Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes The New York Times | NEW ORLEANS — An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, injuring one worker, the United States Coast Guard said. | The rig was located just west of where another rig leased by BP blew up and sank this spring, killing 11 people and touching off an environmental c...
Ken Salazar: Our new standards for offshore drilling The Providence Journal | WASHINGTON | For the past two decades, the deep waters of the world’s oceans have been the “final frontier” for the oil and gas industry as they raced to drill deeper, faster and farther out for resources and profits. | Now, with 11 men killed and an estimated 4.9 million barrels...
BP says offshore oil limits could hurt payouts in spill Breitbart | The sun sets behind two under construction offshore oil platform rigs in Po... | Proposed US limits on offshore oil drilling could hurt BP's ability to pay for damages stemming from the huge Gulf of Mexico oil spill, a company executive said in an ...
Offshore Ship Designers helps to harness marine renewable energy Offshore Shipping Online | - | More | Offshore Ship Designer's first project in the marine renewable energy field will shortly be commencing on site trials in the UK's Humber estuary. | By applying its experience and design knowledge, OSD has helped UK company Neptune Renewa...
Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes The New York Times | NEW ORLEANS — An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday morning, injuring one worker, the United States Coast Guard said. | The rig was located just west of where another rig leased by BP blew up and sank this spring, kil...
Offshore oil platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico The News & Observer | An offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday but company and federal records show it appears to be producing natural gas, not oil. | The U.S. Coast Guard reported that it accounted for all 13 people aboard the rig, which is west ...
Offshore platform explodes in Gulf of Mexico The Miami Herald | An offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on Thursday but company and federal records show it appears to be producing natural gas, not oil. | The U.S. Coast Guard reported that it accounted for all 13 people aboard the rig, which is west ...
U.S. Begins Probe Into Latest Blast in Gulf of Mexico Wall Street Journal By TENNILLE TRACY And SPENCER SWARTZ | The U.S. government said Friday it has started an investigation into Thursday's fire at Mariner Energy Inc.'s offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. More | Blaze Shakes Oil Industry Oil Remains King at Cajun F...
Undersea oil firm Sea Trucks eyes convertible, IPO The Guardian * CEO says plans IPO 18 months after convertible bond issue * Funds aimed at expanding offshore construction fleet By Randy Fabi SINGAPORE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Sea Trucks Group, a Nigerian undersea engineering company, said it plans to raise up to $20...
The Pacific Campaign, Dam Division The New York Times | ON Sept. 1, 1945 — 65 years ago this week — I arrived in Leyte Gulf, the Philippines, aboard a Navy transport ship. Along with other newly commissioned ensigns in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps, I was prepared to join one of the Seabee b...
U.S. Govt says no leaking oil at Mariner platform The Star | HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. government inspectors found no leaking oil at Mariner Energy Inc's burned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said late on Friday, allaying fears about more environmental damage after BP's massive spill. Boats spray w...
Platform fire expands worry on oil drilling The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON - The fire at an oil platform off the Louisiana coast on Thursday may not, in the end, do much harm to the Gulf of Mexico. But it could still mean trouble for both the Obama administration and the oil industry by raising new questions ab...
Bernanke Says He Failed to See Financial Flaws Herald Tribune | WASHINGTON — Ben S. Bernanke, who told Congress in 2007 that the subprime mortgage crisis was “likely to be contained,” said Thursday that he had failed to recognize flaws in the financial system that amplified the housing downturn and led to an economic disaster. AC = 1234 | --> | Under pointed but polite questioning from me...
Oil sheen spreading after rig blast, fire The Daily Telegraph Australia | A 2KM-LONG oil sheen spread overnight from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill. | Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 30 metres wide, was spotted near the platform owned by Houston-based Mariner Energy Inc. | He said Mariner had deployed t...
