News tagged with mexico
Plugging a spewing oil well with cornstarch
A substance more like quicksand and less like ketchup could improve the "top kill" method of plugging a blown-out oil well.
Feb 01, 2011 |
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New bill pending to avoid next oil spill: US senator
US senators plan to introduce in the coming weeks new legislation aiming to prevent another disastrous oil spill like last year's massive slick in the Gulf of Mexico, a key lawmaker said Wednesday.
Jan 26, 2011 |
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First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate
(PhysOrg.com) -- To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Muddled mix the corniest way to plug leaky oil well
Call it better drilling through chemistry. The uncontrollable flood of oil into the Gulf of Mexico during last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster clearly illustrated that knowing how to stop the flow of oil ...
Jan 25, 2011 |
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The Arctic: a new frontier for oil, gas firms
BP's deal with Rosneft to jointly explore the Arctic's huge oil and gas reserves sets out a new frontier in the race for resources, but one that is dogged by technical and environmental concerns.
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Mexico to pioneer iris technology on ID cards
Mexico will on Monday become the first country to start using iris scans for identity cards, according to the government, which claims the scheme will be highly secure.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 21, 2011 |
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US creates new agencies for oil oversight
Three separate bodies will now oversee offshore oil resources, once handled by an agency whose poor management was exposed after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, US officials announced Wednesday.
Jan 19, 2011 |
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New materials invention for oil spill clean-up
The recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was not the largest in history nor will it be the last, according to T.C. (Mike) Chung, professor of materials science and engineering at Penn State. But a recent ...
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Lessons learned from oil rig disaster
When interviewed by the BBC, the now retired BP boss Tony Hayward admitted to his company's insufficient response to the Deepwater Horizon rig accident in the Gulf of Mexico. Could the company have been better prepared for ...
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Gulf of Mexico methane gas concentrations have returned to near-normal levels
Calling the results "extremely surprising," researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and Texas A&M University report that methane gas concentrations in the Gulf of Mexico have returned ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Panel: Gulf oil spill could happen again
(AP) -- Disasters like the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon rig could happen again without significant reform, according to the conclusions of a presidential panel that has the companies involved in the ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Commission won't be last word on Gulf oil spill
(AP) -- A presidential commission's conclusion on the largest offshore oil spill in history that decisions meant to save time and money created an unreasonable amount of risk won't be the final word on the ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Mayan buildings may have operated as sound projectors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of archaeologists from Mexico say buildings built by the Maya people could have served as projection systems and amplifiers to deliver sounds over relatively large distances.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Ancient raindrops reveal a wave of mountains sent south by sinking Farallon plate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Analyzing the isotope ratios of ancient raindrops preserved in soils and lake sediments, Stanford researchers have shown that a wave of mountain building began in British Columbia, Canada ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 17, 2010 |
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English-language book documents history of Chinese in Mexico for the first time
The little known history of the Chinese in Mexico — one that is marked by a bloody massacre and a successful effort to shut down Chinese-owned businesses in one Mexican state — is documented ...
Dec 17, 2010 |
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