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Wintershall completes drilling of North Sea's Ivar Aasen wells
2013-10-28 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Wintershall Norge has completed drilling of wildcat wells 16/1-19 S and 16/1-20 A, 2.5km east of appraisal wells 16/1-16 and 16/1-16 A at the Ivar Aasen field and about three kilometres north of the Edvard Grieg field in the central part of the North
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Year After Sandy, Rebuilding for Storms and Rising Seas
2013-10-26 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: When the waters finally receded, Mantoloking, New Jersey, resembled a war zone. All 521 houses in the borough, a seaside enclave on a barrier island about halfway down the state's coast, had suffered damage. Sixty cottages had gone up in flames after natural gas lines ruptured. A week after Superstorm Sandy struck, when residents were finally bussed back to survey the damage, there was no power or running water. Massive piles of debris filled streets, yards, and patios. Boats from the local yacht...
Sandy A Warning Rising Seas Threaten Nuclear Plants
2013-10-21 16:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: As Hurricane Sandy barreled ashore a year ago, the storm forced the shutdown of several Northeast coastal nuclear power reactors, including the Oyster Creek plant on the Jersey Shore, which took the brunt of Sandy's huge storm surge. Another reactor at Indian Point Energy Center north of New York City shutdown because of power grid disruptions, and a third reactor in southern New Jersey shutdown when Sandy knocked out four of its circulating water pumps. No nuclear power plant in Sandy's path...
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Aker Solutions to decommission North Sea's Murchison platform
2013-10-08 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
Norwegian oil field services firm Aker Solutions has won a contract from CNR International (UK) for the first phase of decommissioning of the Murchison platform in the North Sea.
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Warmer seas may raise mercury in fish
2013-10-06 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Scientists in the US say they have found evidence suggesting that warmer sea surface temperatures may increase the ability of fish to accumulate mercury. This could present a risk to the health of some consumers of seafood as the mercury rises up the marine food chain. The scientists, based at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, report their research in the journal PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science ONE). Until now science has known little about how global warming may affect mercury accumulation...
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