Thailand’s Energy Minister has rejected calls to scrap plans for four offshore rigs off the tourist island of Samui, despite protests by locals.
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Posted August 17th, 2010 by michael
Posted August 9th, 2010 by michael
A team of scientists from the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) began a survey titled ‘Greenland halibut 3L 2010′, with the aim of studying the state of halibut stocks in waters belonging to the Organisation of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries (NAFO).
Posted August 4th, 2010 by michael
BP has claimed that it has successfully plugged the ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well, for now at least, using a “static kill” technique.
Posted August 1st, 2010 by michael
British, American and Norwegian engineers are in a race to design and build the holy grail of wind turbines – giant, 10MW offshore machines twice the size and power of anything seen before – that could transform the global energy market because of their economies of scale.
Posted July 28th, 2010 by michael
In a move which will no doubt further anger US critics of BP, the company will this week reveal that it has cleared itself of gross negligence after an internal inquiry into the causes of the Deepwater Horizon explosion.
Posted July 26th, 2010 by michael
Ships were getting back in place today at the Gulf of Mexico site of BP’s leaky oil well as crews raced to resume work on plugging the gusher before another big storm stops work again.
Posted July 19th, 2010 by michael
Given that the first attempt at a deepwater drilling ban was thrown out, the United State’s Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has issued new suspensions on deepwater drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). Read the rest of this entry
Posted July 19th, 2010 by michael
As day breaks after a weekened filled with hope, it seems there are new fears about the BP cap over the damaged Gulf of Mexico oil well.
Posted July 16th, 2010 by michael
BP’s well integrity test on the MC252 well commenced Thursday, with full closure of the choke valve occurring at approximately 2:25pm local time. Currently the well remains shut-in with no oil flowing into the Gulf.
Posted July 6th, 2010 by michael
Preparations are continuing on the next step in Deepwater Horizon containment operations, BP has stated recently. Read the rest of this entry