HOUSTON (AP) – Injury claims, government data and public records of oil field accidents since the start of the onshore drilling and fracking boom in 2007 show the federal government failed to ...
BISMARCK – To monitor crude oil stored on well sites, workers often must climb atop large tanks to open them. “When you first crack open that tank, you’re going to get a pretty heady plume,” said Eric ...
REEVES COUNTY, Texas — A deadly explosion at a fracking site in Reeves County Monday night has raised serious concerns about worker safety in the oil and gas industry. One worker lost his life, and ...
Texas lawmakers hope a series of new laws will help end oil field thefts in West Texas. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune ODESSA — At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil ...
MYTON, Utah (KUTV) — An oil hauler was severely burned in a Duchesne County oil field explosion. The incident occurred in Myton, Utah, at Uinta Wax Operating on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 14.
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Leaked files raise fears over safety of Shell oil production fleet, years after devastating spill
Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship. Such transfers are ...
Questions still stir more than two years after the death of a young mechanical engineer near Alaska’s North Slope oil fields. Colby Lord, 23, suffered a severe skull fracture on April 15, 2023. A ...
Alaska's legislature, meanwhile, eager to please the industry, has gutted the state agencies responsible for regulating oil-field safety. Indiana, which takes a full year to produce the amount of ...
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Annual Illinois Basin Celebration held in Carmi
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT)- The fourth annual Illinois Basin Celebration, an event held in appreciation of oil field workers will be held today in Carmi. The event recognizes the efforts of the more than 4 ...
At least three times a week, Darin Mitchell gets the call. Oil drums have been stolen. Copper wires were yanked. Other field equipment at an oil and gas facility was pilfered. The Winkler County ...
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