by Associated Press Published: October 30,2012
Tags: bench, board of supervisors, county, court, drill, drilling, energy, fuel, gasoline, government, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, natural gas, Oil, petroleum, supervisor
MCCOMB — Pike County supervisors say the area needs a second chancery judge to deal with expected rise in cases involving the growing oil industry. The Enterprise-Journal reports supervisors voted to ask lawmakers to add a judge to the 4th Chancery Court District. The district includes Pike, Amite, Walthall and Franklin counties. Supervisor Gary Honea [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 12,2012
Tags: accident, blowout, death, drill, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gasoline, hospitaslity, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilrig, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, sheen energy, spill, tourism, tourist, vacation, visitor, wrechage
GULF OF MEXICO — Federal scientists and BP say oil appears to have leaked last month from the drilling wreckage lying at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico near where a BP well blew out in 2010, causing the nation’s worst offshore spill. A probe started after a sheen was discovered Sept. 16 in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: June 22,2012
Tags: drill, drilling, energy, federal agency, federal government, gas, lease, natural gas, Oil, oil exploration, petroleum, sale
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States will hold an oil and gas lease sale for tracts in Louisiana and Mississippi Sept. 13 at its offices in Springfield, Va. Federal mineral lands in Mississippi and Louisiana totaling 34,630 acres will be offered. Mississippi parcels are in Smith, Scott and Franklin counties. In Louisiana, [...] [...]
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