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Eagle Ford Shale

Newcomb Presents at Virtual Town Hall for Texas Representative Terry Wilson

October 22, 2020

TTI Senior Research Engineer and Materials & Pavements Division Head David Newcomb delivered a presentation at Texas Representative Terry Wilson’s Virtual Town Hall on September 30, 2020. The discussion centered on the impact of increased truck traffic due to the Aggregate Production Operations Industry in surrounding communities. “Representative Wilson’s office reached out to TTI prior […]

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TTI Plays Key Role in Report on Impact Areas of Shale Oil and Gas Development in Texas

June 20, 2017

A comprehensive, new review of the impacts of shale oil and gas development in Texas by a cross-disciplinary task force of top researchers—organized by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST)—finds a wide range of both benefits and consequences for the state’s infrastructure, environment and communities. These impacts are detailed in the […]

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TTI Conducts Eagle Ford HazMat, Truck Traffic Study in South Texas

May 3, 2013

In 1849 Sacramento Valley, California, it was gold. In 1901 Spindletop, Texas, it was black gold. And now, thanks to advances in hydraulic fracturing (commonly called “fracking”) of rock formations to enable access to crude oil and — the Eagle Ford Shale region of South Texas is already producing another energy boom for the Lone […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Eagle Ford Shale, emergency responders, energy impacts, hazardous materials, hazmat, Truck Traffic

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