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- Gujarat Maritime Board: No hazardous material on Exxon’
The Gujarat Maritime Board on Monday told the Supreme Court that oil tanker-turned-cargo vessel Exxon Valdez contained no hazardous substan...
- American ship cleared for Alang beaching
The Supreme Court has asked Gujarat Maritime Board to ascertain whether the ship allegedly containing hazardous material can be beached at ...
- Gujarat maritime board to take call on dismantling of ‘toxic’ ship at Alang: Centre to SC
The environment and forests ministry has stepped into the controversy over beaching rights and breaking of the ship, Exxon Valdez (rechrist...
Disasters sow seeds of successTo err is human because risk-averse refusal to stop tinkering with the world as it is alien to human nature.
Gulf spill workers complaining of flulike symptomsIn the past week, 11 workers who have been out on the water complained of respiratory problems, headaches and nausea.
- BP now trying to contain flow of oil
After its 'top kill' experiment to plug the leak in the Gulf failed, BP is now trying to contain flow of oil even as the Obama administrati...
Oil spill probably biggest US environmental disaster: ReportThe oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is probably "the biggest environmental disaster" that the United States has ever experienced.
- Aban gas rig loss to jack up energy cos’ insurance costs
Insurance costs for Indian energy companies are likely to rise with the sinking of Aban Offshore’s $240-million gas exploration rig Aban Pe...
- BP dealt setback in oil containment bid
BP was dealt a setback on Saturday to capping a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico after a containment dome encountered flammable hydr...
- Human error: Man-made ecological disasters
The oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is now about the size of Puerto Rico. It has already reached the marshes of Louisiana. As environmental...
- Exxon Mobil posts biggest US quarterly profit ever
Exxon Mobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported income Thursday that shattered its own record for the biggest p...
- No decision on Exxon Valdez interest payments
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to decide whether Exxon Mobil Corp. must pay interest on punitive damages awarded in America's wor...
- Exxon Mobil Q2 profit sets US record, shares fall
Exxon Mobil Corp reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion on Thursday, the biggest profit from operations ever by any US corporat...
- US Supreme Court cuts $2.5 bn in Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster to $500 million
The US Supreme Court slashed the $2.5 billion (euro1.6 billion) punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million (e...
- US Supreme Court cuts $2.5 billion penalty in Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday cut the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million.
- Done wrong Mr CEO? Better accept it
It is better to admit a mistake and show willingness to learn and make improvements. It creates trust.
- BP shuts its biggest oilfield in Alaska
Oil giant BP has indefinitely shut down the nation’s biggest oilfield after finding a pipeline leak, removing about 8% of US oil production...