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What Does the Oklahoma Well Explosion Mean for Oil Industry Regulation?
Posted By The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III PC 17-Feb-2020
In January of 2018, an explosion ignited an oil well near Quinton, Oklahoma. The explosion made its way through the drilling rig, ultimately killing five people in the blast. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has since looked into the devastating Oklahoma well explosion. The official report filed by CSB found that the […]
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Texas Oil Refineries and Oilfield Hazards
Posted By The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III PC 02-Jul-2019
When it comes to oil production, the United States is split into five districts. These districts are called Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD). Texas is a part of PADD 3, or the Gulf Coast region. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Texas produced 40.5 percent of the nation’s oil in 2018. Below, […]
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Oil Field and Pipeline Accident Experience
Posted By The Law Office of Daniel D. Horowitz, III PC 26-Feb-2019
What Kinds of Pipeline Accidents Do You See? Video transcript: Again, being in Texas, we are the largest oil and gas producing state in the country. You know we’ve got the Barnett Shale, the Eagle Ford Shale, so yes. We’ve got oil field accidents that involve being on the actual rig. We run into a […]