Three crew members working on an oil rig in Mountrail County North Dakota were injured on Friday, September 3, 2022. Late on Friday evening, a highland oil drilling rig experienced a large and catastrophic explosion. Reports state that residents of the nearby town of Ross, North Dakota witnessed the explosion from miles away. Three workers…
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While the average American faces struggle when filling up at the pump, industry leaders such as Exxon Mobil and Chevron are reporting record profits. According to Bloomberg, in the three months through June, the American crude oil benchmark averaged about $109 a barrel, or 64% more than in the same period last year. This is…
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Recently, a Texas jury ordered Charter Communications, to pay seven billion dollars in punitive damages to the family of a murdered cable customer. Betty Jo McClain Thomas was 83 and living in Irvine, Texas when an off-the-clock cable repair man showed up at her house in his company truck in 2019 and took her life….
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Issues with transmission components have caused Ford to issue a recall alert for more than 2.9 million vehicles. The company indicated the recall was due to issues with the bushing that connects the shift cable to the transmission. This complication causes vehicles not to go into the intended gear and gives no warning message or…
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Commercial truck accidents can be potentially devastating for every party involved. Due to their size and weight, an accident involving a commercial truck can be very gruesome. While an average standard car weighs around 1.5 tons, an average loaded tractor-trailer weighs around 40 tons. This means that a driver of an average standard car involved…
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Occupants of a boat sustained serious injuries while traveling at night on Lake Conroe. The incident involved four adults and three minors who were traveling a poorly lit section of Walden Country Club’s golf course. This same poorly lit peninsula/bulkhead was the subject of a previous lawsuit filed by Abraham Watkins attorneys. As a result…
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Recently it was announced the United States Government has authorized the purchase of the controlling interest in a Texas oil refinery by Petroleos Mexicanos, commonly known as Pemex. Currently, Royal Dutch Shell holds a controlling interest in the Deer Park refinery. According to reports, a letter from the Committee on Foreign Investment in The United…
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As recently reported in the Houston Chronicle, from indoor dining to international flights, industries battered by the Covid pandemic are inching back toward normalcy, but perhaps none has turned a corner quite as clearly as the oil refining industry. There are many examples of energy companies that have shown great improvement in production and profits…
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