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Shell Arctic drilling rig departs Seattle surrounded by protesters
2015-06-15 21:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A Royal Dutch Shell PLC drilling rig that will search for oil in the Arctic left its temporary base in Seattle on Monday for the trip north to Alaska as dozens of activists in kayaks tried to stop it, authorities said. Live television showed the rig being towed out of its terminal at the Port of Seattle with kayakers fanning out in an arc as it moved into the Puget Sound. Twenty-five people were detained by the Coast Guard for violating a safety zone around the vessel and were fined $500 each,...
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Odfjell Drilling secures $561m contracts from Statoil for Johan Sverdrup field project
2015-06-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Odfjell Drilling has secured two contracts worth more than Nkr4.35bn ($561m) from Statoil for drilling wells on the company's Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea.
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Eagle Ford sees slight increase in drilling activity
2015-06-13 14:09:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
The oil patch is seeing some signs of stabilization in the Eagle Ford and other shale plays across the United States. West Texas Intermediate crude prices were trading around $60 per barrel this week and have held steady at that level for the past four weeks.
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Deep Hole Drilling
2015-06-11 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Investments in conventional deep hole drilling machines can be very expensive. SOMEX, a member of the Suhner Group, now offers custom made deep hole drilling solutions capable of drilling up to 12mm diameters and as deep as 100x the diameter. These modules can be integrated directly into transfer machines, special...
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California lawmakers move to halt offshore drilling after spill
2015-06-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: California lawmakers are moving to halt offshore oil drilling on the heels of a major spill last month, amid Republican concerns the push could hurt jobs. The state Senate last week approved a bill, sponsored by Democratic state Sen. Mike McGuire, that would ban any new oil drilling in state waters off the California coast. In May, California experienced its largest oil spill in 25 years. According to McGuires office, more than 100,000 gallons of oil from offshore platforms spilled from a ruptured...
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