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North Dakota: oil producers aim to cut radioactive waste bills
2015-01-28 18:31:17| Waste Management - Topix.net
North Dakota's oil industry is pushing to change the state's radioactive waste disposal laws as part of a broad effort to conserve cash as oil prices tumble. The waste, which becomes slightly radioactive as part of the hydraulic fracturing process that churns up isotopes locked underground, must be trucked out of state.
North Dakota: oil producers aim to cut radioactive waste bills
2015-01-28 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: North Dakota's oil industry is pushing to change the state's radioactive waste disposal laws as part of a broad effort to conserve cash as oil prices tumble. The waste, which becomes slightly radioactive as part of the hydraulic fracturing process that churns up isotopes locked underground, must be trucked out of state. That's because rules prohibit North Dakota landfills from accepting anything but miniscule amounts of radiation. The most common form of radioactive waste is a filter sock,...
Judge lets North Dakota oil patch overtime lawsuit proceed
2015-01-28 01:05:00| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A lawsuit accusing oil-services company Schlumberger Ltd. of failing to pay overtime wages in North Dakota's oil patch can move forward, a federal judge says. Judge Ralph Erickson's ruling, released Monday, grants conditional class-action status to the suit filed by a former employee of Houston-based Schlumberger, which provides technology and other support services for the oil and gas industry.
Worst Fracking Wastewater Spill North Dakota Leaks 3 Million Gallons Into River
2015-01-23 13:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Three million gallons of brine, a salty, toxic byproduct of oil and natural gas productionalso known as fracking wastewaterspilled from a leaking pipe in western North Dakota. State officials say its the worst spill of its kind since the fracking boom began in the state. The spill was reported 17 days ago when Operator Summit Midstream Partners found a toxic leak of salty drilling waste from a pipeline in the heart of the Bakken oil boom. Officials say theres no immediate threat to human health...
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Barriers Set Up, Water Being Testing at North Dakota Site of 3M Gallon Saltwater Spill
2015-01-23 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Earthen barriers have been set up across a creek and water was being tested Thursday around the site of a nearly 3 million-gallon leak of saltwater generated by oil drilling, the largest spill of its kind during North Dakota's current oil rush. The berms were built at Blacktail Creek to prevent potentially contaminated water from flowing out of the creek and into a bigger body of water that eventually leads into the Missouri River. "So when the ice starts to melt if there's any oil or contaminated...
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