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Plains states have twice as much oil as previously thought

Williston Basin has twice as much oil and three times as much gas as previously estimated.

Tags: fracking, Gazprom, Lubes news, North America, shale

7th May, 2013

Bids for Petroplus refinery rejected by French court

Bids by companies offering to take over the bankrupt refiner's site have been rejected. .

Tags: Corporate News, Europe, fracking, Lubes marketing, Middle East

3rd May, 2013

Toothpaste and soap - now oil extraction

Surfactants are helping to increase oil flow in previously pumped reservoirs.

Tags: additives, fracking, innovation, North America

5th March, 2013

Draft fracking rules released by California oil regulators

Draft fracking rules are released to assuage public concern in California

Tags: Environment and Regulatory watch, fracking, North America

5th February, 2013

Fracking debate hits the UK

Large gas finds stir up fracking debate across the Pond.

Tags: Environment and Regulatory watch, Europe, fracking, shale

1st May, 2012

US annnounces emergency shale regs

The US DEP has announced emergency regulations relating to drilling in the Marcellus Shale fields.

Tags: Environment and Regulatory watch, fracking, North America

25th July, 2011

Democrats release damning fracking report

A new report from US administrators alleges damning evidence of chemical contamination by onshore oil and gas drilling companies.

Tags: additives, Environment and Regulatory watch, fracking, North America

21st April, 2011

Fracking website goes public as new technology revealed

A new public information site to track the use of fracturing chemicals has been launched in the US as a Canadian company reveals a new LPG fracking gel.

Tags: Environment and Regulatory watch, fracking, North America

14th April, 2011

Halliburton fracking fluid is food for thought

Halliburton has developed a new fracturing fluid system based on food oils and enzymes

Tags: fracking, Inovation and environment

17th November, 2010

Penn state brings fracking debate to a head

Recent rulings by Pennsylvania's DEP has lead to open debate and revelations about "fracking" additives.

Tags: Environment and Regulatory watch, fracking, hydraulics

1st September, 2010

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