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Greenpeace protesters board Statoil's Arctic drilling rig
2014-05-27 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Activists from environmental group Greenpeace have climbed aboard an oil drilling rig in the Norwegian Arctic on Tuesday, trying to stop Statoil's exploration plans in one of the world's northernmost prospects, the group said on Tuesday. Greenpeace, which regularly calls Norwegian state-owned Statoil an 'Arctic aggressor', said plans to drill in the Hoop area of the Barents Sea threaten Bear Island, an uninhabited wildlife sanctuary which is home to rare species and occasionally to polar bears....
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Rosneft to buy stake in North Atlantic Drilling
2014-05-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Rosneft has agreed to acquire a significant equity stake in North Atlantic Drilling, a majority-owned subsidiary of Seadrill.
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Offshore drilling plans pose threat to New Zealands seabirds says report
2014-05-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
New Zealand has more threatened seabird species than anywhere else in the world and the planned deepwater oil and gas drilling may drive them to extinction, according to a new report by Forest & Bird.
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Ecuador: Permit Issued for Drilling in Amazon Reserve
2014-05-23 04:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Ecuadors government has issued an environmental permit for oil drilling in a pristine Amazon reserve that President Rafael Correa initially offered to exempt from exploration if rich countries would pay his government. Mr. Correa abandoned that effort last year because of insufficient interest and has spurned pleas by environmentalists to spare the Yasuni reserve. This month, Ecuadors electoral council declared invalid a petition seeking to prevent drilling in the 6,500-square-mile Amazon reserve....
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Drilling and water interests clash on disposal wells
2014-05-22 11:50:48| Energy - Topix.net
In the heart of Texas' mineral-rich Eagle Ford Shale, freshwater isn't the only precious resource for both oil companies and local communities.
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