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Texas Flooding Overflows Oil Wells, Fracking Sites

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texashillcountry.com - by THC Staff - May 6, 2016

The recent Texas flooding has overwhelmed oil wells and fracking sites, overflowing crude oil and chemicals into rivers statewide.

With the onset of storms finally subsiding, state officials have begun to assess the entirety of the damage caused by the flooding that occurred across the state.

As KIII reported, “state emergency management officials have taken dozens of photographs that show sheens and plumes spreading from tipped tanks and flooded production sites” of the Sabine River flood on the Louisiana-Texas border.

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CLICK HERE - kiiitv.com - Flooding Flushes Oil, Chemicals into Texas Rivers

 

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texashillcountry.com - by THC Staff - June 6, 2016

The State Railroad Commission (SRC) reports a number of oil spills across the state after the recent heavy flooding.

According to the El Paso Times, the SRC reports 21 oil spills on railroads in Texas. Hundreds of gallons of oil and fracking fluid have been displaced into Texas waterways. 

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CLICK HERE - El Paso Times - In vast floods, Texas grapples with more spills

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