Mississippi Business Journal » drill http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 23:16:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Supervisors want second judge as oil industry grows http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/supervisors-want-second-judge-as-oil-industry-grows/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=supervisors-want-second-judge-as-oil-industry-grows http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/30/supervisors-want-second-judge-as-oil-industry-grows/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:02:31 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=64606 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 [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/12/scientists-bp-say-gulf-oil-sheen-from-drilling-wreckage/feed/ 0 In-state oil/gas leases to go up for sale in September http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/22/in-state-oilgas-leases-to-go-up-for-sale-in-september/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-state-oilgas-leases-to-go-up-for-sale-in-september http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/22/in-state-oilgas-leases-to-go-up-for-sale-in-september/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2012 22:07:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=58842 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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