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Large North Dakota Oil Spill Spotlights Obama Delay on Pipeline Rules
Posted by Bloomberg: Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on October 30th, 2013
Bloomberg: Three years after an oil pipeline rupture in Michigan spilled 843,000 gallons of sludge, government regulators still haven’t produced promised rules to compel operators to detect leaks.
An oil spill in North Dakota last month and the continued debate over construction of TransCanada Corp. (TRP)’s Keystone XL Pipeline have led to renewed criticism to the government’s inaction on safety measures.
“It’s outrageous,” Rick Kessler, Pipeline Safety Trust’s president and a Washington lobbyist, said...
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Quake Tied to Oil-Drilling Waste Adds Pressure for Fracking Rules
Posted by Bloomberg: Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on March 27th, 2013
Bloomberg: Scientists have linked Oklahoma’s biggest recorded earthquake to the disposal of wastewater from oil production, adding to evidence that may lead to greater regulation of hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas.
The 5.7-magnitude quake in 2011 followed an 11-fold bump in seismic activity across the central U.S. in recent years as disposal wells are created to handle increases in wastewater from hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma, Columbia University and...
Oklahoma Quake Tied to Wastewater Shows Oil Boom Impact
Posted by Bloomberg: Mark Drajem and Jim Efstathiou Jr. on March 26th, 2013
Bloomberg: A 2011 Oklahoma earthquake has been tied by researchers to the disposal of wastewater from oil production, the latest study suggesting the energy boom from advances such as fracking is increasing temblors.
A series of quakes in November 2011 followed an 11-fold bump in seismic activity across the central U.S., as disposal wells are created to handle the increase in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas, geologists at the University of Oklahoma, Columbia University and the U.S. Geological...