Tag: Capacity/Facilities

Earthquake in Top Texas Oil Region Spurs Calls for New Fracking Rules

Earthquake in Top Texas Oil Region Spurs Calls for New Fracking Rules

[ad_1] A powerful earthquake in West Texas is drawing fresh scrutiny to frackers’ water-management operations in the nation’s hottest petroleum-producing region. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake, the fourth largest in Texas history, struck an oil-and-gas production hot spot in Reeves County on Wednesday afternoon, sending tremors that were felt as far as Dallas, El Paso and San […]

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Amazon Looks to Sparrow to Carry Its Robotics Ambitions

Amazon Looks to Sparrow to Carry Its Robotics Ambitions

[ad_1] WESTBOROUGH, MASS. —  In a brightly lighted warehouse tucked along an industrial road about 45 minutes west of Boston, a yellow-plated, gooseneck-like mechanical arm stretched one recent morning and plucked a plastic jar holding a powdered drink mix out of a yellow box. The device rose up, spun around with a loud whirring sound […]

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