Texaco plans chemical flood to tap 50 million barrels in Illinois
Texaco officials in Selmaville Illinois announced a four year effort to recover about 50 million barrels of oil from the Benoist reservoir in the Salem Field Marion County. The plan uses a chemical flood with phases including a detergent flood followed by a polymer thickened water injection and final traditional water flooding to move oil to wells.
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Selmaville, Ill
Southern Illinois
Marion County
Texaco
Salem
Benoist
David Johnson
Carlyle Lake
Obert C. Shields
Texaco U.S.A
Johnson
Shields
Illegal immigrants buy attention at Bluff City Fish Market
Two giant alligator snapping turtles weighing 126 and 122 pounds draw over 2000 visitors to the Bluff City Fish Market under the Lewis and Clark Bridge. Missouri conservation officials say the turtles were illegally trapped. federal law may apply for crossing state lines. Illinois officers say capture may be legal here but importation could violate state law. The turtles stay in a stock tank as investigations continue.
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Alton
Missouri
Illinois
John Ahrling
Ahrling
Bluff City
Mississippi River
Art Johnson
Missouri Department of Conservation
Commuters Face Broad Fares Rise in Chicago Area
Chicago area transit fares may rise after actions by three public bodies. The Regional Transportation Authority approved a conditional 12.5 percent increase for all mass transit carriers in six counties, contingent on state aid. The Illinois Commerce Commission authorized rail increases of 58 to 80 percent for Burlington Northern Illinois Central Gulf and Milwaukee Road and a near doubling for West Towns Bus Co.
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Chicago
Regional Transportation Authority Board
General Assembly
Illinois Commerce Commission
Burlington Northern
Illinois Central Gulf
Milwaukee Road
West Towns Bus Co
State Scholarship Recipients Told to Repay Awards
More than 200 Kaskaskia College and Rend Lake College students with Illinois State Scholarship Commission awards for the 1981 spring semester must repay $100 each. Officials say the commission overpaid due to a rush of applicants, and affected students have unmet needs under $1,000. At Kaskaskia College 122 students must repay up to $100, about half of recipients. Rend Lake expects about 100 students affected, roughly 70 percent of awardees, potentially costing the schools up to $22,000 combined.
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Associated Press
Kaskaskia College
Rend Lake College
Illinois
Doug Carlson
Inn
Carlson
Jim Saul
Centralia
Saul
Kaskaskia
Rend Lake
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Ray Faulkner
F.E.T
Goodyear
Goodyear Wranglers
Amoco
Atlas
SUN
E. Walnut Murphysboro
S. Park Herrin, Ill
Frank Hanner
Golden
Marion Rt. 13 & I
State of Illinois
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Shawnee Health System Plan
Carbondale
Carbondale Clinic
Charlie Lipe
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