Storm Bringing Change to Trade Waste

Chemsearch, a leading global provider of industrial and commercial maintenance products, set to introduce patented parts washing solution, Storm. Storm cleans grease and oil while saving water resources, and avoiding rising trade waste charges.

Investors thirsty for new markets looking to water

Oil and water may not mix, but managing water — moving it, filtering it, recycling it and ultimately exhausting it — is one of the fastest growing sectors of the oil and gas industry, industry experts and investors said on Thursday.

Chevron halts drilling of Brazil well after spill

Oil giant Chevron halted drilling of a well off the coast of Brazil as it looks into the possible causes of an oil spill in the region.

Analysis: Pipeline delay gives Obama political space with base

The move to delay a decision on a new oil pipeline from Canada may bolster support among President Barack Obama’s liberal-leaning base in 2012 and help offset Republican criticism of his job-creation record.

U.S. punts tricky pipeline decision past 2012 election

The U.S. government on Thursday delayed approval of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline until after the 2012 U.S. election, bowing to pressure from environmentalists and sparing President Barack Obama a damaging split with liberal voters he may need to win reelection

Brazil, Chevron to investigate spill near Frade

Brazil’s oil regulator ANP and Chevron’s local subsidiary said on Thursday they would look into a reported oil leak located near Chevron’s Frade field

U.S. puts tricky pipeline decision past 2012 election

The U.S. government on Thursday delayed approval of a Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline until after the 2012 U.S. election, bowing to pressure from environmentalists and sparing President Barack Obama a damaging split with liberal voters he may need to win reelection.

U.S. okays completion plan for BP’s spill cleanup

The U.S. authorities have approved the plan to wind up British oil giant BP’s efforts to clean up the shoreline of the Gulf of Mexico after last year’s devastating oil spill, paving way for upcoming restoration of the Gulf coast, BP said on Wednesday.

Fukushima towns struggle to store radioactive waste

Japanese officials in towns around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant reacted guardedly to plans announced on Saturday to build facilities to store radioactive waste from the clean-up around the plant within three years.

Radioactive water leaks from nuke plant in north of Tokyo

Water containing radioactive material has leaked from a pressure vessel inside a reactor at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, the government’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Wednesday.

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