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Aerial leak detection technologies focus of pipeline research project

Challenge with leak detection technologies is choosing correct sensors Three North American pipeline companies have teamed up to advance leak detection technologies, focusing on aerial-based approaches for crude oil pipelines. The goal of the project is to identify technologies capable of viably detecting small leaks from liquid petroleum pipeline systems to improve pipeline safety. Enbridge Pipelines Inc., […]

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Oil by rail shipments are 52% of supply to East Coast refineries

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Canadian oil sands production increasingly shipped to East Coast oil by rail Monthly oil by rail receipts accounted for more than half (52%) of the crude oil supply to East Coast refineries in February. As U.S. and Canadian production of crude oil has increased, crude supply by rail to East Coast (PADD 1) refineries has

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Heimdal, N.D. explosion amps up debate over oil tanker safety

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A train that derailed and caught fire early Wednesday near Heimdal in rural North Dakota was hauling crude from the state’s oil patch, raising questions about whether new state standards intended to reduce the volatility of such shipments are sufficient. The six tank cars that exploded into flames were a model slated to be phased

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EOG Resources will frack in Texas if oil hits $65 a barrel

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EOG Resources says it is positioning itself to be competitive in a “low-price environment” EOG Resources Inc, one of America’s biggest shale producers, says it will frack wells in South Texas Eagle Ford if oil prices stabilize around $65 per barrel. EOG Resources Inc., considered a leader in the U.S. shale oil industry, reported a better-than-expected

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Exxon Mobil Q1 profits down 46% to US$4.94B

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Lowest Exxon Mobil Q1 in six years It was the lowest first-quarter profit for Exxon Mobil Corp. in six years, although the results still beat Wall Street expectations. Exxon earned $4.94 billion in the first quarter, a huge sum but only about half of what the company made last year. Lower oil prices depleted both Exxon’s top

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Bureau of Land Management wasting natural gas on federal lands

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Bureau of Land Management underestimating amount of gas vented and flared Significant amounts of natural gas on federal lands are being wasted by the Bureau of Land Management says a new report, costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year and adding to harmful greenhouse gas emissions. The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office also said

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Midland to Houston pipeline planned by Enterprise Products Partners L.P.

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Midland producers will have new route to refineries in Houston, Beaumont, etc. with Enterprise Products Partners pipeline Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) is building a new new 416-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline to transport crude oil and condensate from the company’s Midland, Texas terminal to its Sealy storage facility near Houston. “The commitments we received for the Midland-to-Sealy

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Explaining Alberta’s new socialist government to Texans

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An oil and gas royalty review, less support for pipelines, just some of issues concerned Aberta energy executives Imagine if Texas elected Bernie Sanders as governor and the State Legislature was dominated by the Socialist Party. That’s more or less the situation in Alberta, home of the Canadian oil sands, which Tuesday elected Rachel Notley

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Oil by rail transport regulations need improving – industry, critics

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Oil by rail transport growing rapidly in United States, Canada Finally. The American and Canadian governments announced Friday a new set of safer oil by rail transport regulations, but critics say updated rules aren’t perfect. The two governments worked jointly on the changes because the rail industries in both countries are tightly integrated. Summary of

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Texas legislature passes law stopping local fracking bans

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Texas Municipal League supports legislation after changes made to allow some local regulation Texas moved Monday to ban municipalities from imposing prohibitions on hydraulic fracturing and other potentially environmentally harmful oil and natural gas drilling activities within their boundaries – a major victory for industry groups and top conservatives who have decried rampant local “overregulation.” Lawmakers in

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