Northern Texas News

The contamination of water supplies near U.S. shale gas fields appears to be the result of leaky cement wells and casings and not the controversial production technique of hydraulic fracturing, according to a study released on Monday. So-called "fracking" is a way of extracting natural gas from deep layers of rock using high-pressure fluid injections. The method has triggered a surge in U.S. gas production, but raised fears that breaking up rock formations underground could allow gas to seep into drinking water. Scientists from several universities, including Duke, Ohio State, Stanford and Dartmouth, analyzed more than 130 drinking-water well samples overlying the Marcellus and Barnett shale gas formations and attempted to trace the source of any contamination, according to the study.

CMA CGM (America) LLC announced that Michael Di Caprio has been promoted to District Sales Manager. In his new role, Di Caprio will be responsible for overseeing sales in northern Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Michael joined CMA CGM in 1999, and has held progressively responsible positions in the organization’s export service delivery and commercial teams. Most recently, he held the position of Export Trade Manager, where he was responsible for improving cargo profitability for the company’s transpacific West Coast services.