Shell to spend $1B on N.S.'s offshore oil and gas CBC Shell Canada has the exploratory rights for nine years. | Shell Canada will spend almost $1 billion exploring Nova Scotia's offshore oil and gas deposits over the next six years. | The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board said Friday that Shell won its call for bids and has secured the explor...
PGS begins 3D survey offshore Angola Offshore Shipping Online | - | More | Ramform Valiant, a seismic vessel owned and operated by Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), recently began acquisition of more than 26,000km² of GeoStreamer data in five blocks in the Kwanza/Benguela basins offhsore Angola. The size of the sur...
US unveils offshore oil, gas plan in energy push Breitbart | US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testifies during a hearing in 2011. The U... | The United States announced Thursday that it intends to auction off a giant part of the central Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration, in a move to reinvigorate g...
Sabu Well Offshore Guinea Reaches TD Rig Zone | Hyperdynamics Corporation announced the Sabu-1 exploration well offshore Republic of Guinea was drilled to a total subsea depth of 7,296 feet (2,224 meters), putting the well near the top of Cretaceous age sediments, and that the next string of 13-...
CAMAC Bags Blocks Offshore Gambia Rig Zone | CAMAC Energy Inc. has entered into an agreement with the Gambian Ministry of Petroleum (on behalf of the Government of the Republic of The Gambia) on the provisional award of two offshore exploration blocks, A2 and A5, in water depths of between 2-...
Rig arrives in Cuba to hunt for offshore oil Al Jazeera | A huge drilling rig has arrived in the Gulf of Mexico, in the waters north of Havana, where it will sink an exploratory well deep into the seabed, launching Cuba's dreams of striking it rich with offshore oil. | The Scarabeo-9 platform was vis...
Shell to Spend Nearly $1B on Offshore Nova Scotia Oil Exploration Rig Zone | CALGARY (Dow Jones Newswires), Jan. 20, 2012 | Royal Dutch Shell PLC said Friday it will spend nearly 986.78 million (C$1 billion) on deepwater oil exploration off the coast of Nova Scotia. | Shell bid C$970 million (US $962 million) for four offsh...
Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal The Wichita Eagle | ROME — How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? | Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA on Friday put the figure at euro11,000 ($14,460) plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets and extra travel e...
The Oil Off Cuba: Washington and Havana Dance at Arms Length Over Spill Prevention Time Magazine | On Christmas Eve, a massive, Chinese-made maritime oil rig, the Scarabeo 9, arrived at Trinidad and Tobago for inspection. The Spanish oil company Repsol YPF, which keeps regional headquarters in Trinidad, ferried it to the Caribbean to perform dee...
Navy wants commando ‘mothership’ in Middle East The Washington Post | The Pentagon is rushing to send a large floating base for commando teams to the Middle East as tensions rise with Iran, al-Qaeda in Yemen and Somali pirates, among other threats. | In response to requests from the U.S. Central Command, which overse...
Cruise ship victims mull $14,460 compensation deal Tampa Bay Online ROME (AP) -- | ROME (AP) — How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? | Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA today put the figure at (euro) 11,000 ($14,460) plus reimbursement for the cost of cruise tickets a...
CCJV Wins Work Order for PNG LNG Proj. Rig Zone | Clough Limited announced that the Clough Curtain Joint Venture (CCJV) has received work orders worth approximately AUD $145 million associated with the PNG LNG Upstream Infrastructure contract. | The PNG LNG Project is an integrated development tha...
State of the Union speech CBC | Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery | Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: | Last month, I went to Andrews Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq. Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than...
Shell to spend $1B on N.S.'s offshore oil and gas CBC Shell Canada has the exploratory rights for nine years. | Shell Canada will spend almost $1 billion exploring Nova Scotia's offshore oil and gas deposits over the next six years. | The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board said Friday that Shell won its call for bids and has secured the exploration rights. The company will spend $970 million ...
