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News Briefs: Drilling Permits Increase in Ohio and Pennsylvania
Utica and Marcellus shale well drilling permits continue to inch higher, and more drilled wells are in production.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection says it…
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News Briefs: Rig Count Shoots Up By 27
For the second time in four weeks, the number of rigs searching for oil and natural gas jumped up by 20 or more. In data released by oilfield services company Baker Hughes Dec. 9, the…
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News Briefs: Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Segment
The Army Corps of Engineers denied a permit for the construction of a key section of the Dakota Access Pipeline, granting a major victory to protestors who have been demonstrating for…
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News Briefs: North Dakota Governor Orders Protesters Off of Federal Property
North Dakota’s governor ordered the expulsion of protesters camped on federal property near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline project they oppose, saying the “emergency evacuation”…
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News Briefs: More than 150 Injured in Continued Protests in North Dakota
Tear gas, freezing cold water and rubber bullets were used to disperse a crowd of 400 protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline late Nov. 20 and early Nov. 21 that left more than 150…
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News Briefs: Demonstrations Against Bakken Pipeline Continue
A group called the Native American Coalition spent the afternoon of Sept. 25 standing in solidarity against the Bakken oil pipeline in Davenport, Iowa.
The group says it’s not only…
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Boom to Bust: Surviving the Slowdown in Williston
If you walked the streets of Williston in early 2008, life in the small, rural North Dakota town was simple.
Stop in for a cup of coffee at the Courthouse Café on East Broadway, and…
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News Briefs: Man Injured in Dickinson Shooting Incident
A 59-year-old man was injured in his home on April 30 when a stray bullet from a nearby shooting passed through the wall of his trailer home in Dickinson, North Dakota.
Multiple…
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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: Iowa Regulators Discuss Fining Pipeline Company
State regulators in Iowa discussed imposing penalties on a Texas oil company planning to build a crude oil pipeline from North Dakota, through South Dakota and Iowa to a terminal in…