Shell Arctic oil rig leaves Seattle Monday The U.S. Coast Guard detained two dozen protesters who formed a blockade with kayaks and other vessels Monday to try to stop Royal Dutch Shell’s drill rig as it left Seattle on its way to explore for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The protesters were scooped up from the […]
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Malaysian oil tanker missing one week KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – A Malaysian oil tanker that went missing last week carrying fuel worth 21 million ringgit ($5.6 million) and 22 crew members is believed to have been hijacked by pirates, marine police said Monday. MT Orkim Harmony, loaded with 7.5 million litres (2 million gallons) of gasoline
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Shell protestors removed from ship docked in Bellingham port Two activists spent about six hours Friday suspended from the anchor chain of a Royal Dutch Shell support ship docked north of Seattle to protest the petroleum giant’s plans to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean. The protesters sitting in cloth slings attached themselves around 3:30
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Trinidad Drilling deal will create ‘stronger, more diverse’ drilling company On Thursday, Trinidad Drilling Ltd. (TSX: TDG) and CanElson Drilling Inc. (TSX: CDI) announced they are merging to create a stronger, more diverse North American drilling company. CanElson’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Randy Hawkings, said “The combined company will be strongly equipped with high-quality rigs across Western Canada, the
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Geothermal pilot project will see generator powered by oil well waste water In a few weeks a generator in North Dakota will fire up, powered by nothing more than waste water from an oil well. The pilot project is designed to show that it’s possible to generate geothermal electricity from the boiling water that comes out of
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California oil spill costs up to $3 million per day The cost of cleaning up the oil spill that fouled beaches last month on the California coast has reached $69 million so far, an official of the pipeline company said Wednesday. Costs are running at $3 million a day, and there is no timetable for when
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Exxon oil from three offshore platforms stopped after pipeline break Officials denied a request Tuesday by Exxon Mobil to temporarily use tanker trucks to transport crude oil from offshore wells through Santa Barbara County after a recent pipeline break that has become the state’s largest coastal oil spill in 25 years. The move came on the same day that
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Arctic offshore drilling protestors tried to prevent ship from heading to Alaska Five activists protesting Royal Dutch Shell’s Arctic offshore drilling plans were arrested Tuesday morning after blocking entrances to a Seattle port where its oil rig is parked. The activists tried to block work at the port to prevent the ship from heading to the waters off
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Peabody Energy grappling with competition from natural gas Peabody Energy Corp. has announced plans to cut 250 corporate and regional employees and close two offices, saving the coal miner as much as $45 million per year as the industry grapples with lower prices and competition from natural gas. St. Louis-based Peabody, the world’s biggest private-sector coal
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Too early to challenge proposed climate change rule as it is not yet final A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out a pair of high-profile lawsuits challenging the Obama administration’s sweeping plan to address climate change, saying it’s too early to challenge a proposed rule that isn’t yet final. The ruling from the U.S. Court
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