Posts Tagged ‘oil well’

Governor signs fracking bill as database comes under scrutiny

by Associated Press Published: April 25,2013

Tags: bill, crude oil, database, energy, executive, fracking, governor, law, legislation, natural gas, oil well, state government

JACKSON — Legislation to lower the Mississippi severance tax on hydraulically fractured oil wells from 6 percent to 1.25 percent for first 30 months of well production has been signed into law by Gov. Phil Bryant. House Bill 1698 also will allow counties where fracking is occurring to keep a larger share of tax proceeds. [...] [...]

Cook on oil rig that exploded recalls escape; leak could reach land this week

by Associated Press Published: April 27,2010

Tags: Alabama, Deepwater Horizon, explosion, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, oil rig, oil well, Oleander Benton

NEW ORLEANS — Oleander Benton, a cook on an oil rig that exploded off the Louisiana coast, was sitting at a laundry room table with a friend when the lights went out. Then, there was the blast. The Deepwater Horizon platform shuddered, debris fell from the ceiling and Benton hit the floor, as she had [...] [...]

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