WRGB MIDDLEFIELD -- As the debate to drill for natural gas in New York continues, landowners are growing increasingly frustrated that the state has not decided whether hydrofracking is legal. It has been in ... Water and chemicals break up Marcellus Shale ...
StateImpact Texas Operators are seeking more state permits to open new sites as drilling continues to surge in the Eagle Ford Shale. Disposal ... It can contain chemicals as well as hydrocarbons. ... He says that's why more disposal sites are located there than in other ...
Reuters Rather than drill wildcat wells and hope for the best, which is basically what happened in the 19th and early 20th centuries, most exploration and production companies now rely on super-computers to process and combine vast amounts of data gathered ... and more »
Akron Beacon Journal (blog) But there are reports that the company has largely halted Ohio drilling . The company has said its Ohio plans ... Profit in the recent quarter, excluding a loss on derivatives and other one- time items, was $1.08 a share, topping the 95-cent average of ... and more »
Dallas Business Journal The Lone Star chapter of the environmentalist organization supports bills that would use saltwater pipes to haul fracking water from drill sites to disposal wells. Other backers include Fort Worth-based Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), Oklahoma City-based ... and more »
Syracuse.com (blog) The towns of Pompey and DeWitt are poised to adopt bans on the controversial gas drilling technique known as hydrofracking, while Fabius will consider extending its moratorium. . Pompey and DeWitt are scheduled to vote soon on proposed ... Two of the ...
New Yorker The White House believes that chemical weapons have been used at least twice, and there are credible reports of incidents in three other places, all on a ...
Access Washington RICHLAND – Last fall, rail cars carrying crude oil from North Dakota and Montana began making regular transits through Eastern Washington – including the Tri-Cities – mostly bound for petroleum refineries and fuel terminals in Puget Sound. This week ... and more »
Grist ATP, which is now bankrupt, is accused of spilling oil and a dispersant called Cleartron ZB-103 — dispersant known for being harmful to aquatic life [PDF] — regularly between October 2010 and March 2012. In the Gulf, the plot, and the oil and ... and more »
Somewhat Reasonable - Heartland Institute (blog) Long-running geopolitics have been turned upside down, as OPEC, Russia and other oil superpowers wonder what hit them. Plastic and chemical manufacturers, steel makers, bus and fleet vehicle operators, and now long-haul truckers are already cashing ... and more »
