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US probing cyber attacks on gas pipelines (Update)

A campaign of cyber attacks has been targeting US natural gas pipeline operators, officials acknowledged Tuesday, raising security concerns about vulnerabilities in key infrastructure.

Technology / Internet

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Shell says two new leaks on Nigerian pipeline

Oil giant Shell on Monday said two new leaks had occurred on one of its pipelines in southern Nigeria after similar incidents in recent days blamed on crude theft.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Search is on for source of US Gulf of Mexico oil sheen

The US Coast Guard and oil company experts on Thursday used aircraft and undersea probes to monitor and search for the source of a 10-mile long oil sheen in the Gulf of Mexico.

Space & Earth / Environment

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Under the microscope #13

Matthew Kuo tells us how tiny worm faecal pellets affect how oil pipelines sit on the seabed.

Biology / Other

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Part of Keystone XL oil pipeline to go ahead: company

TransCanada Corp announced Monday it would go ahead with construction of part of its Keystone XL oil pipeline that does not require US presidential approval, a stretch from the state of Oklahoma to the US ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Metadynamics technique offers insight into mineral growth and dissolution

By using a novel technique to better understand mineral growth and dissolution, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are improving predictions of mineral reactions and laying the groundwork ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New research expected to help utility companies predict service life of pipelines

Regression models presented in the American Society of Civil Engineers' Journal of Infrastructure Systems by researchers at Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science are expected to hel ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US to reject Canada pipeline: reports

The United States will Wednesday reject the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada, a politically charged project that is bitterly opposed by environmentalists, news reports said.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (10) | comments 3

New biodiversity data publishing framework proposed

A comprehensive framework to encourage and facilitate the sharing of biodiversity data has been published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nebraska welcomes new pipeline route

Nebraska's governor on Tuesday welcomed a controversial US-Canada pipeline now that it will be rerouted away from the state's sensitive wetlands, but environmentalists vowed to keep up the fight.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

US to study alternate route for US-Canada pipeline

The US government said Thursday it would study an alternate route for a controversial US-Canada oil pipeline, and pushed back its final decision on the project until 2013 -- after next year's presidential ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Activists push for end to US-Canada pipeline plan

Thousands of protesters rallied outside the White House on Sunday to press US President Barack Obama to scrap plans for a multi-billion-dollar oil pipeline stretching from Canada to Texas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US says may miss year-end decision on Canada pipeline

The United States said Wednesday it may fail to decide on whether to issue a permit for a proposed multi-billion dollar oil pipeline stretching from Canada to Texas by the end of 2011 as planned.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

China's CNOOC cleaning up after another oil spill

Chinese oil giant CNOOC said Sunday it has suspended production at a platform off northeastern China after a ruptured pipe leaked crude into Bohai Bay, in the lastest spill to hit the company.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Proposed pipeline could cost jobs, not create them

(PhysOrg.com) -- Claims of job creation by the TransCanada Corp. Keystone XL Pipeline are inflated at best and misleading at worst, according to a new report by the ILR Global Labor Institute (GLI) posted on its website.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2