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BP Riser Insertion Tube Reported Working, Some Oil and Gas from Deepwater Horizon Well Being Captured

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The Unified Area Command for the response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill reported on Sunday that the Riser Insertion Tube Tool—one of several subsea options BP is developing—was successfully tested and inserted into the leaking riser Saturday night, capturing some amounts of oil and gas. Click to enlarge.

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Gigantism Is a Never-Ending Temptation for Engineers and Designers

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There is a fundamental difference between what can be designed and built and what makes sense. The boom in oil consumption following the Second World War led to ever-larger oil tankers, with sizes rising from 50,000 to 100,000 and 250,000 deadweight tonnes (dwt). The modern era has no shortage of such obvious overshoots.

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MHI completes development of next-generation LNG carrier; apple-shaped tanks and hybrid propulsion

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The new apple-shaped tanks constitute an improved version of high-reliability Moss-type tanks, and they have been adopted on the Sayaringo STaGE as part of MHI’s initiative to develop a vessel in the New Panamax category, i.e. capable of passing through the newly expanding Panama Canal which is expected to go into service early in 2016.

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Detect Quakes With “Raspberry Shakes”

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The problem is that the DIY seismometer designs I was seeing were large and ungainly contraptions. Geophones are commonly used in the oil and gas industry for seismic surveying, where the seismic waves are artificially generated to probe the ground below. Most geophones are designed for measuring frequencies above 10 Hz.

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ICCT finds growth in shipping in Arctic could increase pollutant emissions 150-600% by 2025 with current fuels

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That study provided estimates of vessel traffic (numbers of vessels and transits) based on modeling of current vessel activity patterns, growth potential, and vessel projection scenarios, including diversion from other routes, and oil and gas development. The emissions report focuses on the low- and mid-range diversion scenarios—i.e.,

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This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked

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The competition is for startups that have designed technologies for the consumer goods and retail industry. Wisy currently has 16 employees, who work in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States. Wisy currently has 16 employees, who work in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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It is also flex so that future biomass fuels such as cellulosic ethanol, methanol can be used (no oil). Also maintenance on these (no oil changes to speak of) etc will cost much less than an internal combution propelled car. Those cars will reduce oil demand at most by about 1/5th of one percent. — Volt Enthusiast 7.

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