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2012/05/26 12:34
2012/05/26 12:34
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NEW ORLEANS — An oil spill consortium set up after the BP spill to develop methods for containing deep sea spills will do a drill with its state-of-the-art equipment this summer. Interior Secretary...
2012/05/26 12:34
2012/05/26 12:34
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2012/05/25 09:29
2012/05/25 09:29
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Nigeria's current crude oil loss as a result of illegal activities that include bunkering and pipeline tapping on major oil facilities in the Niger Delta has risen from 150,000 barrels per day (bpd)...
2012/05/25 08:56
2012/05/25 08:56
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Ship's captain jailed over New Zealand oil spill Posted: 25 May 2012 1644 hrs Photos of WELLINGTON: The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution...
2012/05/25 05:29
2012/05/25 05:29
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Yenagoa — The Joint Task Force, JTF, in the Niger Delta, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has intercepted another vessel loaded with 600,000 litres of allegedly stolen crude oil in the creek of...
2012/05/24 22:23
2012/05/24 22:23
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Oil spill responders train in fast-moving waters near Campbell River Standing on the deck of a landing craft in Menzies Bay, during an oil spill clean-up training session, Troy Donovan glances over...
2012/05/24 04:46
2012/05/24 04:46
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A decades-old jet fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply could be as large as 24 million gallons, or twice the size of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez, New...
2012/05/24 01:41
2012/05/24 01:41
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New Oil Spill Response Boats are ready to respond to oil platform spills. Platform owners paid for the new boats named Ocean Guardian and Ocean Scout. They are stationed at docks in the Ventura...
2012/05/23 12:02
2012/05/23 12:02
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A $50 billion, 50-year proposal aimed at stopping coastal land loss in Louisiana has passed the state Legislature. The Senate voted 94-0 Tuesday in favor of the 2012 coastal...
2012/05/22 20:40
2012/05/22 20:40
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Environmental campaigners and shareholders clashed with Royal Dutch Shell at an annual meeting dominated by concerns over exploration in Alaska, slow progress tackling oil leakages in Nigeria,...
2012/05/22 18:44
2012/05/22 18:44
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Battle Mountain -- Two fires about 60 miles south-west of Battle Mountain in Antelope Valley burned more than 6,000 acres. Both fires were human caused and are under investigation. The fires were...
2012/05/22 14:29
2012/05/22 14:29
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The media are full of reports about oil theft in Nigeria, environmental activists are busy launching cool new campaigns to embarrass Shell - it can only mean one thing: it's almost time for the oil...
2012/05/22 10:54
2012/05/22 10:54
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UK govt.’s intervention to aid Shell condemned Nigerian villagers evacuate their homes by boat on December 2005, passing a burning Shell oil pipeline. The British government has been criticized for...
2012/05/22 01:51
2012/05/22 01:51
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Haze from surround fires to linger over metro area this week Posted at: 05/21/2012 7:18 PM By: Eddie Garcia, KOB Eyewitness News 4 Smoke from fires burning in Arizona continues to make its way to...
2012/05/21 11:29
2012/05/21 11:29
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Kaduna — Oil exploration in northern Nigeria is being retarded by nonchalance of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the multinational oil companies involved in the project, the New...
2012/05/20 22:47
2012/05/20 22:47
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A major oil spill exercise is due to be held on the Coromandel next month, taking into account lessons learned during the Rena disaster. The Waikato Regional Council exercise - involving up to 30...
2012/05/20 15:29
2012/05/20 15:29
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THE Presidential Amnesty Programme for militants among Niger Delta youths who laid down their weapons to give way to peace and development in the region, once again, took a centre-stage of activities...
2012/05/20 06:29
2012/05/20 06:29
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The Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta on Friday called for the cooperation of community leaders to stern the activities of oil thieves in the region. Lt.-Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Media...
2012/05/19 08:30
2012/05/19 08:30
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In an effort to keep ex-militants of the Niger Delta region busy and relevant to the society, a total of 208 of the ex-militants are currently studying various degree programmes at Nigeria's premier...
2012/05/18 12:29
2012/05/18 12:29
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The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) Thursday finally began the technical session of its two-day meeting to share monthly revenue to the three-tiers of government for April. The actual...
2012/05/17 20:35
2012/05/17 20:35
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We watched with the rest of the world as the oil fouled the sea and with it the birds and other wildlife. While these images did not displace the concern and sadness we felt over the human toll of...