Saturday marks one year since the discovery of a massive gasoline spill on the Colonial Pipeline in Huntersville, north of Charlotte. Officials say they're still researching the extent of the spill and they aren't sure how long it will take to clean up. As one of the largest gasoline spills on land in the United States, it continues to raise concerns from neighbors and officials from Huntersville to Raleigh to Washington, D.C.
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DELTA VARIANT PUSHES NC S COVID NUMBERS BACK UP: At least 1,031,929 people in North Carolina have tested positive for the coronavirus, and at least 13,570 have died since March 2020, according to state health officials. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services reported 1,998 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, up from 1,800 on Thursday. At least 817 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday, up from 751 the day before. As of Wednesday, the latest day available, 6.7% of coronavirus tests were reported positive. Roughly 60% of adults in North Carolina have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and about 57% have been fully vaccinated. State health officials round vaccination numbers to the nearest whole number.
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Natural gas rigs at 15 mo high as prices hit 30 mo high; global oil shortage at 830,000 bpd; DUC backlog at 7.6 months
Natural gas prices ended the week unchanged as strong export demand offset cooler weather and a bearish storage report..after slipping 0.7% to $3.674 per mmBTU last week as weather forecasts moderated over the major gas consuming regions, the contract price of natural gas for August delivery jumped 7.5 cents, or more than 2%,