Oil Drill Ships

The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty pipes. It could also be a reason he's not working there today.

A US judge on Thursday slapped a $2,500 fine on Greenpeace for every hour its activists continue to block a Shell Oil ship headed for Alaska on a drilling expedition, a court official said.

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

Russia in a "surprise move" is to release Greenpeace's Dutch-flagged Artic Sunrise ship, seized last year after a protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group said on Friday.

A Greenpeace ship arrived on Thursday at the Arctic site where Statoil is sending an oil rig in an attempt to stop the drilling, the environmental group said.

Hanoi said on Wednesday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, injuring six people.

Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics jumped 7.82% to Rs 91.65 at 15:14 IST on BSE after a 100% subsidiary of the company won a contract worth approximately $40 million from a Vietnam-based company for drilling a 4,800 meter offshore well.The announcement was made during trading hours today, 18 May 2010.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 48.53 points, or ...

The robot on an oil drillship in the Gulf of Mexico made it easier for Mark Rodgers to do his job stringing together heavy, dirty pipes. It could also be a reason he's not working there today.

A US judge on Thursday slapped a $2,500 fine on Greenpeace for every hour its activists continue to block a Shell Oil ship headed for Alaska on a drilling expedition, a court official said.

Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship arrived home to a warm welcome in The Netherlands on Saturday, almost a year after it was seized by Russia during a protest against Arctic oil drilling.

Russia in a "surprise move" is to release Greenpeace's Dutch-flagged Artic Sunrise ship, seized last year after a protest against Arctic oil drilling, the environmental group said on Friday.

A Greenpeace ship arrived on Thursday at the Arctic site where Statoil is sending an oil rig in an attempt to stop the drilling, the environmental group said.

Hanoi said on Wednesday that Chinese ships protecting a deep-water drilling rig in disputed waters in the South China Sea had used water cannon to attack Vietnamese patrol vessels and repeatedly rammed them, injuring six people.

Essar Shipping Ports & Logistics jumped 7.82% to Rs 91.65 at 15:14 IST on BSE after a 100% subsidiary of the company won a contract worth approximately $40 million from a Vietnam-based company for drilling a 4,800 meter offshore well.The announcement was made during trading hours today, 18 May 2010.Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 48.53 points, or ...