by Associated Press Published: June 16,2013
Tags: accident, casino, cleanup, crude oil, death, diesel, disaster, disaster recovery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fuel gasoline, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hoel, hospitality, lodging, loil, motel, natural gas, offshore drilling, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tar ball, tourism tourist, vacation, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Tourist John Henson of Atlanta disagrees, [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 28,2013
Tags: diesel, fuel, rebate, retail, retailer, retailing, sales, sales commission, sell, truck, trucker, trucking
HOLMES COUNTY — Another truck driver is suing Pilot Flying J over allegations that the nation’s largest diesel fuel retailer bilked customers out of rebates. Mike Campbell of Holmes County filed the class-action lawsuit last week in federal court in Jackson. The lawsuit, which is at least the eighth filed against the company, refers to [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 6,2013
Tags: crude oil, diesel, energy, federal government, fuel, gasoline, governor, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, petroleum, state government
GULF OF MEXICO — Six coastal governors have called on Washington to open up more waters to offshore drilling and to make permitting a quicker, more efficient process. The governors of Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi and Alaska spoke Monday at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Officials from Louisiana and Virginia also [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 30,2013
Tags: crude oil, diesel, energy, fuel, gasoline, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil field, petroleum, sale, sell
NATCHEZ — Callon Petroleum Co. says it’s trying to sell its interest in a Gulf of Mexico oil field. The company announced its board has authorized Jeffries LLC to try to sell its 15 percent interest in the Medusa deep-water field and 10 percent in Medusa Spar LLC, the company that owns the production platform [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 29,2013
Tags: bayou, contaminate, contamination, diesel, ecosystem, environment, fish, fishing, fuel, fuel spill, gasoline, pollutant, pollution, state agency, swim, swimmer, swimming, warter, water pollution, wildlife
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST — The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has issued a temporary water contact advisory for Dutch Bayou in Moss Point. The advisory was issued due to a fuel spill from the Pilot Travel Center located at 6705 Highway 63. MDEQ Emergency Response and Underground Storage Tank staff and local emergency officials [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 31,2012
Tags: accident, bay, cleanup, defense, diesel, ecosystem, environment, fuel, leak, military, pollution, saltewater, spill, water, wildlife
BILOXI — Keesler Air Force Base reported it is responding to a diesel fuel spill from the base commissary generator that leaked into a storm drain leading to Biloxi’s Back Bay yesterday. Brig. Gen. Brad Spacy, 81st Training Wing commander, said the base’s fire department, hazardous materials spill team and environmental officials are on scene [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 21,2012
Tags: auction, diesel, disaster, energy exploration, enviornment, explosion, fuel, gas, gas exploration, gasoline, habitat, lease, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil exploration, oil rig, oill spill, petroleum, tourism, tourist, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — The federal government’s first auction of offshore petroleum leases in the same area where the Deepwater Horizon exploded in 2010 brought in $1.7 billion in winning bids yesterday, prompting Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar to declare great strides are being made to get drilling back on track in the Gulf of [...] [...]
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — Plans to build a $220 million pipeline to transport gasoline and diesel from the Valero St. Charles Refinery in Norco, La., to a Mississippi pipeline hub are on track to begin this summer, company officials said. The Times-Picayune reports Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a Houston pipeline transportation and energy storage company, announced [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 16,2012
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, diesel, energy, rail lines, railroads, railways, railyards, renewable energy, renewable fuels, trains
MERIDIAN — Dynamic Fuels, LLC and Mansfield Oil Company have signed an agreement to supply renewable diesel to Norfolk Southern Corporation, a transporter of coal and industrial products. Norfolk Southern has primarily been using a Dynamic Fuels renewable diesel at its Meridian rail yard since early January. Dynamic Fuels, a 50/50 venture owned by Tyson [...] [...]
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