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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: 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: Halliburton, Schlumberger Cut Jobs in First Quarter
Halliburton cut more than 6,000 jobs during the first quarter of 2016, according to its first quarter operations update the company released on April 22.
Since late 2014, the…
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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: Iowa Utilities Board Formally Issues Pipeline Permit
Iowa regulators, on April 8, issued a hazardous liquid pipeline permit to Dakota Access LLC, but construction in Iowa cannot begin until permits are finalized from other regulating…
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News Briefs: Nebraska Governor Approves New Oil and Gas Regulations
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed new regulations for the state’s oil and gas industry on March 30.
The law will require periodic sampling and reporting of fracking waste fluids…
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News Briefs: EPA Criticizes Wyoming Fracking Study
A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency review is showing that Wyoming regulators downplayed health concerns, glossed over ambiguities and made unsubstantiated claims about the source of…
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News Briefs: US Rig Count Hits All-Time Low
The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped to 476, according to numbers released by Baker Hughes on March 18.
A year ago, 1,069 rigs were active. The…
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News Briefs: Rig Count Reaches New Record Low
The number of rigs seeking oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by nine last week to 480, a new record low for the U.S., according to oilfield services company Baker Hughes.
The…
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News Briefs: 1 Injured in Texas Refinery Fire
One person was burned when a unit making diesel ruptured on Saturday morning at a refinery in Pasadena, Texas, owned by Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras.
The company said in…