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Enterprise Products and Energy Transfer to form JV for crude oil pipeline from Cushing to Houston

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Enterprise Products Partners L.P. have agreed to form a 50/50 joint venture to design and construct a crude oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston, Texas. Over the past three months, Cushing crude oil (West Texas Intermediate) has been trading at an average discount of approximately $12.57 per barrel and $10.54

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CU-Boulder technique finds major class of fracking chemicals no more toxic than common household substances; “fingerprinting”

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Fracking fluid is largely composed of water and sand, but oil and gas companies also add a variety of other chemicals, including anti-bacterial agents, corrosion inhibitors and surfactants. Surfactants reduce the surface tension between water and oil, allowing for more oil to be extracted from porous rock underground.

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