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US administration’s five-year plan for offshore drilling could be scaled back in scope
Washington: Sally Jewell, head of the US Department of the Interior, suggested on Monday that the administration’s five-year plan for…
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Petrobras able to bankroll its 2015 operations after deals with banks
San Francisco: Petrobras is able to bankroll its operations and investments for the rest of this year, after securing more…
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Traffic halted on St Lawrence Seaway after bulker runs aground
New York: A Polish-owned bulker ran aground near the Thousand Islands Bridge system on Monday morning causing shipping to be halted…
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Petrobras says it will unveil long overdue financials on April 22
San Francisco: All the suspense will soon be over for market and scandal watchers as Brazil’s corruption-racked oil giant Petrobras…
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Former treasurer of dockworkers’ union sentenced to six years for extortion
New York: A former treasurer of the dockworkers’ union was sentenced on Friday in Trenton, New Jersey, to six years…
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Argentina starts legal action against British and US drillers offshore the Falklands
San Francisco: Argentina made good on previous threats when it started legal proceedings in an Argentine court against three British…
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Protesters out to meet Shell’s Polar Pioneer as rig reaches Port Angeles
Seattle: Environmental activists were out in force to protest the arrival of Shell’s Polar Pioneer rig in Port Angeles, Washington…
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Squamish Terminals fire mostly contained, shelter-in-place order lifted
Vancouver: The Squamish Terminals fire that engulfed much of the dock on Thursday night was 90% contained by Friday morning.…
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Huge fire at dock in Squamish Terminals, north of Vancouver
Vancouver: A huge fire broke out on Thursday night at Squamish Terminals, a deepwater shipping port about 40 miles north…
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Schlumberger announces 11,000 further job cuts
Houston: Oil field service giant Schlumberger plans 11,000 extra cuts in its global workforce. The Houston-headquartered firm had already announced…
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Petrobras rejects report it will sell some of its valuable pre-salt assets
San Francisco: Petrobras denied on Thursday newspaper reports in Brazil that it is planning to sell stakes in its valuable…
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US regulator approves west coast ports efficiency-boosting agreement
San Francisco: The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has voted to approve an agreement between west coast ports which should…
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North Carolina governor slams feds’ proposed buffer for offshore Atlantic drilling
San Francisco: North Carolina’s governor Pat McCrory on Wednesday slammed the US government’s proposed 50-mile buffer zone between the coastline…
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Anti-drilling activists plan ‘festival of resistance’ against Shell’s Arctic fleet when it’s based in Seattle
San Francisco: Undeterred by the end of Greenpeace’s occupation of a Shell rig in transit across the Pacific, green groups…
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Workers’ party treasurer arrested as heat turns up in Petrobras scandal
San Francisco: The Petrobras scandal took a major step forward on Wednesday when federal police arrested the treasurer of Brazil’s…
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Vancouver prepares to unleash the lawyers over English Bay spill
Vancouver: City of Vancouver officials are already priming for legal action over the English Bay fuel spill and it could…
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Outlying US lands call again for revision of the Jones Act
San Francisco: US territories Guam and Puerto Rico, plus the non-contiguous states Alaska and Hawaii called again on Tuesday for…
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Vancouver spill mostly cleaned up but work and questions remain
Vancouver: Clean-up of last Wednesday’s bunker fuel spill in waters off Vancouver was 90% complete early on Tuesday, but advisories remain…
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Falkland Oil and Gas postpones second well drilling
San Francisco: Falkland Oil and Gas, along with its partners, has decided to shelve plans for drilling a second well…
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US government announces proposals for offshore drilling safety near the fifth anniversary of Deepwater Horizon tragedy
San Francisco: A week before the fifth anniversary of the BP Gulf spill the US government proposed new regulations on…
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