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Experts survey stricken Total North Sea gas platformLondon (AFP) April 5, 2012 A team of experts spent four hours inspecting a wellhead that is spewing a cloud of potentially explosive gas on a North Sea platform operated by French energy giant Total, the company said on Thursday. It was the first time the wellhead has been inspected since the Elgin platform was evacuated of its 238 crew on March 25 when the leak was detected. Total said a helicopter carrying the eight-strong team of experts left Aberdeen on the east coast of Scotland at 10:30 am (0930 GMT) to fly the 150 ... read more |
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 Turkey to start northern Cyprus drilling Turkey will start drilling for oil and gas in northern Cyprus this month despite opposition from Greek Cypriots, the north's energy minister says. ... more | .. |
  GM's China sales hit record high for March US auto giant General Motors said Thursday that its China sales set a record for March, despite an overall slowdown in the world's biggest car market. ... more | .. |
  Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims As a frequent flier and devout Muslim, businessman Abdalhamid Evans always comes up against the same challenge in the air: when to say his prayers. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Arabian Sea caught in China-India standoff The competition for energy between China and India, the world's two largest expanding economies, is likely to encompass the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean, a vital artery for oil and gas to Asia from the Persian Gulf. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN to 'intensify efforts' on China sea disputes Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday pledged to step up efforts to resolve overlapping maritime disputes with China, at the end of a two-day summit which also focused on Myanmar and North Korea. ... more | .. |
 Bulgarian parliament committee to review shale gas ban Bulgaria's parliament set up a special committee Wednesday to review shale gas exploration and production in an apparent bid by the government to relax a ban on the industry imposed in January. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN paralysed over China sea dispute, say analysts The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is paralysed by differences over how to deal with regional superpower China's claims to strategic islands in the South China Sea, analysts said. ... more |
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 Brazil seeks $10.9 bn from Chevron for second spill A Brazilian prosecutor is demanding that Chevron and the oil drilling contractor Transocean pay $10.9 billion for a second offshore spill last month, the US oil giant said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Latin American oil draws new investors New oil discoveries and prospects for further exploration are drawing investors to Latin America despite heightened tensions triggered by Argentina disputing British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands and its energy-rich deep water. ... more | .. |
  Is bioenergy expansion harmful to wildlife? Despite the predicted environmental benefits of biofuels, converting land to grow bioenergy crops may harm native wildlife. Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research in Leipzig ... more | .. |
 Algae biofuels: the wave of the future Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species ... more |
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 Fuel-efficient autos drive sales higher US auto sales revved up in March amid an improving economy and as high gasoline prices boosted buying of fuel-efficient vehicles, US and foreign automakers said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 New material cuts energy costs of separating gas for plastics and fuels A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money - and lower their environmental impacts - by eliminatin ... more | .. |
 Airstrike hits Sudan's Darfur: AU-UN An airstrike took place near a populated area of Sudan's North Darfur state, without causing casualties, the African Union-United Nations peacekeeping mission UAMID said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: $8 a gallon gas! Campaigning for office, U.S. President Barack Obama promised to do something about high gasoline prices but now he is denying he can do much about what Americans pay to drive. He is too modest! ... more |
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Space agencies track rare 3I/ATLAS interstellar object near Mars
Space Force awards launch missions to SpaceX, ULA
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 Total to airlift team to stricken North Sea rig this week Energy giant Total said it will send a team of experts by helicopter to a stricken North Sea gas platform on Wednesday or Thursday to assess how to stop a potentially explosive gas leak. ... more | .. |
 Philippines urges united ASEAN stand on South China Sea ASEAN should forge a common position on a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing tensions in the South China Sea before talking with China, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 BMW, Guggenheim salvage Berlin 'lab' after threats German automaker BMW and New York's Guggenheim Museum said Tuesday they have found a new site in Berlin for an urban design "laboratory" after irate residents of a trendy district forced them out. ... more | .. |
 Uruguay mulls offering Iran rice for oil Uruguay is considering offering Iran rice shipments in return for oil in apparent disregard of U.S.-led sanctions regarding Iran's disputed nuclear program. ... more |
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ASEAN struggles with South China Sea code Southeast Asian foreign ministers wrangled Monday over a proposed code of conduct aimed at easing dangerous maritime disputes with Beijing in the South China Sea. ... more | .. |
 Kurds halt oil exports in payment row Iraq's Kurdish region halted oil exports on Sunday after Baghdad's top energy official warned it to reconsider before following through on the threat over the government's non-payment of funds. ... more | .. |
 Total awaits regulator's advice on stricken North Sea rig French energy giant Total was awaiting advice from British regulators on Sunday on whether it was safe to approach a North Sea platform leaking flammable gas for a week. ... more | .. |
 2-in-1 device uses sewage as fuel to make electricity and clean the sewage Scientists have described a new and more efficient version of an innovative device the size of a home washing machine that uses bacteria growing in municipal sewage to make electricity and clean up ... more |
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Russia says missile strike kills three in Belgorod region: governor
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 Oil higher in Asia on Chinese demand hopes Oil prices were higher in Asia on Monday as dealers were boosted by figures showing a rise in manufacturing activity in China, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Japan auto sales soar by record 78.2% in March Japanese automobile sales saw their biggest-ever monthly surge in March, data showed Monday, a year after domestic demand plummeted in the wake of the country's quake-tsunami disaster. ... more | .. |
 Engine failure forces Cathay jet to turn back A Cathay Pacific jumbo jet bound for Paris was forced to return to Hong Kong early Monday following an engine failure shortly after take off, a spokesman for the Hong Kong flag carrier said. ... more | .. |
 US firm to make pay-out for China oil spill: report ConocoPhillips and its Chinese partner will pay around 305 million yuan ($48 million) to fishermen in a northern port city over a major oil spill last year, a state-backed newspaper said Monday. ... more |
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Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him. ... more | .. |
Total losing $2.5 mln a day from North Sea gas leak rig French energy giant Total said Monday a gas leak in the North Sea platform is costing it $2.5 million (1.87 million euros) a day, as Greenpeace said the rig was surrounded by an oily sheen. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says Kurdistan smuggling oil through Iran Iraq's Kurdish region, which has halted crude exports in a row with Baghdad, owes the central government more than $5 billion and is smuggling the oil it produces through Iran, Iraqi officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN buoyed by Myanmar but worried by sea disputes The aftermath of landmark by-elections in former pariah state Myanmar is set to dominate this week's summit of Southeast Asian leaders in Cambodia - unless a regional maritime row steals the show. ... more |
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