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Friday, June 11th, 2010
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:14:24 GMT

Where Oil and Politics are Potent Mix - LoanSafe


Where Oil and Politics are Potent Mix
LoanSafe
“Now hiring” signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are chock-full of seminars training students to work on offshore rigs. Many offshore companies can't find enough workers for the jobs they're listing.

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Mon, 21 May 2012 15:45:18 GMT

Steve Scalise to lead congressmen on offshore energy tour - NOLA.com


NOLA.com

Steve Scalise to lead congressmen on offshore energy tour
NOLA.com
Scalise was a leading opponent of a five-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by the Obama administration during and after the 2010 BP oil spill. He has been critical of the reconstituted regulatory body for offshore energy production, ...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 15:40:58 GMT

Diamond Offshore orders drillship, sells jack ups - Oil & Gas Journal


Diamond Offshore orders drillship, sells jack ups
Oil & Gas Journal
By Paula Dittrick Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. ordered a $655 million ultradeepwater drillship from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. with delivery scheduled for fourth-quarter 2014. The Ocean BlackLion drillship will be built using the same design ...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 11:31:18 GMT

Alderley Systems secures contracts for BP Quad 204 Project - OilVoice (press release)


Alderley Systems secures contracts for BP Quad 204 Project
OilVoice (press release)
OilVoice is a valuable source of upstream oil industry reference, featuring oil company profiles, news, jobs, events and training courses. Alderley Systems Ltd, a subsidiary of Alderley plc, announces today that they have been awarded contracts for oil ...

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Tue, 22 May 2012 02:55:05 GMT

From the sea to the coast: the Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan Pipeline - Pipelines International


From the sea to the coast: the Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan Pipeline
Pipelines International
The 1768 km Baku – Tbilisi – Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline carries crude oil from offshore Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli Oil Field in the Caspian Sea to the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean, from where the crude is further shipped via tankers to European markets.

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Mon, 21 May 2012 17:33:40 GMT

LA Times on Lafayette's resiliency, politics of drilling - The INDsider


LA Times on Lafayette's resiliency, politics of drilling
The INDsider
“Now hiring” signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are chock full of seminars training students to work on offshore rigs. Many offshore companies can't find enough workers for the jobs they're listing.

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Tue, 22 May 2012 15:01:17 GMT

Barack Obama: An Oiled President - Dissident Voice


Barack Obama: An Oiled President
Dissident Voice
In addition, every time he used the word “ExxonMobil” it seemed to work in his favor. But, according to the Washington Independent, individual Exxon, Chevron and BP contributors preferred Barack Obama. At the same time, he boldly declared that “we must ...

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Sun, 20 May 2012 18:58:29 GMT

The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster - truthout


The Big Fix: Documentary Exposes BP, US Government on Gulf Disaster
truthout
But the new documentary film The Big Fix takes a detailed, daring look at what happened in the Gulf of Mexico with BP's Macondo offshore oil drilling rig. The story and facts that emerge are more than disturbing. The movie is soon getting its major ...

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Thu, 17 May 2012 11:17:19 GMT

Reviving Arctic oil rush, Ottawa to auction rights in massive area - Globe and Mail


Globe and Mail

Reviving Arctic oil rush, Ottawa to auction rights in massive area
Globe and Mail
Ottawa has placed 905000 hectares of the northern offshore up for bids, clearing the way for energy companies to snap up exploration rights for an area half the size of Lake Ontario. The scale of the offer indicates eagerness in the oil patch to drill ...

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Wed, 02 May 2012 22:02:38 GMT

Shell's Alabama Offshore Drilling Plans Challenged In Court - Huffington Post


ThinkProgress

Shell's Alabama Offshore Drilling Plans Challenged In Court
Huffington Post
The coalition of green groups told the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals that federal regulators merely "rubber-stamped" Shell's plans to drill the wells in the same canyon where the blowout of BP's Macondo well triggered an explosion that killed 11 rig ...
Gulf Drilling Ban Casts Doubt On Obama Energy PolicyInvestor's Business Daily
US appeals court mulls challenge to Shell's plan to drill deep-water wells in ...CanadianBusiness.com
Two Years After The Deepwater Horizon Disaster, BP Uses Quarterly Profits For ...ThinkProgress

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Mon, 21 May 2012 10:08:17 -0700

A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs

President Obama takes credit for a rebound in drilling jobs, while Mitt Romney criticizes the president's policies as outdated. In a community that vividly recalls the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the issue is personal. LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are ... Read more

Mon, 21 May 2012 08:49:09 -0700

Steve Scalise to lead congressmen on offshore energy tour

Metairie Republican wants colleagues to see offshore drilling in action Read more

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:21:38 -0700

Alabama urges no delay in BP oil spill trial

(Reuters) - A trial to assign blame and damages among BP Plc and others over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill should not be delayed until after a hearing over a $7.8 billion (4.81 billion pounds) settlement of private party claims, the state of Alabama said on Tuesday. Related Stories Wynn gets green light for new Macau casino project AMR eliminates five senior management jobs Woodside says ... Read more

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:12:41 -0700

Feds make 1st arrest in BP oil spill case

A BP engineer intentionally deleted more than 300 text messages that said the company's efforts to control the Gulf of Mexico oil spill were failing, and that the amount of oil leaking was far more than what the company reported, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Read more

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:02:32 -0700

First BP Indictment Sets The Stage For A Fight Over Just How Much Oil Was Spilled

Kurt Mix is only the first fall guy in what promises to be a lengthy process. Read more

Thu, 17 May 2012 04:33:31 -0700

Reviving Arctic oil rush, Ottawa to auction rights in massive area

Plans to drill in the area were put on hold after the BP spill Read more

Wed, 16 May 2012 20:01:29 -0700

Ottawa to auction exploration rights in massive area in the North

Plans to drill in the area were put on hold after the BP spill Read more

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

White House Lied, Jobs Died

While the White House and its media water-carriers try to distract the American public with gay-marriage talk and half-century-old tales of Mitt Romney's prep school pranks, the inconvenient truth remains: President Obama is responsible for perpetrating jaw-dropping, job-killing scientific fraud. And his minions are still trying to cover it up. Read more

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:06:44 -0700

Feds make 1st arrest in Gulf Coast oil spill

First criminal charges in the disaster have been filed against an ex-BP engineer who allegedly destroyed evidence Read more

Wed, 02 May 2012 06:30:00 -0700

The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Royal Dutch Shell, Sasol, BP, Chevron and Bank of America

CHICAGO, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks ... Read more

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Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Tue, 22 May 2012 16:10:45 GMT

Electricity Bills Set To Rise Under New Plans - Yahoo! News UK


AFP

Electricity Bills Set To Rise Under New Plans
Yahoo! News UK
The reforms will also be better for the economy, leaving us less vulnerable to rising global energy prices and supporting as many as 250000 jobs in the energy sector. "By reforming the market, we can ensure security of supply for the long-term, ...
Energy Bill may lead to dash for gas and actually favour nuclearRenewable Energy Magazine (press release)
Energy bill expected to favour nuclear and gas over renewablesThe Guardian

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Mon, 21 May 2012 07:31:16 GMT

There are certain issues that Free Traders always avoid discussing. - Democratic Underground


There are certain issues that Free Traders always avoid discussing.
Democratic Underground
If their exports to us dry up any time in the next 10 years, their economy will go to hell. Finally, eventually America will eventually run out of jobs to ship offshore. And that will also spell doom for the poor nations of the world who export to us.

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Tue, 22 May 2012 12:30:30 GMT

Coder Dojo takes Ireland by storm -- new tech initiative gets Ireland's kids ... - IrishCentral


Coder Dojo takes Ireland by storm -- new tech initiative gets Ireland's kids ...
IrishCentral
Last weekend he blasted jobs Minister Richard Bruton for his fairly timid explanation of Ireland's notoriously unhelpful work visa programme on popular politics programme The Week In Politics and stands as a bastion for the belief in what young people, ...

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Tue, 08 May 2012 19:00:53 GMT

Ten things you need to know about tax - The Guardian


The Guardian

Ten things you need to know about tax
The Guardian
Perhaps, but sometimes it seems that those of us who can't afford clever accountants or offshore havens are paying the most for it. We poor saps don't know about such tax avoidance schemes as double Luxembourgs, Dutch sandwiches or Irish branches.

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Thu, 17 May 2012 11:49:32 GMT

Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients - CTV.ca


CTV.ca

Federal study suggests relocating EI recipients
CTV.ca
There are good paying jobs in the oil patch that are being handed to offshore workers at the blessing of the government as well as Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP), which was established in 1966, this must stop. It makes me laugh reading ...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 22:16:00 GMT

Coal causes backlog of ships at Port Kembla - Illawarra Mercury


Coal causes backlog of ships at Port Kembla
Illawarra Mercury
A similar number of vessels were forced to wait offshore when rolling strike action crippled the terminal in February, although coal terminal general manager Peter Green said the present backlog was unrelated. ''Coal receivals to stockyard are behind ...

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Mon, 21 May 2012 15:51:30 GMT

Occupy The G8 - CounterCurrents.org


Occupy The G8
CounterCurrents.org
Where are the jobs? Roughly half of new college graduates in the US cannot find work. Who's getting all the money? The gap is widening between the one percent and the 99 percent. At the same time, the world's oceans are being devastated by overfishing, ...

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Tue, 01 May 2012 18:03:38 GMT

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt Romney's Foreign Money - ABC News (blog)


ABC News (blog)

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt Romney's Foreign Money
ABC News (blog)
Close to 1000000 jobs added to the economy in the same length of time. Small business more optimistic than any other time in the past 4 years. At least another 100000 jobs expected for April, probably many more. Sounds a hell of a lot better than ...

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Sat, 28 Apr 2012 11:59:26 GMT

Resource development a rocky road for feds - CBC.ca


CBC.ca

Resource development a rocky road for feds
CBC.ca
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then the government's plan for "responsible resource development" (RRD) is shaping up to be one infernal construction project. The goal of the plan is laudable: simplify the maze of regulatory ...

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Mon, 07 May 2012 19:03:48 GMT

Major slashes mortgage jobs - Broker News Australia


Broker News Australia

Major slashes mortgage jobs
Broker News Australia
CBA chief Ian Narev had previously vowed the bank was not considering any major redundancy programs, and had said CBA would not look to offshore jobs. Finance Sector Union Victorian secretary Darren Martin expressed frustration with the cuts, ...

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Tue, 01 May 2012 11:18:17 -0700

Obama Campaign Maps Mitt's Romney's Foreign Money

The Obama campaign has launched a new assault against presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney with a new battleground state TV ad and online info-graphic, both attacking his business dealings and offshore investment accounts. “As a corporate CEO, he shipped American jobs to places like Mexico... Read more

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:12:26 -0700

Resource development a rocky road for feds

The federal government's plans to streamline and simplify environmental regulations, particularly for energy projects, risks provoking the same kind of confrontational standoff seen in the 1990s over logging on B.C.'s west coast. Read more

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:04:54 -0700

Biden Speech: ‘Obama Economics’ vs. ‘Romney Economics’

The Obama campaign is doubling down on its attacks this week on Mitt Romney's experience at Bain Capital, with Vice President Joe Biden set to deliver a speech in Ohio, a decisive battleground state. Read more

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:42:52 -0700

House delivers mammoth tax cut bill to Brownback, who says he is prepared to sign it

"I am prepared to sign the bill, but I encourage Kansas legislators to continue their work on reforming our state’s tax policy and to consider some of the alternatives I proposed in my original pro-growth tax reform to off-set the cost," Brownback said in a press statement issued after bitter debates in the House and Senate. Read more

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:56:43 -0700

Vice President Joe Biden on stage at M7

"How many times have you opened The Vindicator to find out another factory was closing down? And you probably knew someone who worked there too. Or maybe it was you," Biden tells m7 crowd. Read more

Mon, 07 May 2012 01:39:19 -0700

What to do this summer in the Philippines? Here are 101 choices

There is absolutely no better time than now to wonder and wander around the Philippines. Trust me – I’m a veteran of the travel and tourism industry. Related posts: 7,000 summer jobs for poor kids & out of school youth Philippines featured in History Channel’s ‘Hidden Cities’ UK travel website says Philippines as Asia’s undiscovered jewel Read more

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:50:06 -0700

Derailing Australia's gravy train

Despite the mining boom, large parts of Australia are starting to look like Europe and the Reserve Bank's interest rate decisions mean the 'lucky country gravy train' is about to come to an abrupt stop. 30 Apr 2012 6:43 AM Read more

Fri, 04 May 2012 03:10:16 -0700

Swan's long, sad budget song

The most powerful person in Australia has faced more serious economic challenges than any since the Asian financial crisis. But it's possible a landslide Labor defeat would see his legacy obliterated. 4 May 2012 8:07 PM Read more

Wed, 02 May 2012 17:58:30 -0700

CommBank cuts by more than NAB

Commonwealth Bank moves to lower standard variable interest rate by 40 basis points, following the RBA's 50 basis point cut on Tuesday. Read more

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:47:58 -0700

CommBank trumps NAB

Commonwealth Bank passes on most of RBA's rate cut to customers. Read more

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