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News Briefs: Rig Count Decreases Third Week Straight
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. decreased by six to 842 last week in numbers reported by Baker Hughes on Sept. 18.
The oilfield services company…
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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: Rig Count Drops by 13
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 13 to 864 last week, according to data released by oilfield services company Baker Hughes on Sept. 4.
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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: Halliburton, Baker Hughes Receive Another Request for Information
Halliburton has received a second request for information from the U.S. Department of Justice regarding its $34.6 billion proposed acquisition of Baker Hughes Inc.
The requests,…
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News Briefs: EIA Predicts Further US Shale Oil Output Drops in August
In its latest Drilling Productivity Report, the U.S. Energy Information Administration says U.S. crude oil production from shales is projected to fall for the fourth straight month in…
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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: Rig Count Continues Falling
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by nine last week to 859, according to Baker Hughes.
The oilfield services company announced on June 12…
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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…
