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WO Wire Bizarre News

WO Wire is collection of current headlines and select press releases from around the upstream, oil and gas industry.

Headlines

05/14/2012: Greenpeace India activists push Apple to use clean energy

05/11/2012: Former Nigerian oil governor jailed in UK for 13 years

05/07/2012: Geogrid technology helps build stable roads to rural oil fields

05/04/2012: Niger Delta youths threaten Shell operations

04/30/2012: Two years later, fish sick near BP oil spill site

04/27/2012: NJ residents to weigh in on offshore oil drilling

04/20/2012: Honeywell Green Jet Fuel to power flights using new biofeedstock

04/20/2012: Underwater Centre trains first-ever Angolan saturation divers

04/13/2012: Tervita signs exclusive agreement for first ‘green’ rig

04/13/2012: Nanosponges show promise in oil spill environmental cleanup

04/09/2012: S. Sudan accuses north of ‘illegal’ pipeline

04/06/2012: US SEC probes Eni, Total on Libya operations

04/06/2012: US SEC probes Total, Eni on Libya operations

04/02/2012: Family hopes to start a trend with personal wind turbines

04/01/2012: Engineers to create energy by pouring water into volcano

03/24/2012: Halliburton executive drinks fracing fluid at conference

03/23/2012: Japan to build power plants in the sky

03/19/2012: Nigerian oil expatriates the highest paid in the world

03/16/2012: LNG-powered tractor deployed in Alberta

03/16/2012: Nigeria earned N5.56 trillion from oil in 2011

03/10/2012: Diesel adulteration spots uncovered in Lagos

03/08/2012: SEC charges three oil executives with bribing customs officials in Nigeria

03/02/2012: Lloyd's Register joins Robert Swan's International Antarctic Expedition to study climate change

03/01/2012: Chinese villagers carry giant balloons of stolen natural gas to fuel their homes

02/28/2012: Actress Lucy Lawless arrested in oil-ship protest

02/24/2012: Oil bunkering in Nigeria: 7% of Nigeria’s crude oil stolen daily

02/16/2012: Protestors play dodge ball at rally against El Paso Corp.

02/16/2012: DONG inaugurates world’s largest wind farm

02/09/2012: US sets vote on first nuclear reactor since 1978

02/09/2012: Russian drillers reach ancient Antarctic lake

02/06/2012: Algae Producer Aquaviridis and OriginOil partner to develop dry-land aquaculture

02/02/2012: No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking'

01/26/2012: Muppets diss Fox News in response to accusations of being anti-oil

01/26/2012: Texas oil and gas executive pleads guilty to fraud

01/17/2012: Watch out cows -- The Siberian Shelf makes a lot of methane, too

01/15/2012: Local church goes green

01/12/2012: Little oil seen after ship splits in New Zealand

01/10/2012: Federal Reptile dysfunction delayed

01/04/2012: Facebook, Greenpeace call truce over clean energy feud

12/18/2011: The Gas Company pioneering renewable natural gas in Hawaii

12/16/2011: Germany looks to green scientists

12/12/2011: Canada abandons Kyoto protocol

12/08/2011: Russian troops attack pirates, free oil tanker hostages

12/06/2011: Vermont maple syrup producers get federal energy efficiency grants

12/03/2011: New webcast series a first for O&G industry professionals

12/02/2011: Oldest running car fetches $4.62 million

11/28/2011: 49 penguins released after NZ oil spill

11/24/2011: Don’t Mess with Texas green energy

11/18/2011: 13-year-old designs efficient solar array inspired by Oak trees

11/17/2011: Delaware chemical site eyed for renewable energy