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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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Blog: Building a Monster
Caterpillar shows how it builds its massive mining truck
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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…
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DNV GL JIP Investigates Accuracy of Flowmeter Technology for Phase Contaminated Oil Flows
Accurate allocation measurement results are a key financial and commercial driver for E&P companies. Yet despite limited evidence of the performance of Coriolis and ultrasonic flowmeter…
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News Briefs: Oil Company to Pay Millions for Oil Spill Clean-up
Enbridge Energy and its affiliates will pay $75 million to settle a 2010 oil spill that dumped 800,000 gallons of oil into Michigan’s Talmadge Creek and Kalamazoo River, state officials…
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Awards, City Growth Show What’s Happening Behind The Scenes
In the oil and gas industry, plenty goes on that deserves credit, but doesn’t always get it.
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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: Oilfield Services Company Slapped With Fine
Oilfield services company J&M Energy Services was fined $60,900 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations found during an investigation that began in…
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Derailment First-Responder Safety Program Gets On Track
A new course is being rolled out to help enhance awareness and address the safety issues surrounding the potential derailment of trains transporting crude oil. Recently delivered to a…
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News Briefs: Another Week of Declining Rig Count
It was the 20th straight week of decline as the U.S. oil rig count dropped by 31 this week to 703, marking the lowest level since October 2010, according to Baker Hughes in its weekly…