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News Briefs: Oil Services Company Cited for Death of Three Workers
A West Texas oil services company will have to pay $50,400 in fines for a well explosion that killed three workers earlier this year.
On Sept. 8, Mason Well Service was cited for…
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Rig Count Provides Weekly Snapshot of Petroleum Industry Activity
People who follow Wall Street depend enormously on the Standard & Poor’s 500, the Dow Jones Average, and the NASDAQ Composite indices for information on the economy. In the oil and gas…
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News Briefs: Violations Down as Pennsylvania’s DEP Steps Up Inspections
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection announced Aug. 28 that is has conducted 1,700 more inspections during the first seven months of the year than it did during the…
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News Briefs: Survey Shows More Support for Fracking
A survey conducted by the Robert Morris University Polling Institute showed that 57.1 percent of Pennsylvania residents are in support of hydraulic fracturing.
The poll also shows…
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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…
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News Briefs: No Overtime For Traveling Oilfield Workers in New Mexico
Oilfield workers in New Mexico are not entitled to overtime pay for travel between their homes and job sites, according to the New Mexico Court of Appeals in a ruling on June 25.
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News Briefs: Rig Count Increases First Time Since December
Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. reported that last week saw the first increase in the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. since December.
Baker…
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News Briefs: BLM Fracking Rule Temporarily Blocked by Federal Judge
A federal judge in Wyoming issued a temporary stay against the implementation of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s fracking rule that would have gone into effect June 24.
The…
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On the Drill Site
Robert Frew takes pride in talking about the trucks he designed for Halliburton – the nitrogen pumping trucks known as MPU-720 (Mobile Pumping Unit).
One of the oilfield services…
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News Briefs: US Rig Count Takes Another Dip
Baker Hughes announced that the past week saw yet another drop in U.S. rigs exploring for oil and natural gas. The count now rests at 868, a decline of seven from the previous week. A…