HDPE pipelines keep Pennsylvania frack pad running

In winter 2022, near the small Pennsylvania community of Wind Ridge, a project was underway to install high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as the sole piping material of a hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – operation. Fracking is a method of extracting oil or natural gas from within the earth. During a fracking operation, cracks or seams in the earth’s crust are injected with water at high pressure and widened, releasing the oil or natural gas …

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McElroy hosts James Lankford for town hall, facility tour

On Monday, June 27, McElroy Manufacturing and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers hosted U.S. Sen. James Lankford for a town hall meeting and a tour of one of McElroy’s Tulsa facilities. This visit was an I Make America event intended to increase dialogue between lawmakers and individuals who work in the manufacturing sector. I Make America is AEM’s grassroots movement that exists to advocate for policies supporting U.S. manufacturing careers and to ensure American equipment …

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