Archive for the 'Oil & Gas' Category
Dalian official refutes Greenpeace allegations about impact of spill
A spokesman for the city of Dalian government Monday refuted a Greenpeace report that claimed the amount of oil spilled into the water reached 60,000 tons and that it polluted thousands of offshore shellfish farms near coastal ... Read More
Spills Remind China that Polluters Must Pay
The Dalian oil spill and other environmental tragedies demand thorough investigations and fair penalties An oil pipeline explosion at the port of Dalian on July 16 spilled about 1,500 tons of crude oil into the sea. The next ... Read More
China races to prevent oil slick spreading to open sea
China is speeding up its clean-up of an oil spill to stop it from spreading into the open ocean, five days after pipelines exploded here, causing a lingering oil spill that has spread to tourist beaches. The slick has reached ... Read More
Oil spill an ‘accident foreseen’
The threat to international waters from the oil spill triggered by pipeline explosions in the northeastern port city of Dalian has been greatly reduced as strong winds changed direction and cleanup work accelerates with ... Read More
China uses oil-eating bacteria in oil spill cleanup
Over 23 tonnes of oil-eating bacteria are being used to clean up the oil spill off the coast of northeast China’s Dalian City, four days after pipelines exploded near one of China’s largest oil reserve ... Read More
Yellow Sea under threat from Dalian oil spill
The cleanup of oil off the port city of Dalian, caused by pipeline explosions Friday night, is expected to take at least 10 days, State Oceanic Administration officials said Monday, but environmentalists say the ecological ... Read More
20 boats battle to clean up oil spill after blaze
EFFORTS were under way yesterday to contain and clean up a large oil slick after pipeline explosions at a northeastern Chinese port. Maritime workers on 20 boats were sent to install fencing to stop the spilled oil from ... Read More
Oil spill at sea after pipelines explode
An oil leak triggered by pipeline explosions Friday in the northeastern port city of Dalian had contaminated at least 50 square kilometers of ocean waters as of last night, and local authorities were still rushing to contain ... Read More
Dalian seeks to contain oil pipeline spill
Workers rushed to contain an oil spill covering up to 50 square kilometers from seeping further into the Yellow Sea on Sunday, two days after an explosion at an oil storage port in Dalian, Liaoning province. An oil pipeline ... Read More
Oil Boom Refines a County’s School System
Three years ago, one county in the heart of Central China’s natural resources belt began rolling hundreds of millions of yuan in oil revenues over to its schools China’s education policy has long been in dire need ... Read More
CNOOC looking to Latin America for oil, gas
The China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) is eyeing Argentina and other Latin American countries for oil and gas development. CNOOC will facilitate this through a joint venture set up in March this year with Bridas ... Read More
Sinopec strikes oil
STATE-OWNED Chinese oil producer Sinopec said yesterday its Addax subsidiary has struck oil offshore Nigeria after the unit was acquired last year to expand the company’s African presence. The UDELE-3 well of Block 137 in ... Read More
CNPC, BP exploit Iraq’s biggest field
China National Petroleum(CNPC) and British oil company BP have taken over operation of Iraq’s largest oilfield, Rumaila, in a 20-year agreement. CNPC and BP aim to increase output at the oilfield 10 percent by the end of ... Read More