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93 Barge Personnel Still Missing As Coast Guard, Navy Rescue Ops Continue
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard continued with search and rescue operations a day after Cyclone Tauktae swept past the Maharashtra coast, ripping through barges and oil rigs.
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Huge Rescue Ops After Cyclone Tauktae Sinks Barge, Leaves Oil Rig Adrift
Cyclone Tauktae: Navy ships, tug boats and rescue ships were pressed into service on Monday to evacuate over 500 people stuck on an oil rig and barges in the high sea off the Mumbai coast after the cyclone ripped through it.
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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs As Roughnecks Become Expendable
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.
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15 Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria's Oil Hub: Police
Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.
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Vietnam Tells China To Shift Its Rig And Stop Complicating Ties
Vietnam demanded China move a controversial oil rig on Thursday and abandon plans to start drilling in waters where jurisdiction is unclear, the latest sign of festering unease among the two communist neighbours.
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Oil Edges Lower as Saudi Crude Exports Fall, US Cuts Drill Rigs
Oil prices edged lower on today as data showed Saudi Arabian exports fell to the lowest in five months despite record output, while a resurgence in US drilling activity seen earlier this month seemed to fizzle out.
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4 Dead, 16 Injured in Fiery Blast at Mexico Oil Rig
An explosion and a fire erupted on an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico's Pemex on Wednesday, killing at least four workers, injuring 16 and forcing 300 to be evacuated.
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US Says Southeast Asia Concern Over China at 'All-Time High'
Southeast Asian countries on Sunday expressed concern over "increased tensions" in the South China Sea and called for stepped-up talks with China, in what the United States said was a setback for China's efforts to play down the disputes.
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John Kerry Aims to Calm South China Sea Tensions
US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Myanmar seeking to calm tensions in the South China Sea between China and its smaller neighbors.
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Gas Leak at Bombay High Oil Rig, Workers Evacuated
A high pressure, highly inflammable gas leak was today reported at a well state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was drilling at the Bombay High oil rig, off the coast of Mumbai.
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China Finishes Oil Drilling in Disputed Waters
An oil rig that China moved into contested waters to the fury of Vietnam has finished drilling "as planned", the energy company behind the project said, a month earlier than expected.
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Republican Intelligence Chief Urges United States to Get tougher on China
The chief of the US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused China of "gluttonous, naked aggression" in its drive to control territory and resources in the South China Sea.
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China Scolds Vietnam for "Hyping" South China Sea Oil Rig Row
China's top diplomat scolded Vietnamese officials during talks in Hanoi on Wednesday for "hyping up" a row over a Chinese oil rig drilling in disputed waters in the South China Sea, in tough comments that suggest relations will remain rocky.
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Top China Diplomat Meets Vietnam Officials Amid Tensions Over Oil Rig
China's top diplomat began a round of meetings with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Wednesday as the two countries try to repair a rupture in ties over China's positioning of an oil rig in disputed waters early last month.
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China Says Will Never Send Military to Oil Rig Spat with Vietnam
A Chinese official said on Friday that China will never send military forces to the scene of an increasingly ugly spat with Vietnam over an oil rig in the South China Sea, and accused Hanoi of trying to force an international lawsuit.
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93 Barge Personnel Still Missing As Coast Guard, Navy Rescue Ops Continue
The Indian Navy and Coast Guard continued with search and rescue operations a day after Cyclone Tauktae swept past the Maharashtra coast, ripping through barges and oil rigs.
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Huge Rescue Ops After Cyclone Tauktae Sinks Barge, Leaves Oil Rig Adrift
Cyclone Tauktae: Navy ships, tug boats and rescue ships were pressed into service on Monday to evacuate over 500 people stuck on an oil rig and barges in the high sea off the Mumbai coast after the cyclone ripped through it.
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Robots Are Taking Over Oil Rigs As Roughnecks Become Expendable
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.
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15 Workers Kidnapped In Nigeria's Oil Hub: Police
Gunmen have kidnapped 15 oil workers on a road near Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt, police said on Saturday, in the latest unrest in the restive region.
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Vietnam Tells China To Shift Its Rig And Stop Complicating Ties
Vietnam demanded China move a controversial oil rig on Thursday and abandon plans to start drilling in waters where jurisdiction is unclear, the latest sign of festering unease among the two communist neighbours.
-
Oil Edges Lower as Saudi Crude Exports Fall, US Cuts Drill Rigs
Oil prices edged lower on today as data showed Saudi Arabian exports fell to the lowest in five months despite record output, while a resurgence in US drilling activity seen earlier this month seemed to fizzle out.
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4 Dead, 16 Injured in Fiery Blast at Mexico Oil Rig
An explosion and a fire erupted on an offshore oil platform operated by Mexico's Pemex on Wednesday, killing at least four workers, injuring 16 and forcing 300 to be evacuated.
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US Says Southeast Asia Concern Over China at 'All-Time High'
Southeast Asian countries on Sunday expressed concern over "increased tensions" in the South China Sea and called for stepped-up talks with China, in what the United States said was a setback for China's efforts to play down the disputes.
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John Kerry Aims to Calm South China Sea Tensions
US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Myanmar seeking to calm tensions in the South China Sea between China and its smaller neighbors.
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Gas Leak at Bombay High Oil Rig, Workers Evacuated
A high pressure, highly inflammable gas leak was today reported at a well state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) was drilling at the Bombay High oil rig, off the coast of Mumbai.
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China Finishes Oil Drilling in Disputed Waters
An oil rig that China moved into contested waters to the fury of Vietnam has finished drilling "as planned", the energy company behind the project said, a month earlier than expected.
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Republican Intelligence Chief Urges United States to Get tougher on China
The chief of the US House Intelligence Committee on Thursday accused China of "gluttonous, naked aggression" in its drive to control territory and resources in the South China Sea.
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China Scolds Vietnam for "Hyping" South China Sea Oil Rig Row
China's top diplomat scolded Vietnamese officials during talks in Hanoi on Wednesday for "hyping up" a row over a Chinese oil rig drilling in disputed waters in the South China Sea, in tough comments that suggest relations will remain rocky.
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Top China Diplomat Meets Vietnam Officials Amid Tensions Over Oil Rig
China's top diplomat began a round of meetings with Vietnamese officials in Hanoi on Wednesday as the two countries try to repair a rupture in ties over China's positioning of an oil rig in disputed waters early last month.
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China Says Will Never Send Military to Oil Rig Spat with Vietnam
A Chinese official said on Friday that China will never send military forces to the scene of an increasingly ugly spat with Vietnam over an oil rig in the South China Sea, and accused Hanoi of trying to force an international lawsuit.
