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News Briefs: Second Worker In Oilsands Explosion Dies
A worker who was critically injured in an explosion at an oilsands upgrader in northern Alberta has died, according to Canada’s Occupational Health and Safety.
The man had been…
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Why Outsourcing Water Treatment Makes Sense
Outsourcing has become a bit of a buzzword lately. As industries home in on growing their core business, it’s become more effective to bring in external partners for peripheral jobs and…
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News Briefs: 1 Dead in Oilsands Plant Explosion
One worker was killed and another was critically injured Jan. 15 in an explosion at an oilsands plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Nexen Energy ULC says the explosion at its…
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News Briefs: Texas Man Killed In Oilfield Accident
An Odessa, Texas, man was killed in an oilfield accident on Jan. 7 in Midland County after he was hit by a piece of equipment being loaded onto a flatbed trailer.
The Midland County…
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News Briefs: First Crude Oil Export Ships Out of US
The first cargo shipment of U.S. crude oil to be exported to a country other than Mexico or Canada left Corpus Christi, Texas, on Thursday, December 31, bound for Italy. ConocoPhillips…
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How Service Companies Stay Afloat in the Downturn
It was something owners of oil service companies didn’t want to hear: an oil exec saying the industry would be in a better position if the providers lowered their prices.
In…
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Compact Drilling Rig Brings Cost Efficiencies
Market conditions often spark new innovations, and in the case of Horizontal Well Drillers (HWD), an oil and gas drilling contractor based in Purcell, Oklahoma, challenging conditions…
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Diversification Leads Company to Rainwater Capture
The first year Seth Reeves taught at Latta High School in Ada, Oklahoma, he discovered the school’s greenhouse used 21,000 gallons of water from the city tap. That cost the school…
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News Briefs: Oilfield Services Company CEO Predicts OPEC Family Feud
The CEO of one of the largest private oilfield service companies in America doesn’t expect OPEC leaders to reduce oil production as a result of their meeting in Vienna this week.
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All Trenching Cave-Ins Are Avoidable
The risks, including death, are well known. Despite being easily prevented, cave-ins during trenching and excavation work continue to occur, killing an average of 40 workers every year.…