It's true the almost five million barrels of oil that contaminated the Gulf of Mexico during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill was an ecological nightmare. And residents of the area have complained for the last two years that the chemicals ...
The cleanup technique used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico actually made the spilled oil more than 50 times more toxic than doing nothing, according to a ...
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It was considered the largest oil-related natural disaster in the history of the world, so it only follows that the fine would be historic too. Gargantuan oil company BP has agreed to pay the largest criminal penalty in U.S. history for ...
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) today announced that a subsidiary has awarded contracts to Keppel FELS Limited's shipyard in Singapore for the construction of five Super B 400 Bigfoot Class jackup drilling rigs. The first rig is ...
Tags: Transportation, Logistics
BP’s business activities in the US helped generate more than $147 billion in economic impact in 2012 and support more than a quarter million American jobs, the company’s Group Chief Executive Bob Dudley will announce today in a ...
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ULSTEIN designed 'Aegir' wins KVNR Shipping Award Wednesday, Nov 06, 2013 Heerema Marine Contractors' new Deepwater Construction Vessel 'Aegir', a customised ULSTEIN SOC 5000 design developed by Ulstein Sea of Solutions, won the Dutch KVNR ...
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China Oilfield Services October 30 signed three drilling platform building contracts with Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Offshore Co., Ltd. and China Merchants Heavy Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., which include the HYSY 982, the HYSY 943 and ...
Tags: Oilfield, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Chantier Davie Canada Inc. ('Davie') today names the 717th ship launched at its facility, an advanced multipurpose subsea construction vessel. The cutting-edge 'Cecon Pride' has been built at Davie for export to Norwegian Oilfield ...
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China imported 10,874 mt of natural gas via pipeline from Myanmar in September, according to data from the General Administration of Customs made available Tuesday. This is the first time that gas imports from Myanmar have shown up in ...
Tags: Natural Gas, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Myanmar's natural gas has started flowing into China's southwestern Guangxi province via pipeline as of Sunday, state-owned China National Petroleum Corp. said Monday. This is an extension of the existing distribution network where the ...
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Lanny Cohen, Capgemini's global chief technology officer (CTO), has said that the firm has moved from advising its clients on how to improve and make adjustments, to an organisation that aims to help them meet their goals for global growth. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
CNOOC Limited announced that the Company, as part of a consortium comprised of Petrobras, Shell, Total and CNPC, has been awarded a 35-year production sharing contract to develop the Libra pre-salt oil discovery in the Santos Basin, ...
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Chinese shipbuilders have been sailing toward bankruptcy in recent years, with China trying to consolidate the industry and bail it out from the woe of overcapacity. With delays in deliveries, order cancellations and price decreases for ...
China's top three oil and gas producers have signed up for bidding for a block of a deepwater oil field in Brazil, each. Brazil will hold a bidding for a pre-salt block in the Libra oil field and the first round is scheduled to be held on ...
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Sembcorp Marine's Jurong Shipyard to build a second semi-submersible well intervention rig at US$346 million for Helix Energy Solutions Thursday, Sep 12, 2013 Sembcorp Marine's subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has secured a US$346 million ...
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