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State leaders ask Washington for more offshore drilling

Associated Press — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:49:48 +0000

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 [...]

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Energy company looking to sell interest in Gulf oil field

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:45:11 +0000

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 [...]

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Water advisory issued on Coast bayou after fuel spill

MBJ Staff — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:22:05 +0000

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 [...]

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Leaking Keesler generator spills diesel into bay

MBJ Staff — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:06:13 +0000

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 [...]

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First post-spill offshore oil and gas lease auction brings $1.7B

Associated Press — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:01:07 +0000

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 [...]

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Kinder Morgan pipeline construction to get underway

Associated Press — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:46:27 +0000

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 [...]

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Norfolk Southern signs biodiesel agreement for rail yard

MBJ Staff — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:44:05 +0000

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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