The state of Texas is home to rich deposits of oil and gas, and drilling for oil and gas has surged throughout the state in recent years. This is especially true of the Eagle Ford Shale, a 400 mile long and 50 mile wide site that produces oil and gas predominantly in...
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Month: March 2012
Breathalyzers not 100 percent accurate, but drunk truck driving still wrong
Professor David J. Hanson is an alcohol researcher and has been involved in this area of research for more than 40 years, according to the website Alcohol Problems & Solutions, and among his findings is his opinion that breathalyzers are not 100 percent accurate;...
Death ‘stalks’ those who work in the oil and gas industry
As Dianna Wray writes for the Victoria Advocate, the life of an oilfield worker is bittersweet. When times are good - and times certainly are good right now in the Eagle Ford Shale - oil and gas workers can make around $100,000 per year. But, on the other hand, booms...
Hope for spinal cord injuries once ‘drummed out,’ now returns
Locomotor therapy is giving new hope to people with catastrophic spinal cord injuries sustained in incidents involving everything from cross-country skiing to truck accidents. It used to be that the more paralyzed you were - not able to pull yourself up on parallel...
Eagle Ford Shale: ‘Big fields get bigger’
"The Eagle Ford is the top basin we have in the world today," says Marathon Oil's David Roberts, as Edward Klump reports for Bloomberg. All this Eagle Ford Shale hype - and it's not really hype - means continued focus on intensive hydrofracking here in Texas, which...
Drilling for Oil and Gas in South Texas is Dangerous Work
Drilling for oil and gas in Texas is a big business industry that can affect the livelihood of many people for decades. South Texas in particular has undergone a recent economic boom on account of the rich deposits of oil and gas on the Eagle Ford Shale - a 400 by 50...
Texas ranks No. 12 for cost of auto insurance
Texas fairs relatively poorly, all things considered, in terms of the cost of auto insurance. As Jerry Edgerton reports for CBS News, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Michigan are the top three states where car insurance is the most expensive. Texas is number 12 at $1,661 per...
Texas oil boom a ‘shot in the arm’ with side effects
As Mark Collette reports for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the Eagle Ford Shale oil boom is an economic "shot in the arm" for Texas, but the deteriorating roads are an unfortunate side effect. If you're a driver on any highway or county or farm roads near the Eagle...
Roads near Eagle Ford Shale in ‘Bad Shape,’ Says Judge
On one hand, you've got an old-fashioned oil boom that's bringing with it plenty of prosperity to local communities on or near the Eagle Ford Shale. One man, for instance, is bringing in roughly $10,000 per month charging 17 men $150 each in rent per week. On the...
Oil Production Will Affect Texas Highway Safety
All too often the news includes a report that a tanker truck or 18-wheeler has crashed on a Texas highway. For example, in late March the driver of a gasoline tanker truck died when his truck rolled over and caught fire after a collision with a car. The occupants of...