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Congress Will Vote On Lowering The Big Rig Truck Driving Age To 18
2015-07-14 03:38:02| Trucking - Topix.net
Republican senators want to lower the legal age for driving a full-sized semi-truck across state lines from 21 to 18. This isn't the first time the idea's come up, but the trucking industry is apparently more desperate than ever to put butts in trucks. Just to be clear; we're talking about Class 8 commercial trucks, known to most of us as "big rigs," which as Chief of Advocacy for Trucking Associations Dave Osiecki pointed out to AP ; teens can already operate within their own state borders.
US oil and natural gas rig count up by 1 to 863
2015-07-10 21:22:50| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
" Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by one this week to 863. Houston-based Baker Hughes said Friday 645 rigs were seeking oil and 217 explored for natural gas.
Oil Heads for Biggest Weekly Drop Since March as Rig Count Rises
2015-07-03 17:37:54| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Futures in New York fell for a third day and were down 5 percent for the week. The number of active rigs seeking oil climbed by 12 to 640, the first gain since December, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc. U.S. crude stockpiles increased by 2.39 million barrels through June 26, a government report showed Wednesday, boosting supplies further above seasonal average levels.
Arctic oil rig departs Seattle-area port despite protest
2015-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Coast Guard and police boats cleared a way through protesters in kayaks at a Seattle-area port on Tuesday so Royal Dutch Shell's second of two Arctic drilling rigs could depart for Alaska. The activists, who have staged frequent demonstrations during the past two months against Shell's planned oil exploration in the Chukchi Sea, said 21 protesters in kayaks took to the waters just beyond the Port of Everett from where the oil rig left. The activists who entered the safety zone around the Noble...
RUFNEK Rules the Rig
2015-06-29 10:27:00| Offshore Technology
The RUFNEK Series by Tulsa Winch is the standard in oil field planetary and worm winch design.
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