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More than 200,000 people in Texas live in areas where water systems were completely non-operational. [74] On February 17, residents of Austin were asked not to drip their faucets despite the risk of pipes freezing as the demand for water in the city was more than 2.5 times the amount supplied on the previous day. [75]
Last week cargo giants Maersk (MAERSK-A.CO, MAERSK-B.CO) and German shipment company Hapag-Lloyd said they would pause voyages through the region until further notice.Goldman Sachs analysts ...
Trump also mentioned his intent to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting Feb. 1, sparking concerns of a trade war that could impact economic growth and, as a result, oil consumption.
May 5 – A leak occurred in a relief line, at a Keystone Pipeline Terminal in Beaumont, Texas. About 18,500 gallons of crude oil were spilled. The cause seemed to be internal corrosion. [5] July 28 – A gas line explosion and fire occurred in Martin County, Texas, which injured four workers. A ditching truck hit an existing high-pressure gas ...
Commercial crude oil stock pile. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is an emergency stockpile of petroleum maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). It is the largest publicly known emergency supply in the world; its underground tanks in Louisiana and Texas have capacity for 714 million barrels (113,500,000 m 3). [1]
STORY: From a blowout quarter for big oil, to a big move by the Bank of England, this is the Week in Numbers….$59 billion is the total quarterly profit posted by oil majors. This week saw BP ...
A Brief History of the East Texas Oil Field (East Texas Oil Museum) Oil and Texas: A Cultural History (Texas Almanac) Oil Boom (The Depot Museum, Henderson) Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum; Texas Energy Museum, Beaumont "Santa Rita No. 1 – Big Lake ~ Marker Number: 4587". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. 1965.
The United States Maritime Alliance (USMX), the umbrella group representing the managers of the ports, sought to avert a strike at the last minute late on Monday night – offering a 50% wage hike ...