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Scientist Dominic DiGiulio s Work Illuminated How Fracking Affects People and Environment - - People in communities across the nation have found themselves the participants in a fracking experiment. The practice is controversial because of its potential impacts to public health and the environment, specifically, it can poison drinking water. After years of research, scientist Dominic DiGiulio made this link. He found that people s groundwater can become contaminated under certain conditions. The pits that store fracking chemicals are one example. Such was the case in Pavillion, Wyoming, a community of roughly 230 people.Back in 2008, residents began complaining their water had a foul taste and smell
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Sale of BP Alaska assets to Harvest/Hilcorp closes Dec. 18
Kristen Nelson
Petroleum News
Following conditional approval by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Dec. 14, on Dec. 18 BP and Harvest Alaska completed the acquisition by Harvest a Hilcorp Energy affiliate of BPs midstream assets in Alaska, BPs stake in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline and Valdez Marine Terminal and in Aly..
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Harvest Alaska (Harvest) has acquired BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc. s (BP) midstream ownership interests.
Harvest Alaska (Harvest) has acquired BP Pipelines (Alaska) Inc.’s (NYSE: BP) midstream ownership interests, parent company Harvest Midstream reported late last week.
The deal, which received approval from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Dec. 14, immediately gives Harvest ownership of BP’s approximately 49-percent interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and 49 percent of Alyeska Service Co. and other Alaska midstream interests, Harvest Midstream noted in a written statement. The parent firm added that Alyeska will continue to operate TAPS as it has for decades.
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(Reuters) - Privately held Hilcorp Energy Co said on Friday its unit completed a $5.6 billion acquisition of BP Plc s business in Alaska, taking over the region the British oil major had operated in for 60 years.
Hilcorp s Harvest Alaska, a midstream services provider, said it received approval from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Dec. 14 to acquire BP s nearly 49% interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and 49% of Alyeska Service Company and other Alaska midstream interests.
The 800-mile TAPS is one of the largest pipelines in the world and transports oil from the North Slope to the northern most ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska.
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Privately held Hilcorp Energy Co. said on Dec. 18 its unit completed a $5.6 billion acquisition of BP Plc s business in Alaska, taking over the region the British oil major had operated in for 60 years.
Hilcorp s Harvest Alaska, a midstream services provider, said it received approval from the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on Dec. 14 to acquire BP s nearly 49% interest in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and 49% of Alyeska Service Company and other Alaska midstream interests.
The 800-mile TAPS is one of the largest pipelines in the world and transports oil from the North Slope to the northern most ice-free port in Valdez, Alaska.