China stirs over offshore oil pact Asia Times | By Peter Navarro | In yet another skirmish over oil rights in the South China Sea, China has fired a stern warning shot across the bow of ExxonMobil Corporation. China is miffed that Exxon is seeking to enter into a deal with PetroVietnam to explore for oil in waters surrounding the dispute...
Offshore drilling safer, but small spills routine Houston Chronicle TOOLS | WASHINGTON - When a Union Oil Co. well six miles off the California coast blew out in January 1969, an estimated 80,000 barrels of crude spewed into the Santa Barbara Channel - fouling beaches and marring the offshore industry's reputation. | With the nation now debating whether to open more...
First Energy Bank Forms $3B Offshore Drilling, Services Company Rig Zone | To meet the fluctuating demand for oil and gas drilling and project management services, First Energy Bank has formed a $3 billion drilling services company, MENAdrill, with strategic partners and technical advisors, various Middle East media sourc...
McCain credits Bush lifting of drilling ban on offshore oil for drop in oil and ... Star Tribune | WILKES-BARRE, Pa. - Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an action he has been advocating in his presidential campaign....
Democratic Senate hopeful's plan includes offshore oil drilling Austin American Statesman | Democratic Senate candidate Rick Noriega provided details Tuesday of his energy proposal, saying America needs to use renewable energy and find new sources of oil, in part through offshore drilling. | "Texas leads the U.S. in both fossil fuel reser...
China stirs over offshore oil pact Asia Times | By Peter Navarro | In yet another skirmish over oil rights in the South China Sea, China has fired a stern warning shot across the bow of ExxonMobil Corporation. China is miffed that Exxon is seeking to enter into a deal with PetroVietnam to...
Offshore oil no quick solution to gas-price pain Scripps Howard | U.S. offshore oil fields could hold enough crude to supply all of the country's needs for more than 11 years. Or they might not. | No one knows for certain because, with new offshore oil drilling banned on the East and West coasts, no one has gone ...
MODEC's FSO Sets Sail to Offshore Vietnam Rig Zone | MODEC announced that the newly built FSO RANG DONG MV17 has set sail for final installation offshore Vietnam. The FSO is one of six floating production projects that MODEC is currently managing. It is the first project MODEC has completed with COSC...
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Environmentalists Say Yes to Offshore Drilling Wall Street Journal On the morning of Jan. 28, 1969, a Union Oil drilling site six miles off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif., sprang a leak. The ensuing spill stretched for miles, killed thousands ...
Bush presses Congress to allow offshore oil drilling USA Today Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Kevin Lamarque, Reuters President Bush is prodding Congress to allow offshore drilling in U.S. waters. Here, the ...
Mr. President, Unshackle Our Offshore Oil & Gas The New American ARTICLE SYNOPSIS: | In his June 18 speech on America’s energy crisis, President Bush blamed Congressional Democrats for obstructing offshore drilling, but he refuses to use his o...
Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic The Miami Herald | WASHINGTON -- Some 90 billion barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government scientists estimate, in the largest-ever survey of the area's energy potent...
Vast Oil, Natural Gas Reserves Estimated In Arctic CBS News Some 90 billion barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government scientists estimate, in the largest-ever survey of the area's energy potential. | All told,...
Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic Denver Post The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/24/2008 06:14:25 AM MDT | WASHINGTON—Some 90 billion barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, governmen...
Vast oil, natural gas reserves estimated in Arctic Wtop | WASHINGTON (AP) - Some 90 million barrels of oil and nearly a third of the world's undiscovered natural gas remain untapped under an area north of the Arctic Circle, government scientists estimate, in the largest-ever survey of the area's energy po...
Hurricane Dolly slams into South Texas with heavy rain, winds before weakening; Levees hold Star Tribune | BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. | Authorities had feared the first hurricane to hit the U.S. since last September could produce up ...
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Russia and Venezuela should be strategic allies in global oil sphere: Chavez Canada Dot Com Published: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 | BARVIKHA, Russia - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday met his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev, as part of a visit aimed at purchasing arms and bolstering ties with the other oil giant. | "I watch the rebirth of Russia with great respect and great love," Chavez, a fierce critic of US President Georg...
