News tagged with sea drilling
Heavy ice could delay start of Shell Alaska's Arctic drilling
The heaviest polar ice in more than a decade could postpone the start of offshore oil drilling in the Arctic Ocean until the beginning of August, a delay of up to two weeks, Shell Alaska officials said.
May 28, 2012 |
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Elgin platform gas leak plugged safely, says Total
French energy giant Total said Monday it had successfully plugged a gas leak at a North Sea platform that cost the firm hundreds of millions of dollars and threatened to trigger a major explosion.
May 21, 2012 |
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Total diverts gas cloud away from stricken North Sea rig
French energy giant Total said Thursday it had succeeded in diverting gas that is leaking from a platform in the North Sea so that it no longer gathers in a cloud around the wellhead.
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Study finds that the Dead Sea almost dried up over 100,000 years ago
Rapidly dropping water levels of the Dead Sea, the lowest point on the earth's surface heralded for its medicinal properties, has been a source of ecological concern for years. Now a drilling project led by ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Chevron blamed in Brazil oil spill: report
A huge oil spill off Brazil's southern coast was the result of excessive pressure used by oil giant Chevron in drilling the sea floor, according to a report by police and prosecutors published by local media ...
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Oil drilling in Arctic nears reality as Shell emergency plan is approved
One of the last significant hurdles to offshore oil drilling in the Arctic was cleared Friday with approval of a plan to deal with a nightmare scenario - an oil spill at the top of the world.
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Canada unveils Arctic drilling rules
Canada's energy regulator rolled out new rules on Thursday allowing for alternative ways to deal quickly with blowouts in the Arctic other than drilling relief wells.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Dead Sea drilling research project portends ominous future for Middle East
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers drilling in the center of the Dead Sea have found that approximately 120,000 years ago, the area became so dry the Sea dried up completely, or nearly so, and worse, it ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 07, 2011 |
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International research team to bore into tectonic plates off Japan
An international research team will use the deep-sea drilling vessel Chikyu to bore into an area where two tectonic plates meet to study the movements of the plates that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake, according to ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2011 |
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LLNL partners with SWAY to launch deep sea offshore wind demonstration
The amount of wind blowing off the California coast is teeming with potential.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 10, 2011 |
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BP to resume deepwater drilling in Gulf of Mexico: report
BP will resume deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico in July, some 15 months after the British energy giant was thrown into crisis after a fatal oil spill in the region, a newspaper said Sunday.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Scientists drill beneath Dead Sea in search of priceless data
If you thought you couldn't get any lower than the Dead Sea, think again. You can go under it.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 21, 2010 |
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US sets up security zone around BP oil spill site
A security zone has been set up around the site of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico to safeguard any evidence of the environmental disaster earlier this year, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
Oct 28, 2010 |
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Investigating potentially hidden damages in the Gulf of Mexico
Chuck Fisher, Penn State professor of biology, is familiar with the Gulf of Mexico, and more specifically with the unique and rarely seen world miles below the surface. Following the Deepwater Horizon drilling ...
Oct 22, 2010 |
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Salvage operation could offer up clues to US oil spill
Efforts this weekend to salvage BP's blowout preventer could bring to the surface a key piece of evidence in the inquiry into the largest maritime oil spill in history.
Aug 27, 2010 |
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