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As pump jacks pull more and more oil out of shale rock buried deep below the western part of North Dakota, an increasing amount of natural gas travels up through the wells with few obvious destinations.
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Read More »Frack-sand company sues Wisconsin DNR over permit denial
An Atlanta-based fracking company is taking the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to court over its decision to deny a permit to build a $75 million sand-processing plant in Monroe County.
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Read More »Wisconsin frac sand under pressure from rival products
Competing with lower-cost mines in Texas, the frac-sand-mining company Hi-Crush recently announced it would be idling part of its plant on Highway Q in Whitehall.
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Read More »Hi-Crush to pause plant production at Whitehall frac-sand mine
Hi-Crush Partners, which operates one of the largest frac-sand mines in Wisconsin, has paused production at a plant in Whitehall, citing weak demand for its product.
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Read More »DNR: Wisconsin frack-sand-sludge spill nontoxic
Wisconsin officials say early tests have found no harmful chemicals after a spill near a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways.
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Read More »Frack sand sludge spill reaches Mississippi River
Wisconsin officials were testing for environmental and health hazards Thursday after an accident at a frack sand mine sent millions of gallons of sludge into waterways, tinting them orange as the thick plume traveled downstream into the Mississippi River.
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Read More »Officials investigate spill following mine rescue (UPDATE)
Wisconsin officials are working to determine the environmental impact of releasing millions of gallons of sludge from a settling pond to rescue a trapped sand mine worker.
Read More »Report: Sand production rebounding across state
New data from the U.S. Geological Survey show the country's production of industrial sand increased more than 36 percent in 2017 as Wisconsin again led the nation.
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Read More »Stocks fall for some frack sand companies in Wisconsin 
Frack-sand companies doing business in Wisconsin are seeing their stock prices fall despite high demand for their product.
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Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds rejection of fracking permit
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld a Trempealeau County decision denying a permit to open a new sand mine for use in hydraulic fracking.
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