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Lone helicopter crash survivor recounts ordeal
Vancouver :: Canada | 20 days ago
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S, N.L.–The lone survivor of a helicopter crash that killed 17 people off Newfoundland's east coast says the chopper started making "erratic motions" moments before the plunge. Robert Decker told an inquiry today that the chopper instantly filled with...
Tags: Newfoundland, helicopter crashed, sole survivor, east coast, offshore oil, passengers received, Robert Decker, safety training, N.L, training passengers
Yukon mine accident kills Newfoundland man
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 month ago
Credibility A young Newfoundland man is killed working on a mine tunnel in eastern Yukon. A woman who admitted to more than a dozen fraud-related charges has been jailed...John's, was given a 14-month sentence Tuesday. It's the responsibility of oil companies to...
Tags: Canada Newfoundland, Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board, offshore oil, helicopter safety, safety problems, offshore helicopter, Yukon, inquiry told, oil companies
Brazil Claims Stake in Oil Find
São Paulo :: Brazil | 2 months ago
Credibility Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced government plans to play a far bigger role in exploiting newly discovered oil reserves, a bid to grab a bigger share of the profits and fund an ambitious development agenda. Calling it an "independence...
Tags: Brazil, lula da, president luiz, oil finds, inacio lula, luiz inacio, offshore oil, oil produced
Palin qustions Obama sending $2 billion to Brazil
While it does not seem to bother the Democrats in Congress that Obama is sending $2 billion to Brazil to drill for oil offshore and create jobs for Brazilians, Sarah Palin is asking questions about it. To read more with references and sources, go to:...
Tags: palin, obama, brazil, offshore oil, oil drilling, energy independence
Brazil, France call for stronger ILO
Rio de Janeiro :: Brazil | 4 months ago
Credibility Brazilian leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have called for a prominent role for the UN's International Labor Organization. In a joint statement published on Tuesday, the two leaders urged the ILO to shoulder greater...
Tags: Brazilian, Nicolas Sarkozy, China, Tupi, offshore oil, Italy, luiz inacio, inacio lula, Russia
Militants attack Nigeria oil base
Lagos :: Nigeria | 4 months ago
Credibility Royal Dutch Shell confirmed that its Forcados export terminal in Delta State had been targeted, but it is not clear if production has been affected. The army denied militant claims that a gunboat with soldiers on board had been sunk, AFP news agency reports.
Tags: Nigeria, oil price, Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, oil platforms, offshore oil, IEA, oil demand, platforms belonging
Williams agrees to Hibernia stake
Calgary :: Canada | 5 months ago
Credibility Ottawa, Halifax — Globe and Mail Update, Tuesday, Jun. 16, 2009 07:33PM EDT P remier Danny Williams added a key piece in his long-term plan to keep oil revenues flowing into Newfoundland and Labrador, taking a conciliatory approach to partnering with...
Tags: Danny Williams, Newfoundland, Hibernia South, offshore oil
Helicopter crash sparks discussion of safety measures
Sydney :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility Last week's deadly helicopter crash off Newfoundland has renewed discussion about the effectiveness of safety measures in the offshore oil industry. One person survived and 17 others were killed last Thursday when a Cougar Helicopters aircraft crashed...
Tags: helicopter crashed, Newfoundland, offshore oil, oil industry, chopper crashed
Calif. panel rejects new offshore oil drilling
Santa Barbara :: CA :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The State Lands Commission has rejected a proposal that could have led to the first new oil drilling project off the California coast in 40 years. The panel voted 2-1 against Plains Exploration & Production Co.' request for approval of its bid to expand...
Tags: California State Lands Commission, Santa Barbara Channel, oil drilling, offshore oil, Plains Exploration
Salazar says limits needed on offshore drilling
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says the expansion of offshore oil drilling should be worked out with Congress as part of a broad energy blueprint. In an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press, Salazar indicated the broad drilling plan left on his...
Tags: Ken Salazar, Bush, bush administration, interior secretary, secretary ken, offshore drilling, Interior, offshore oil, drilling plan, oil drilling
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