’s three members won’t vote on…
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News Briefs: New Method for Safer Rail Shipment of Bakken Oil to be Tested
An alternative way of reducing the volatility of Bakken crude will be tested next year as North Dakota regulators report a “significant increase” in noncompliance with oil conditioning…
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News Briefs: GOP Pushes to Lift Oil Export Ban With Spending Bill
Republican demands to end the ban on exporting crude oil emerged as a final negotiating point Dec. 14 as lawmakers scrambled to complete a year-end spending bill needed to keep the…
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News Briefs: Fire at Oilfield Chemical Plant Injures 3
Workers at Lubrizol Corp.’s Oilfield Chemistry site in Pennsylvania were pouring hydraulic fracturing chemicals into a production tank Nov. 17 causing a fire that forced residents from…
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News Briefs: Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
President Obama announced Nov. 6 that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL pipeline, ending a seven-year review.
The denial of the proposed…
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House of Representatives Subcommittee Tours Oilfields
Congress members get firsthand look at Bakken crude transportation along rail and pipelines.
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News Briefs: Train Wasn’t Speeding Before Derailment, Officials Say
Federal officials say a train that derailed and spilled 35,000 gallons of oil in northwestern Montana on July 16 was traveling within recommended speed limits.
The train, loaded…