by Ted Carter Published: May 17,2013
Tags: energy, fracking, Goodrich Petroleum, oil exploration, TMS, Tuscaloosa Marine Shale
Mississippi’s leaders expect a parade of oil drillers to converge on the southwest corner of the state and are happy to cover the cost of striking up the marching music. When a potential to fill seven billion barrels awaits, let’s get cracking, they say. So far, state officials are getting the answer they wanted when [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 17,2013
Tags: alderman, board of aldermen, city government, drilling, energy, frack, fracking, fuel, gasoline, municipal, municipality, natural gas, Oil, oil exploration, petroleum
CALEDONIA — With the decision of the Caledonia Board of Alderman to allow fracking within the town’s city limits, what has been a national issue is now a local one. The questions emerge: Is it safe? If so, what would fracking mean to the small town? There is no consensus on either question. Hydraulic fracturing [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 24,2012
Tags: accident, animals, death, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, fauna, Flora, food, hospitality, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil drilling, oil exploration, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, plants, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, vacation, vacationer, vacationing, visitor, wildlife, workplace safety
WASHINGTON — BP focused too much on the little details of personal worker safety instead of the big systemic hazards that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and wasn’t as strict on overall safety when drilling rigs involved other companies that they hired, a government safety panel concludes. Eleven workers were killed [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: July 6,2012
Tags: county government, crude oil, energy, natural gas, Oil, oil drilling, oil exploration, oil rig, petroleum, region, regionalism
SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI — Pike County supervisors are suggesting southwest Mississippi take a regional approach to address the growing oil exploration in the area. Officials believe if the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale formation proves to be a honey hole for oil and gas companies, then southwest Mississippi could see a boost in business and an influx of [...] [...]
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, [...] [...]
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 [...] [...]
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