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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: Oil Well Backlog Hits 1,000 in North Dakota
The number of wells in North Dakota that have been drilled but not fracked passed 1,000 for the first time as producers delayed turning them on in hopes that crude prices will soon…
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The Upside of the Downturn
Communities and municipalities have been able to find some positives as the slowdown in crude oil production hit the Bakken. Several of those communities have been taking a look at how…
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News Briefs: Shell Haults Canadian Oilsands Project
Royal Dutch Shell will stop construction of its Carmon Creek thermal oilsands venture in Canada due to “uncertainties” facing the project, including a lack of infrastructure.
The…
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News Briefs: Oil Spill in North Dakota Likely Caused by Vandalism
Vandalism appears to be the cause of an oil spill in Williams County, North Dakota, that was noticed on Oct. 16, according to the North Dakota Department of Health.
The spill…
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News Briefs: California Shuts Down 33 Oilfield Wells
California is shutting down 33 oilfield wells that state officials improperly permitted to inject into federally protected water supplies.
It’s the latest development following…
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News Briefs: House Votes to Lift US Ban on Oil Exports
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Oct. 9 to lift a 40-year-old U.S. ban on crude oil exports. The measure was approved 261-159 and will now head to the Senate.
House Speaker…
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Blog: ABC Butchers the Bakken
Blood & Oil producers have no idea what they’re talking about and it’s delightful
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News Briefs: Baker Hughes Cuts Staff in North Dakota
Baker Hughes informed the City of Dickinson, North Dakota, on Sept. 23 that it was permanently terminating 117 employees there — most of them field operators and specialists.
In the…
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News Briefs: Clinton Opposes Keystone Pipeline
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she opposes the Keystone XL pipeline, taking sides with progressives who are fighting the 1,179-mile project over environmental…