The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate has offices in lower Manhattan in New York City, and the events of September 11th remain vivid. However, in its aftermath it was difficult to envision the broad reaching ripple effects resulting from the event. Among the effects is the clash of two major issues:...
This article summarizes the biological and legal efforts, over a decade, to address impacts to seabirds from the 1986 Apex Houston oil spill in central California. This relatively small spill (616+ barrels) was conservatively estimated to have killed about 9,900 seabirds, including 6,300 Common Murres Uria aalge, as modified from...
The paper helps to predict as to how the oil will spread with respect to tide changes. It states that the trajectory analyst is often asked whether an offshore spill will move into a bay or estuary. To answer this question, one of the first things one should look at...
Oil spills are, unfortunately, common events in many parts of the United States. Most of them are accidental, so no one can know when, where, or how they will occur. Preventing oil spills is the best strategy for avoiding potential damage to human health and the environment. However, once a...
Obtaining detailed cost information for spills which cover a range of oil types and different geographical areas is generally difficult. Understandably many aspects of claims settlements are confidential between claimants and those providing compensation, and detailed cost data are not readily available. There are some factors affecting the costs of...
WASHINGTON AFP — The US Coast Guard and clean-up crews were struggling Saturday to rid the Mississippi River of hundreds of thousands of gallons liters of spilled fuel oil and unclog a backup of commercial traffic. Nearly 800 people in several oil removal operations were busy containing the...
TigerOptics , a leading manufacturer of laser-based trace gas analyzers,today announced at SEMICON West 2008 the launch of its flagship product forcleanroom applications, the Tiger-i TM. With absolute accuracy and immediate, calibration-freeanalysis, the Tiger-i line of analyzers provides a superior approach tomonitoring cleanroom ambient air...
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. (Oslo Børs: SNI)announcedtoday that the Company has filed with the Oslo Stock ExchangeOSEits unaudited Interim Financial Statements for the six monthsendedMay 31, 2008. The report is available from both theCompany'swebsite at www.stolt-nielsen.com and...
TAFT, Calif.-- This town of 6,700 sits amid the richest oil fields in California, but nobody would mistake it for Dubai. There are no gleaming towers. Empty storefronts line its downtown streets. One of its two car dealerships recently folded, and a church...
WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Monday it is charging a Saudi Arabian with "organizing and directing" the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole -- and will seek the death penalty. Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, legal adviser to the U.S. military tribunal system,...
Miles Kington Remembered 23 SEPTEMBER 1996 I made one of my rare trips to London the other day and was delighted to bump into my old friend Adrian Wardour-Street, doyen of public relations operators. "Or is...
Hosted by former White House Secretary of State Alexander Haig Sunday, June 29th, 2008 on CNBC* 3:00 PM ET / 12:00PM PT for area schedule Click here BATH, N.H. -- MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. (MOPN.pk), a manufacturer of oil spill removal...
We live in a place that won't abide moored gas barges or even the squinting view of a sea-based wind turbine, so I'm guessing President Bush's call for more offshore drilling will not be considered locally. Offshore drilling, like divorce, is best enjoyed...
WELLINGTON, Fla. -- In one of the biggest conservation deals in U.S. history, the nation's largest producer of cane sugar reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to get out of the business and sell its nearly 300 square miles in the Everglades to the state of Florida...
Club activity will create more business for retailers and restaurants at Bay State Commons NEW YORK -- Boston Sports Clubs, an operation of the New York-based Town Sports International (NASDAQ: CLUB), and one of the leading fitness club companies in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states,...
IRVING, Texas -- The Supreme Court today ruled on legal questions relating to punitive damages and the Valdez oil spill. The Valdez oil spill was a tragic accident and one which the corporation deeply regrets. We know this has been a very difficult...
General Environmental Management, Inc. (OTCBB: GEVI) announced today it has executed an agreement with Lapis Solutions,LLC for the enhancement and development of GEM's proprietary environmentalsolutions software, GEMWare. Under this agreement, Lapis will provideprogramming and software support to GEM and its customers. At the core ofthis relationship,...
BATH, N.H. -- MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. (MOPN.pk), a manufacturer of oil spill removal products, today announced their Oil Spill - First Response Plan to place MOP absorbent and MOP-CANNONS in key locations for rapid deployment by 1st Responders. MOP([R]) Maximum Oil Pickup is uniquely able to...
OAKVILLE, Iowa -- The floodwaters that deluged much of Iowa have done more than knock out drinking water and destroy homes. They have also spread a noxious brew of sewage, farm chemicals and fuel that could sicken anyone who wades in it. On...
Acergy S.A. (NASDAQ: ACGY) (OSLO: ACY) announcedtoday the award of a second call-off contract under the offshoreengineering and construction Frame Agreement with DONG Energy forapproximately $60 million. The second call-off contract is for the replacement of the Siri to Niniwater injection pipeline which involves the engineering, procurement,fabrication and...
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