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Hunt for oil heats up under Alaska ice The combination of falling reserves and $100-plus oil is sparking a frenzy of oil and gas activity in Alaska the likes of which hasn't been seen since the state's initial oil boom more than three decades ago, fortune.com reports. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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July 30, 1869: Moving Oil in Bulk, for Good and Ill 1869: The Charles, generally recognized as the world's first oil tanker, leaves the United States bound for Europe with the equivalent of 7,000 barrels of crude. The Charles, home-ported in Antwerp, Belgium, carried its cargo in 59 iron tanks below decks. Earlier, oil was transported ac Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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July 30, 1869: Moving Oil in Bulk, for Good and Ill 1869: The Charles, generally recognized as the world's first oil tanker, leaves the United States bound for Europe with the equivalent of 7,000 barrels of crude. The Charles, home-ported in Antwerp, Belgium, carried its cargo in 59 iron tanks below decks. Earlier, oil was transported ac Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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German hunt for ice-cream killer A manhunt is under way after at least three people were shot dead in a German ice cream shop, police say. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC |
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Shell Is High Bidder to Drill for Oil and Gas Off Alaska ANCHORAGE (Bloomberg News) — Royal Dutch Shell, the oil company, offered to pay $2.1 billion in an oil and natural gas lease sale, becoming the biggest bidder for the rights in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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German cyberplods raid Pirate Party on Skype Trojan mole hunt BayernTrojaner controversy heats up Bavarian cops have searched the office of a spokesman for the German Pirate Party (Piratenpartei Deutschland) hunting for a mole who leaked information on plans to develop a Trojan capable of eavesdropping on Skype conversation, according to local reports.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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Tom Hunt, Executive in His Family’s Oil Business, Dies at 85 Mr. Hunt was a former chairman of Hunt Petroleum and an adviser to the founder of the family dynasty, his uncle H. L. Hunt. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Digging for Diamonds 24/7 Under Frozen Snap Lake Plink. Plink. Tink. One billion dollars of up-front investment and it all comes down to this: a slow but steady trickle of milky white pebbles dropping from a funnel into an acrylic jar. The jar is locked inside a glass case that's inside a vault that's inside the high-security Red Area of a pr Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Digging for Diamonds 24/7 Under Frozen Snap Lake Plink. Plink. Tink. One billion dollars of up-front investment and it all comes down to this: a slow but steady trickle of milky white pebbles dropping from a funnel into an acrylic jar. The jar is locked inside a glass case that's inside a vault that's inside the high-security Red Area of a pr Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Hunt under way for missing cruise passenger Searchers from the U.S. Coast Guard joined the hunt Friday for a cruise ship passenger reported missing after employees of the Norwegian Pearl failed to find her. Home > Rss Directory > General > CNN |
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2 Oil Firms Plan Alaska Gas Pipeline BP and ConocoPhillips joined forces to try to develop Alaska’s vast reserves of natural gas, saying they would spend billions to build a North Slope pipeline. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Alaska Utility Ordered To Renegotiate Lower Natural Gas Prices With Conoco Phillips, Marathon Oil (AHN) (AHN) - Alaska residents in the south central part of the state might get a break on their home heating costs this winter thanks to state government intervention. - Tue, 4 Nov 2008 12:45:25 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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US lost Cold War bomb under Greenland ice Dude, where's my nuke? The US secretly abandoned a nuclear weapon forty years ago after it was lost beneath the ice in northern Greenland, according to a BBC report.… Home > Rss Directory > General > The Register |
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U.S.: Arctic Oil Deposits May Be Ours, All Ours New mapping data that shows Alaska's continental shelf extending farther out to sea than previously believed may bolster U.S. claims to oil and gas reserves contained in areas currently the subject of an international dispute. Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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U.S.: Arctic Oil Deposits May Be Ours, All Ours New mapping data that shows Alaska's continental shelf extending farther out to sea than previously believed may bolster U.S. claims to oil and gas reserves contained in areas currently the subject of an international dispute. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Eggs-citing hunt has tots hoppin' at Brooklyn Bridge Easter egg hunt - New York Daily News The Winchester StarEggs-citing hunt has tots hoppin' at Brooklyn Bridge Easter egg huntNew York Daily News - 5 hours agoBY JOTHAM SEDERSTROM Egging on the Easter fun. Flora Whitney collects eggs at the Spring Fling Egghunt on Saturday. Click for more photos.Sunset Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Pete Wentz: Pregnancy Rumors a 'Witch Hunt' - People Magazine Fresh NewsPete Wentz: Pregnancy Rumors a 'Witch Hunt'People Magazine - 4 hours agoPete Wentz is addressing rumors that finacée Ashlee Simpson is pregnant, calling it a "witch hunt" in an email. "There is a witch hunt for people to be pregnant whenever they get engag Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Ice cave teens undergo sugery for broken backs - Seattle Times Enews 2.0Ice cave teens undergo sugery for broken backsSeattle Times - 1 hour agoTwo teenage boys rescued after an ice cave collapsed on them in Washington's Cascade Mountains underwent surgery for broken backs and other injuries Friday.Video: Rescuers Pull Teens F Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Arctic Ice on Track for Another All-Time Low - Wired News CTV.caArctic Ice on Track for Another All-Time LowWired News - Aug 28, 2008By Loretta Hidalgo Whitesides August 28, 2008 | 7:00:04 PMCategories: Climate, Space The Northwest Passage is about to be ice-free for the second year in the row, as seen on satellite images rele Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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U.S. ship heads for Arctic to define territory
(Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. Coast Guard cutter will embark on an Arctic voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf north of Alaska and map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |