Gulf dead zone to be biggest ever
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This year's lifeless expanse of water in the Gulf of Mexico may be the biggest since records began, scientists say.
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Officials at Mexico&#39;s state-owned oil monopoly said Monday that the company has detected massive new oil deposits in the Gulf of Mexico that could
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The Bush administration is making headway with other nations in setting new global standards to reduce dangerous emissions from giant diesel-burning ships that are polluting U.S. ports, a senior environmental official said Thursday. An emergency room physician described a "diesel death zone" around major U.S. seaports, with higher cancer rates and other health risks.
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The locations of the world's big energy reserves could bite us in the years to come.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - Royal Dutch Shell will go ahead with a 325,000 barrel-per-day capacity expansion of its Motiva refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, that will make the plant one of the biggest in the world.
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Thousands of people fled low-lying areas as the strongest cyclone to threaten the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years blasted Oman's eastern coast early Wednesday with strong winds and waves, Civil Defense officials said. Southern Iran and the oil-rich Persian Gulf were next in its path.
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The kingdom&#39;s oil reserves, the world&#39;s largest, could increase by almost 77 per cent to top 461 billion barrels in a few years, the country&#39;s oil minister said Sunday.
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Crude oil in New York rose to a record $53.80 a barrel after the US said some production shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico caused by Hurricane Ivan may last as long as six months.
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Global warming will leave Sydney in permanent drought by 2070, with huge seas battering its famous beaches and raging bushfires threatening its outskirts, a report says.
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Oil major BP Plc BP.L BP.N is   aiming to restart oil production at the eastern half of the   giant Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska by the end of September,   sources familiar with the company's plans said on Thursday.
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The largest-ever Glastonbury music festival is due to get under way fully with rain predicted to fall.
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Oil surged above $70 on Monday on news a  cyclone was headed towards the oil-producing Arabian peninsula  with a potential to disrupt shipping and output.
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Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest oil exporter, will raise production from 9.5 million barrels a day to 11 million barrels. An Oil Ministry official said the increase would go into effect within weeks.
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According to Al-Yaum newspaper (December 12, 2006), a recent study by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimated at 40 million tons the total annual petrochemicals production in the Arabian Gulf States. This figure is equivalent to 7% of the global petrochemicals output.
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Crude oil in New York traded near a record high as US producers in the Gulf of Mexico struggled to restore output cut by Hurricane Ivan at a time when refiners are trying to build up winter-fuel supplies.
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The threat of a lock-out by Norwegian shipowners which would halt production at the world&#39;s third-biggest crude producer has sent oil prices to record highs.
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Oil surged above $70 on Monday on news a cyclone was headed toward the oil-producing Arabian peninsula with the potential to disrupt shipping and output.