October 25, 2016 archive

Drone Attacks Helicopter—-Deputies Forced to Shoot it Down at Protest Site in North Dakota

The Dakota Access Pipeline protest supported by some Oklahoma Native American tribes saw North Dakota law enforcement officials shooting at an unmanned aircraft over the weekend. The Morton County Sheriff’s office said a helicopter that was monitoring the latest protest against the nearly $4 billion pipeline was approached by a drone in what the office …

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Part of Seaway Pipeline Reopened After Oil Spill at Cushing

    Officials with Enterprise Products Partners say most of the oil that leaked Sunday night from its Seaway Crude Pipeline system at Cushing was contained in a retention pond The leak happened at a facility belonging to Enbridge Inc., a joint-owner of the Seaway Crude Pipeline company with Enterprise. Enterprise shut down the 400,000-bpd pipeline …

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USGS Says Underground Wastewater Disposal Wells Responsible for Seismic Activity

  An underground wastewater disposal from oil and natural gas production is to blame for the third-largest earthquake in Oklahoma, according to a report issued Monday by the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS said the 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck northwest of Fairview in February was likely induced by distant disposal wells. The agency’s report …

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