Is an offshore oil rig a dangerous workplace? Sure, it is. Exposed to the elements, handling complex, heavy machinery, dealing with flammable hydrocarbons: workers on the platform cannot take their tasks lightly. The setting of an oil rig and the one of refineries, transportation sites are a...
The dispute between Beijing and Hanoi over China’s placement of an oil rig in disputed waters has escalated over the May 26 sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat. Vietnam’s version of the incident is that 40 Chinese vessels surrounded the Vietnamese boat in an area of...
Shell Ireland has reportedly described the incident as a "sinister development". Opposition challenges Russia-Serbia energy deal A pro-Western opposition party says it is challenging a key gas and oil deal with Russia at Serbia's Constitutional Court. The Liberal Democratic Party says in a stat...
The incident, as reported by the New York Post, caused outrage not only because it was yet another in a long line of police killings of black men that went unpunished, but because of the police response to civilian protests. The Black Lives Matter movement gained strength as the country ...
Given all those unemployed people out there, I fear that both of these represent an ugly incident just waiting to happen. But I must confess that if something did happen, it couldn't happen to a nicer pair of guys. (I say 'guys' here because I assume that a woman would have more st...
An oil drilling platform was damaged when it collided with a production platform in the Gulf of Mexico, and an unspecified amount of oil leaked from the rig, Mexico's state-owned oil company said in a statement. Opec oil output rose in October: Petrologistics Opec is already raising oil ...
Along will the spill the oil rig which was named Deepwater Horizon also went up in flames. This proved that the issue went far beyond just an oil rig that blew a line. Since this oil spill had drastic impacts all along the coast, BP which was the most liable for this incident faced ...
There must be some other incident that is similar to how Climategate is developing. Leanan on December 6, 2009 - 1:16pm Permalink | Parent | Comments top I replaced mine. And at work, the computer services department replaced all the chips in the office - hundreds of them. IIRC, ...
Troubling evidence surrounding the Deepwater Horizon explosion on April 20th suggests that the incident could have been manufactured. On April 12th, just over one week before the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, Halliburton, the world’s second largest oilfield services corporation, surprised some by ...
The vehicle reached speeds of 94mph during the incident, which lasted more than 20 minutes. Sikes said the accelerator pedal was stuck, and that the car would not stop even though he was pressing the brake with all his force. Catskill on March 9, 2010 - 1:32pm Permalink | Parent | ...