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Shell subsidiary to pay $2.2M fine for 2016 Gulf oil spill  ABC NewsA subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $2.2 million civil fine to the federal government to settle charges that the company violated the Clean ... Read more https:
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Cleanup underway after crude oil spill near Covington  Enid News & EagleOklahoma Corporation Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said Wednesday oil extends for about 5 miles in Black Bear Creek in rural Garfield County. Read more https://www.enidn
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Democrats question Trump 'favoritism' of oil industry during shutdown  Danbury News TimesLawmakers are intensifying their scrutiny of the Interior Department's decision to keep churning out drilling permits and restart work on offshore oil leasin
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Oil put LA on the map, but may have heightened earthquake risk  Herald-Mail MediaHoping to escape traffic on her way home from Los Angeles International Airport, Susan Hough drove down La Cienega Boulevard through the heart of the ... Read more h
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Office market begins to feel oil’s impact  Houston Chronicle Even though the Houston region has diversified its economy in recent years, oil and gas tenants are critical to the office market. Read more https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ar
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Bus collides with oil tanker in Pakistan, killing 13  ABC NewsA Pakistani official says a bus has collided with an oil tanker, killing 13 passengers and leaving another 16 with severe burns. Local administrator Shabbir ... Read more https://abcne
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Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 21  Washington PostA huge fire exploded at a pipeline leaking fuel in central Mexico on Friday, killing at least 21 people and badly burning 71 others as locals were collecting the ... Rea
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Cyprus: Empty oil tanker catches fire; 5 crew rescued  ABC NewsCyprus authorities say a Maltese-flagged oil tanker caught fire and ran aground near a fishing village, forcing several crew members to jump overboard. Cyprus' ... Read more https://a
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APNewsBreak: US miscalculated benefits of oil train brakes  ABC NewsThe Trump administration miscalculated potential damages from train derailments when it canceled an Obama-era rule requiring the installation of more ... Read more https://abcnew
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Washington PostPakistan works to contain oil spill near KarachiWashington PostKARACHI, Pakistan — Authorities in Pakistan have launched an operation to contain an oil spill that has damaged about 1.5 kilometers (nearly 1 mile) of coastline near the souther
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