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Norstar Manufacturing
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EPA Report Reviews Effects of Fracking on Drinking Water Resources
The Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft assessment on the potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing activities on drinking water resources in the United States. The…
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News Briefs: Maryland Bans Fracking for 2 ½ Years
Maryland became the second state in recent months to ban fracking after Gov. Larry Hogan decided not to veto the bill. Under Maryland’s constitution, the law took effect May 30 due to…
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News Briefs: Oklahoma Prevents Local Fracking Bans
Oklahoma cities and counties can no longer ban fracking or other well and gas operations within their boundaries under a bill signed into law on May 29 by Gov. Mary Fallin.
The bill…
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News Briefs: Ruptured California Pipeline Spills 21,000 Gallons of Crude
A pipeline that ruptured near Santa Barbara on May 19 leaked an estimated 21,000 gallons of crude oil, according to Coast Guard authorities. Some of the crude flowed into the ocean and…
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News Briefs: Rural Town Evacuated after Oil Train Derails
No one was injured and the small community of Heimdal, North Dakota, was evacuated following a derailment of a 109-car BNSF railway train Wednesday morning.
The train that derailed…
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News Briefs: Florida Passes Bill on Fracking
A bill passed in Florida on April 27 would allow fracking to continue, but would put a moratorium in place until a study and rule-making were completed.
The bill passed in a vote of…
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New TV Show Portrays Life in the Bakken Boom
The stories of all the money to be made in the Bakken weren’t lost on Ben Moorhead of Phoenix, Arizona.
In fact, a few years ago when the truck driver and his wife, Phoebe, found…
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MTU
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News Briefs: Marijuana Found Hidden in Oilfield Equipment
A semitruck carrying a pressure washer skid was also found to be carrying over 4,000 pounds of marijuana after state troopers in Texas stopped the truck.
State troopers stopped the…