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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: Construction Can Begin on Bakken Pipeline in Iowa
Iowa state regulators gave permission June 6 for construction to start on the Bakken oil pipeline, despite a complaint by the Sierra Club that the action is illegal.
The approval by…
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News Briefs: Wildfire Destroys Oilsands Crew Camp
A wildfire in northern Alberta grew in size north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on May 17, consuming an evacuated oilsands camp and threatening other facilities in the region.
It came…
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News Briefs: Wildfires Put a Stop to Oil Output in Canada
The wildfire that raged near Fort McMurray in Alberta knocked out as much as one-third of Canada’s daily crude capacity and closed some pipelines, according to Reuters news service.
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News Briefs: OPEC Ends Meeting Without Agreement
Some of the world’s largest oil producing countries ended talks late April 17 without an agreement on whether to cap production, amid tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Members…
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News Briefs: Justice Department Files Suit Against Halliburton, Baker Hughes Merger
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on April 6 to stop Halliburton Co. from acquiring oilfield services rival Baker Hughes Inc., saying the deal would eliminate head-to-head…
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News Briefs: Former Chesapeake Energy CEO Dies in Fiery Crash
Aubrey McClendon, a founder and former CEO of Chesapeake Energy, died in a single-car crash March 2, a day after he was charged with conspiring to rig bids to buy oil and natural gas…
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News Briefs: Chesapeake Halting Drilling in Marcellus, Utica
Chesapeake Energy announced Feb. 26 that it will decrease costs by halting further drilling of new wells in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays.
The Oklahoma City company put in…
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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…