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Court refuses to hear challenge to oil and gas leases decision - Deseret News
Jan 25th 2013, 01:09


Deseret News

Court refuses to hear challenge to oil and gas leases decision
Deseret News
DeChristopher is giving up appeals of his conviction for bidding on oil-and-gas parcels he couldn't pay for at a federal auction in Utah. DeChristopher said Friday he was dropping appeals after being turned back earlier this month at the Denver-based ...

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Hawaii's list of top 40 renewable energy leaders gains new projects - Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Jan 25th 2013, 00:54


Hawaii's list of top 40 renewable energy leaders gains new projects
Pacific Business News (Honolulu)
Topping the recently-updated Top 40 list is the 8-megawatt biofuel Honolulu Emergency Power Facility for the Honolulu International Airport, followed by the 6.6-megawatt waste-to-energy Honua Power Project on Oahu, the 6.7-megawatt Green Energy ...

Enterprise Announces Acquisition of Interest in Oil and Gas Assets in Papua ... - Marketwire (press release)
Jan 25th 2013, 00:33


Enterprise Announces Acquisition of Interest in Oil and Gas Assets in Papua ...
Marketwire (press release)
Telemu is the holder of four petroleum prospecting licenses ("PPL") in Papua New Guinea, PPL 319, PPL 320, PPL 321 and PPL 322, comprising a total of over 5.5 million acres and covering highly prospective territory for oil and gas exploration. PPL 319 ...

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River Birch landfill can take oil and gas drilling waste, DEQ says ... - NOLA.com
Jan 25th 2013, 00:31


River Birch landfill can take oil and gas drilling waste, DEQ says ...
NOLA.com
River Birch landfill can continue to take drilling waste from oil and gas exploration, state officials have decided, letting the Waggaman landfill tap into a waste stream that's growing rapidly with Louisiana's natural gas boom. An environmental expert ...

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Obama Climate Change Push To Tie Environment To Job Creation: Adviser - Huffington Post
Jan 24th 2013, 23:47


Obama Climate Change Push To Tie Environment To Job Creation: Adviser
Huffington Post
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renew his push to spur investment in renewable energy projects that create jobs as a key part of his second-term strategy for tackling climate change, a top White House policy adviser said on ...

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Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science - The Independent
Jan 24th 2013, 23:46


The Independent

Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science
The Independent
A secretive funding organisation in the United States that guarantees anonymity for its billionaire donors has emerged as a major operator in the climate "counter movement" to undermine the science of global warming, The Independent has learnt.

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Several firms relying on oil and gas sector for bulk of earnings - The Star Online
Jan 24th 2013, 23:33


Several firms relying on oil and gas sector for bulk of earnings
The Star Online
GEORGE TOWN: Asia's growing oil and gas (O&G) drilling and exploration activities will spearhead the growth of local companies providing services to the O&G industry. Daya Materials Bhd and Metech Kenzai Sdn Bhd, for instance, are expecting the O&G ...

Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM - The Hindu
Jan 24th 2013, 23:13


Environment, Tribal Ministries to stand by forest rights while meeting PM
The Hindu
In a joint strategy for their meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh next week, Environment and Forests Minister Jayanthi Natarajan and Tribal Affairs Minister Kishore Chandra Deo both reportedly plan to oppose any dilution of tribal rights in ...

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Crow Tribe signs 1.4B ton coal deal with Cloud Peak Energy - Billings Gazette
Jan 24th 2013, 21:53


NBC Montana

Crow Tribe signs 1.4B ton coal deal with Cloud Peak Energy
Billings Gazette
CROW AGENCY – Representatives for the Crow Tribe and Cloud Peak Energy Inc. signed an agreement on Thursday for the potential development of 1.4 billion tons of coal. Hundreds of people in theMultipurposeBuildingin Crow Agency looked on as Crow ...
Mont. tribe signs coal deal with Wyo. company NewsOK.com
Crow Tribe signs billion-ton coal deal with Cloud Peak Energy The Missoulian
Montana's Crow Tribe to sign 1.4 billion ton coal deal Great Falls Tribune

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Hydraulic fracturing: safety and opportunity - Canton Daily Ledger
Jan 24th 2013, 21:21


Hydraulic fracturing: safety and opportunity
Canton Daily Ledger
Illinoisans have recently been bombarded with opinions regarding hydraulic fracturing and some have adopted the position that more research is needed to confirm safety and there's no immediate need to move forward. If this were 2001, I might agree on ...

Why Coal Isn't Going Anywhere - The motley Fool (blog)
Jan 24th 2013, 21:10


Why Coal Isn't Going Anywhere
The motley Fool (blog)
The coal industry has taken a beating in recent years. The discovery of natural gas in the U.S. has reduced the role of coal in the electric power industry: In 2012, the demand for coal has declined and coal companies, such as Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI ...

DEP announces oil and gas drilling radiation study - Scranton Times-Tribune
Jan 24th 2013, 21:08


DEP announces oil and gas drilling radiation study
Scranton Times-Tribune
The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced a yearlong study of radiation levels in equipment and wastes associated with oil and gas development it says will be the "most extensive and comprehensive" ever conducted. The regulatory ...
Pennsylvania DEP Announces Comprehensive Oil and Gas Development ... PR Newswire (press release)
Pa. to study radiation in gas drilling waste abc27

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CT bares commercial green-energy funding - Hartford Business
Jan 24th 2013, 21:03


CT bares commercial green-energy funding
Hartford Business
Connecticut commercial property owners now can upgrade their equipment and buy solar panels and fuel cells using a new financing tool launched by the state's green-energy promoter. The Clean Energy Finance & Investment Authority announced Thursday ...

Ireland to export green energy to UK - Financial Times
Jan 24th 2013, 20:52


Siliconrepublic.com

Ireland to export green energy to UK
Financial Times
The UK is struggling to find an estimated £110bn of investment needed to build enough green energy infrastructure to meet its EU targets, legal action and fines threatened from the European Commission if it fails. Westminster insists that it can meet ...
Ireland may start exporting excess green energy to Britain under new agreement Irish Independent
UK and Ireland sign pact on renewable energy trading PennEnergy (press release)
Ireland's wind-energy industry welcomes MoU on renewable energy trading Siliconrepublic.com
The Sunday Business Post  - Belfast Telegraph  - Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
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Why is CBI hesitating to file coal scam probe status report? SC asks - Times of India
Jan 24th 2013, 20:46


Times of India

Why is CBI hesitating to file coal scam probe status report? SC asks
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday made it clear that CBI cannot evade periodic scrutiny of its probe into Coalgate, querying the agency's reluctance to file a status report and voicing doubts about the legal sanctity of coal block allocations.
Irregularities found in coal blocks allocation: CBI tells court The Hindu
SC questions centre's powers to allocate coal blocks IBNLive
SC seeks to know legality of coal block allocation Deccan Herald
Indian Express  - NDTV
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IL House Considering Hydraulic Fracturing Regs - WSIU
Jan 24th 2013, 20:31


IL House Considering Hydraulic Fracturing Regs
WSIU
Representative John Bradley is heading up a collaborative effort to get a bill together which would include strict regulations and fees, but would also allow companies to start the process of fracking: "We've been working together, first of all, to ...
Anti-Fracking Group Wants Local Control on Drilling WSIL TV

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Rethinking unconventional oil and gas: Kemp - Indian Express
Jan 24th 2013, 20:29


MINING.com

Rethinking unconventional oil and gas: Kemp
Indian Express
Most analysts and journalists still draw a sharp distinction between the production of oil and gas from conventional fields and from unconventional resources such as shale. The reality is more complex. In practice it is not easy to tell where ...
China's Shale Gas Dream the Diplomat

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pesticides 'can kill frogs within an hour' - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 18:47


pesticides 'can kill frogs within an hour'
The Guardian
Widely used pesticides can kill frogs within an hour, new research has revealed, suggesting the chemicals are playing a significant and previously unknown role in the catastrophic global decline of amphibians. The scientists behind the study said it ...

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Devolution 'boosted green energy' - Belfast Telegraph
Jan 24th 2013, 18:24


Belfast Telegraph

Devolution 'boosted green energy'
Belfast Telegraph
Dr Cowell, from Cardiff University, added: "We can point to a range of actions by the devolved governments - especially Scotland - that have shown significant support to renewable energy in the UK. "The Scottish Government has led in using its powers ...

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NIPSCO offering 'green' energy - nwitimes.com
Jan 24th 2013, 18:24


NIPSCO offering 'green' energy
nwitimes.com
NIPSCO electric customers are now able to buy "green" energy from renewable sources for their homes and businesses through a new program recently approved by state regulators. The Green Power Program is voluntary and customers electing to ...
NIPSCO Launches Green Power Program PortageLife

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Obama faces Keystone dilemma after Senate urges pipeline approval - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 17:34


The Guardian

Obama faces Keystone dilemma after Senate urges pipeline approval
The Guardian
"Because the pipeline has gone through the most exhaustive environmental scrutiny of any pipeline in the history of this country, and you already determined that oil from Canada is in the national interest, there is no reason to deny or further delay ...

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EU carbon price crashes to record low - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 17:28


EU carbon price crashes to record low
The Guardian
The European commission warned this week that without action the carbon price could drop dramatically, leaving the ETS irrelevant and EU energy and environment policy unravelling. Coal-intensive Poland is opposed to reform, while the UK wants a more ...

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FirstEnergy to ship 3 million tons of coal ash annually up Monongahela, Ohio ... - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Jan 24th 2013, 17:16


The Daily Times

FirstEnergy to ship 3 million tons of coal ash annually up Monongahela, Ohio ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
FirstEnergy Corp. will put more than 3 million tons of coal ash and smokestack scrubber waste a year into barges and ship it 96 miles up the Ohio and Monongahela rivers to a new disposal site when it is forced to close its massive Little Blue Run coal ...
FirstEnergy to take coal ash elsewhere The Daily Times

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JustGreen® Renewable Energy Credits Now Green-e Certified - Electric Light & Power
Jan 24th 2013, 16:29


JustGreen® Renewable Energy Credits Now Green-e Certified
Electric Light & Power
/3BL Media/-Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) today announced that Just Energy's new renewable energy certificate (REC) product, "JustGreen RECs," is now certified by Green-e® Energy. Just Energy, one of North America's largest green energy ...

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Europe's 'Coal Renaissance' Masks Industry Downfall - Huffington Post
Jan 24th 2013, 16:21


Huffington Post

Europe's 'Coal Renaissance' Masks Industry Downfall
Huffington Post
The coal industry has pointed to Europe's increasing coal use and imports as evidence of coal's inevitable future. Reporters have had a field day with this: The clean energy bastion is now home to rising coal use. The problem is reality doesn't match ...
Europe Increases Its Use of Dirty Coal Triple Pundit

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Union Pacific profits rise on non-coal traffic - Financial Times
Jan 24th 2013, 16:13


MiamiHerald.com

Union Pacific profits rise on non-coal traffic
Financial Times
Union Pacific, operator of the US's biggest rail network, overcame sharp falls in its core agricultural and coal traffic to post a 7 per cent gain in fourth-quarter net income, in the latest sign of the company's improving performance. Fourth-quarter ...
Union Pacific says revenue from coal hauling fall 7% in fourth quarter Platts
port strike on cards as talks fail The Australian
Union Pacific profit up 7.5%; coal remains weak MarketWatch

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Carcinogen may have entered human food chain in horsemeat, claims Labour - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 15:49


The Guardian

Carcinogen may have entered human food chain in horsemeat, claims Labour
The Guardian
The shadow environment secretary, Mary Creagh, told the Commons she had evidence that several horses slaughtered in the UK last year tested positive for phenylbutazone. Her claim comes days after the separate revelation that burgers sold by some ...

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White House official: Corporate tax reform should boost green energy - The Hill (blog)
Jan 24th 2013, 15:14


WGAN News

White House official: Corporate tax reform should boost green energy
The Hill (blog)
Elsewhere in the interview, Deese talked up a stimulus-law program that provided $2.3 billion worth of tax credits for domestic projects to manufacture green energy-related components. The White House has in recent years called on Congress to make a ...
Obama Climate Change Push To Tie Environment To Job Creation: Adviser Huffington Post

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European Coal for 2014 Erases Losses After Dropping to Record - Bloomberg
Jan 24th 2013, 14:30


European Coal for 2014 Erases Losses After Dropping to Record
Bloomberg
European coal for 2014 delivery was little changed after falling to a record. Thermal coal for 2014 delivery to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Antwerp traded at $98.65 a metric ton as of 2:01 p.m. London time, according to broker data compiled by Bloomberg.
European 2014 Electricity Prices Decline as Coal Drops to Record Businessweek

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Inside a deep-cast coal mine in Hungary - Baltimore Sun (blog)
Jan 24th 2013, 14:07


Baltimore Sun (blog)

Inside a deep-cast coal mine in Hungary
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Here's a look inside a deep-cast coal mine in Hungary at Markusheg. Hungary secured EU regulatory approval on Wednesday for a 42.25 billion forint ($191 million) grant to shut down the uncompetitive coal mine operated by Vertes Power Plant over the ...

Mongolia coking coal mine troubles mount - Financial Times
Jan 24th 2013, 13:40


Mongolia coking coal mine troubles mount
Financial Times
A giant Mongolian coking coal mine has halted coal sales and delayed its planned public listing after it was forced to fund cash handouts to the electorate, a sign of growing troubles at the project that was supposed to be a flagship for Mongolian ...
UPDATE 3-Giant Mongolian coal mine puts $3 bln IPO on ice Reuters
Mongolia to Cancel China Coal-Supply Contract, Delay IPO Wall Street Journal

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Citigroup's Corbat Says Environment to Stay 'Challenging' - Bloomberg
Jan 24th 2013, 12:56


ValueWalk

Citigroup's Corbat Says Environment to Stay 'Challenging'
Bloomberg
"In a challenging environment, you have got to be mindful of expenses and we are," Corbat said. Regulators have ordered lenders to raise capital to prevent a repeat of the taxpayer-funded bailouts that followed the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers ...
Citigroup's CEO Corbat: Morale is Good; Environment to Remain Challenging Benzinga

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: January 24, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Jan 24th 2013, 12:48


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: January 24, 2013
NewsOK.com
Alfalfa: MidStates Petroleum Co. LLC; Murrow SWD No. 1-10 Well; C SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4 of 10-26N-12W; TD 9,000. Beaver: Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.; Leon Spangler No. 1-8XLH Well; W1/2 NE1/4 NW1/4 NW1/4 (BHL) of 05-03N-23E; TD 16,200.

US Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Regulations Handbook, 2012 - PR Newswire (press release)
Jan 24th 2013, 12:14


US Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Regulations Handbook, 2012
PR Newswire (press release)
Summary "US Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Regulations Handbook, 2012" is the latest report from GlobalData, the industry analysis specialists, and offers comprehensive information on hydraulic fracturing regulations applicable in the US both at the ...

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China says major pollutant levels dropping - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 11:27


China says major pollutant levels dropping
The Guardian
China's environment minister said on Thursday that emissions of four major pollutants dropped last year and should fall by a similar level this year, but admitted the country faced a tough task in trying to end chronic air pollution. This winter's ...

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Portland Activist Uses Her Art To Protest Coal Export Terminals - EarthFix
Jan 24th 2013, 09:06


Portland Activist Uses Her Art To Protest Coal Export Terminals
EarthFix
Portland artist and activist Bonnie Meltzer lives near one of the busiest rail intersections in Portland. credit: Toni Tabora-Roberts; Meltzer recently exhibited a window installation at Portland' Blackfish Gallery titled "Know Coal, No Coal" in ...

'Build snowman' advice amended by Environment Agency - The Guardian
Jan 24th 2013, 08:56


The Guardian

'Build snowman' advice amended by Environment Agency
The Guardian
The Environment Agency has amended its advice on the best way to deal with the looming thaw after conceding that urging everyone to build a snowman would probably do little to lessen the risk of flooding. Amid fears that the recent snow will melt into ...
Flooding risk: no snowman help says Environment Agency BBC News
Build snowmen to fight flooding, says Environment Agency The Sun
Environment Agency warns of possible localised flooding across South Wales Caerphilly Observer
Huffington Post UK  - This is Local London  - Evening Standard
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Oklahoma oil and gas drilling - Tulsa World
Jan 24th 2013, 08:09


Oklahoma oil and gas drilling
Tulsa World
Carter: Citation Oil and Gas Corp., Wildcat Jim Unit No. 158A Well, SE/4 NE/4 NE/4 NE/4 of 17-02S-02W, 21 BOPD, TD 3,200 feet. Grant: Omimex Petroleum Inc., Numa West Red Fork Sand Unit No. 10-8 Well, SE/4 SW/4 NW/4 NW/4 of 20-27N-04W, 31 BOPD ...

Green Energy Policies to Blame for 787 Battery Issues? - Fox Business
Jan 24th 2013, 03:02


Green Energy Policies to Blame for 787 Battery Issues?
Fox Business
Could be traced to one thing says my next guest you can simply point the finger at the government's obsession with pushing green energy. -- Chester associate fellow at the national legal and policy center joins me now Paul welcome back to the show you ...

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Colorado regulators delay vote on oil and gas setbacks - Denver Post
Jan 24th 2013, 02:25


Boulder Weekly

Colorado regulators delay vote on oil and gas setbacks
Denver Post
Colorado regulators have hit turbulence as they try to finalize a statewide rule requiring bigger buffers between homes and expanding oil and gas operations along the Front Range. Buffeted from all sides — towns and counties demanding control of land ...
Weld County will 'not abide' by oil and gas proposals 9NEWS.com
Offshore oil and gas industry in Germany 2012 featuring BP Plc, Exxon Mobil ... Your Oil and Gas News (press release)
Drilling For Answers on the Link Between Health and Fracking KUNC
Boulder Weekly  - Daily Camera  - Northern Colorado Business Report
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Germany's Green Energy Destabilizing Electric Grids - Canada Free Press
Jan 24th 2013, 02:25


Canada Free Press

Germany's Green Energy Destabilizing Electric Grids
Canada Free Press
Germany is phasing out its nuclear plants in favor of wind and solar energy backed-up by coal power. The government's transition to these intermittent green energy technologies is causing havoc with its electric grid and that of its neighbors ...
German Renewable Energy Impresses Green Chip Stocks

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California draft regulations on hydraulic fracturing - Lexology (registration)
Jan 23rd 2013, 16:55


California draft regulations on hydraulic fracturing
Lexology (registration)
On Tuesday, December 19, California's Department of Conservation released a "discussion draft" of proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing, now often referred to as "fracking." HF, the practice of injecting high-pressure chemical solutions into ...

Hydraulic fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 12 - Lexology (registration)
Jan 23rd 2013, 14:37


Hydraulic fracturing: State Regulatory Roundup Vol. 12
Lexology (registration)
Maryland – Governor Martin O'Malley placed a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in 2011. At the time, the moratorium was intended to provide the state time to study the impacts of hydraulic fracturing and development activity in Maryland's westernmost ...

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Hydraulic fracturing expands natural gas production - Redwood Times
Jan 23rd 2013, 13:34


Hydraulic fracturing expands natural gas production
Redwood Times
Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracturing, commonly known as "fracking," is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas, and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction. Natural gas is clean burning ...

Santrol Opens Proppant Terminal for Hydraulic Fracturing in Marcellus and ... - PR Newswire (press release)
Jan 23rd 2013, 11:23


Santrol Opens Proppant Terminal for Hydraulic Fracturing in Marcellus and ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The terminal's favorable location for operators' hydraulic fracturing work in the Marcellus and Utica formations is also on the main line of a class-one railroad. This is Santrol's 39th US terminal. "We feel that we offer the broadest terminal network ...

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Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy - Washington Post
Jan 23rd 2013, 02:51


Sting operations reveal Mafia involvement in renewable energy
Washington Post
PALERMO, Italy — Inside a midnight-blue BMW, a Sicilian entrepreneur delivered his pitch to the accused mafia boss. A new business was blowing into Italy that could spin wind and sunlight into gold, ensuring the future of the Earth as well as the Cosa ...

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Minnesota man dies in North Dakota hydraulic fracturing accident - Minneapolis Star Tribune
Jan 21st 2013, 14:16


KSTP.com

Minnesota man dies in North Dakota hydraulic fracturing accident
Minneapolis Star Tribune
WATFORD CITY, N.D. - Authorities say a 49-year-old Duluth, Minn., man has been killed in a hydraulic fracturing accident in North Dakota. The McKenzie County Sheriff's Office says Mike Krajewski died about 3:30 p.m. Saturday at a Halliburton location ...
Minnesota man dies in accident at hydraulic fracturing site Grand Forks Herald
Hydraulic fracturing death ruled an accident Jamestown Sun
Man's oil field death in ND ruled an accident Faribault County Register

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