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Abandoned: Wells left to die - Associated Press Interactive

▻http://interactives.ap.org/2015/abandoned-wells

http://interactives.ap.org/2015/abandoned-wells/panel/images/chapter-1/burning-rig.jpg

By JEFF DONN

AP National Writer

It is not clear how many incompletely sealed wells may have leaked - they generally are not monitored as carefully as active wells - but they contain fewer barriers to pent-up petroleum and rupture more easily. The threat to the environment increases with time.

In July 2010, during the BP oil spill, the AP reported that the Gulf was littered with more than 27,000 unused wells, including 14 percent left with just temporary seals.
The AP’s new analysis of federal data shows that the neglect of long-idle wells has intensified since 2010, despite the federal push after the BP accident:

#états-unis #pétrole #off-shore #golfe_du_mexique #énergie #pollution #la_nopuvelle_orléans #katrina

ekathimerini.com | US concern at tensions off Cyprus coast
▻http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_01/11/2014_544233

As Turkey fuels fears in the eastern Mediterranean by insisting on maintaining the seismic survey vessel Barbaros off the southern coast of Cyprus, Washington has expressed its concern over renewed tensions in the region and has underlined its support for Nicosia’s sovereignty and right to develop resources in its exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

In a media briefing in Washington over the weekend, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the US has not changed its position on Cyprus. “We continue to recognize the Republic of Cyprus’s right to develop its resources and its exclusive economic zones,” she said. Asked why Washington does not call on Turkey to stop transgressions off Cyprus, in the same way as it called on China to freeze provocative acts in the South China Sea, Psaki said, “every region and every conflict and every country is different.”
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Nicosia halted the latest UN-buffered peace drive on Cyprus earlier this month in protest at Turkey’s plans to search for oil and gas in waters where the Cypriot government has already licensed companies to drill.

A decision by Turkey’s National Security Council to maintain its presence off the southern coast of Cyprus, despite objections by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt, has heightened fears of tensions climaxing in the region.

Russian oil company #Rosneft finds potentially huge (100 million tons) new oil reserve in the Kara sea at sea depth 81m.

This is our united victory, it was achieved thanks to our friends and partners from ExxonMobil, Nord Atlantic Drilling, Schlumberger, Halliburton, Weatherford, Baker, Trendsetter, FMC. We would like to name this field Pobeda [=Victory].

Les Américains doivent être verts compte tenu que cette découverte a été faite avec l’aide d’Exxon Mobil et dans les limites de la période de recherche autorisée, période qui en plus avait été étendue de deux semaines jusqu’au 10 octobre alors que ça devait être arrêté plus tôt suite aux sanctions contre la Russie. (stop aux technologies off-shore dans l’Arctique).

▻http://www.rosneft.com/news/today/27092014.html
▻http://www.rosneft.com/news/photogallery/27092014/1
C’est où ? ▻https://goo.gl/maps/68yis
▻http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara_Sea

Page en russe avec une vidéo promotionnelle intéressante et impressionnante avec de belles images sur l’environnement et la logistique :
▻http://www.rosneft.ru/news/today/27092014.html

Et les Russes ont déjà annoncé qu’ils n’ont plus besoin des Américains pour continuer l’exploitation.
La chaîne de télé Russia Today :
▻http://rt.com/business/191460-russia-drill-exxon-arctic-sechin

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