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Major battle over oil terminal unfolds in Pacific Northwest
2016-06-26 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Two companies proposing to build what would be the nation's largest oil-by-rail marine terminal along the Columbia River in Washington see it as an opportunity to link domestic crude oil from the Midwest to a West Coast port. Critics, however, see an environmental and safety catastrophe waiting to happen, especially after a train carrying volatile Bakken crude oil derailed and burned on June 3 in Mosier, Oregon, just 70 miles upriver from the project site in Vancouver, Washington. The battle over...
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Ventura oil spill misses the ocean, but damage on land is unclear
2016-06-26 00:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Before the sun rose Thursday, Kirk Atwater`s wakeup call was a noxious breeze that filled his bedroom with fumes. He stepped out of his ranch that overlooks an arroyo in the Ventura hills and saw a creek of thick, black goo traveling through the canyon that was dry just the day before. A pipeline valve had somehow opened and sent thousands of gallons of crude oil down into an arroyo that flows through the city of Ventura and reaches the ocean near the Ventura Pier. Atwater, 56, called 911...
Ecopetrol offers 20 oil and gas blocks for auction in Bogota
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol has announced the offering of 20 oil and gas blocks for auction, as part of its 'Round Campos 2016' process in Bogota.
M&As this week: Marathon Oil, Milaha, Palfinger
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Marathon Oil Corporation has agreed to acquire PayRock Energy, LLC. The $888m deal will be funded by the company using cash in hand.
Report: Falling oil prices impede further development of Canadas Kearl oil sands project
2016-06-24 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
The existing uncertainty in the global oil market coupled with high-supply costs of mining projects has resulted in the delay of phases three and four of Canadas Kearl oil sand project, says a GlobalData report.
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