A GUANGZHOU-BOUND cargo ship from Shanghai sank in the Taiwan Strait after crashing with another ship early this morning, with six crewmembers still missing, Xinhua news agency said today. The accident took place on the sea near Dongding Island, on the freight line from Jinmen to Ximen in Fujian Pro
Statoil and Discover Petroleum have signed an agreement for the testing of an electromagnetic method that may increase the probability of oil and gas discoveries. The aim of the method is to gather electromagnetic data with a view to identifying oil and gas in the reservoir. This will be used as a s
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Total announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Total E&P USA Inc., was the high bidder on 20 deepwater exploration blocks in the Western Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 200. Total E&P USA Inc. will operate these blocks with a 100% working interest. Award of these blocks is subject to final approval by
The worldwide Lloyd’s Register Group, having origins in the grand tradition of merchant shipping, is very pleased to announce its Gold Sponsorship of the 2007 New Zealand Millennium Cup to be held at Palma, Mallorca. The organisation has aligned itself with the New Zealand Millennium Cup because of
Alaska residents went to the polls on August 22nd to vote on a so-called environmental initiative that could well chill the growth in recent years of cruise ship tourism to this popular summer destination.
Four international companies have submitted tenders to remove the wreck of the container ship, Safmarine Agulhas, from the western breakwater of East London Harbour.
Local residents and marine scientiest from the University of the Philippines Visayas install an improvised oil-spill boom made of bamboo, sacks and hay on the breakwater in Nueva Valencia in Guimaras.The sunken tanker, which caused the country
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Romanian oil services company GSP said Tuesday Iranian forces had attacked and occupied one of its drilling rigs in the Persian Gulf. The attack follows a contractual dispute surrounding the rig, and has prompted complaints from the top level of the Romanian government, GSP said in a statement.
Nova Scotians will get a glimpse into the proposed plans for a newly revised and downsized Deep Panuke natural gas project on Monday. Project developer EnCana Corp. of Calgary is expected to file a description of the Deep Panuke project with the offshore regulators, the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore P
BP Plc will spend $100 million (53 million pounds) laying the first undersea fiber-optic cable linking deepwater oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico to shore, an official said on Tuesday. The improved communication could make the platforms safer and offshore oil and gas production more resistant to
Aker Kvaerner’s Multibooster subsea boosting technology has won the ONS 2006 innovation award. The award follows an OTC 06 Spotlight on New Technology Award for the Multibooster earlier this year. “20 years of innovation, technical knowledge and collaboration with our customers and partners has been
federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by environmentalists to block the dredging of 103 miles of the Columbia River. The work is designed to give new, larger oceangoing vessels access to Portland and other ports, helping them compete for Pacific Rim business. The project could be fi
