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How to File Your Comment

March 6, 2015 By Sheree

How to Comment on MS Industries II LLC NPDES Permit No AL0082759 Save Our Shoals

This post explains how to file your comment on the proposed NPDES Permit AL0082759 that is pending issuance to MS Industries II, LLC by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM). Click here to read a simple overview of the pending NPDES permit. 1. Comment Deadline Friday, March … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics, Educational Resources, Permit Applications, Updates - General, Water Protection Tagged With: Environmental Permits, Mining Permits, MS Industries II LLC, NPDES Permits

How will Alabama’s oil sands be mined and processed?

May 29, 2014 By Sheree

Wyoming oil sands mining project

“Developing” the Hartselle sandstone formation in Alabama will be a multi-step process that involves mining or in situ extraction, then processing to separate the bitumen. When the bitumen is extracted from the sand and clay, the bitumen is processed into heavy crude oil, which is then transported … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Geology, Oil Sands Mining & Processing, Updates - General Tagged With: Alabama Oil Sands, Alabama Tar Sands, Bitumen, Hartselle Sandstone, MS Industries II LLC

May Day: The Alabama Oil Sands Frenzy Gets Underway in 2013

May 22, 2014 By Sheree

Property on Spring Valley Road Colbert County Alabama

Efforts to develop the oil sands from the Hartselle Sandstone formation in northwest Alabama started to become public in June 2011 but no one was watching. Here's a timeline of some of my research on a few key dates in the evolving oil sands development frenzy in Alabama. The focus is on 2013, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alabama Politics Tagged With: Bitumen, Hartselle Sandstone, Legislation, MS Industries, MS Industries II LLC, Oil Sands Alabama, Regulation, Tar Sands Alabama, Timeline, TMS Newco LLC, Trinity Industries Inc.

Affiliated Entities? Decoding the Alphabet Soup

March 30, 2014 By Sheree

Google Search results for PO Box 568887 Denton Texas

Some of the companies identified as being involved in the oil sands development in Colbert County Alabama include: MS Industries II LLC MS Industries II, LLC is the most visible entity that is pursuing what its manager/CEO Steve Smith calls “research” into bitumen mining and extraction or oil … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Property Transactions Tagged With: Alabama Minerals LP, Colbert County Alabama, GTW LP, MS Industries II LLC, TGW Management LLC, TMS Newco LLC, Trinity Industries Inc.

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