Posts tagged with the keyword: ‘Gulf’
On April 20, 2010, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers and injuring 17 more. For the next three months, oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico in the worst spill in history. This environmental disaster has been all but forgotten as the National Commission on the Deepwater Horizon Spill and Offshore Drilling ceased operations on March 11, 2011. Even the Environmental Protection Agency declared that it has completed its monitoring phase of the …
May 14, 2012 | Posted in
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Rio de Janeiro state's environment secretary, Carlos Minc, says Brazil is expected to fine Chevron nearly $28 million for the ongoing offshore oil spill and will also ask Chevron to pay for damages caused by the Atlantic spill. Minc said Monday he considers the … The contractor, Transocean Ltd., had operated the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in April 2010, killing 11 men and spewing 4.9 million barrels of oil . The Frade spill, by contrast, was …
May 12, 2012 | Posted in
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The ILWU in the 1960s accepted containerization because it was able to ensure that all work associated with the new technology would be assigned to the union. Employers today must prove to the ILWU and the ILA that the same guarantees are present. ‘In the latest wave of terminal automation, it remains to be seen [...]
May 12, 2012 | Posted in
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An Anchorage federal judge in March granted Shell a protective order preventing Greenpeace from interfering in Shell's plans to explore offshore oil and gas leases in the Arctic. … Shell said it needed the court order to prevent Greenpeace from boarding its drilling vessels or entering safety zones, so the oil company can meet its contractual obligations without fear of imprisonment or injury. ….. Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010, the gulf oil spill was …
May 9, 2012 | Posted in
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“This dredge work allows the Corps to fulfill its mission of providing safe and navigable waterways for vessels importing and exporting goods through the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,” said Christopher C. Frabotta, deputy chief …
May 9, 2012 | Posted in
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Click for Larger Image, (c) Robert Almeida/gCaptain Following a few busy days at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston last week, Helix Energy Solutions group invited me on a tour of the Helix Producer I, the first ship-shaped production vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. Image (c) Robert Almeida/gCaptain, click for larger Approaching via helicopter, [...]
May 8, 2012 | Posted in
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Location of hijacking report. A report of a vessel hijacking in the Gulf of Oman on Friday has turned out to be nothing more than a false alarm, according to maritime situational awareness database OceanusLive.com. The following report came in yesterday from the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence, and was posted to gCaptain’s facebook page: [...]
May 5, 2012 | Posted in
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After BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP hired contractors to spray and inject more than 1.8 million gallons of Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, according to the complaint. … 2010, David Hogan performed commercial diving work from boats and vessels that were owned, leased, chartered, contracted for, and/or under the direction and control of Specialty Offshore , ConocoPhillips, Xplore Oil , and the …
May 5, 2012 | Posted in
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After BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010, unleashing the worst oil spill in U.S. history, BP hired contractors to spray and inject more than 1.8 million gallons of Corexit into the Gulf of Mexico, according to … “Between June 1 , 2010 and the end of November, 2010, David Hogan performed commercial diving work from boats and vessels that were owned, leased, chartered, contracted for, and/or under the direction and control of Specialty Offshore , …
May 5, 2012 | Posted in
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Marchesseau, according to his PlanetSolar bio, is French and has been sailing on different cruise vessels since 1991. He was captain of the French cruise ship Le Ponant when it was kidnapped by Somali pirates in the Gulf of …
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