Racehorse Creek Landslide – Washington Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:54 PM PDT The Bellingham Herald has an interesting article about the Racehorse Creek Landslide that occurred in January, 2009. With a volume of about 500,000 cubic meters, it is a very large landslide. Related: USGS Landslide Fact Sheet. |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:42 PM PDT Learn some basics about the East Africa Rift System from this article by James Wood and Alex Guth of Michigan Technological University. |
| What is the Greatest Hazard Presented by Mount Rainier? Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:31 PM PDT It’s not lava flows or ash falls. However, if one of these events would occur today about 100,000 people live in areas that would be buried. Related: Articles about volcanoes. |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:17 PM PDT The Google Earth Blog reports that the new 5.1 release of Google Earth is much faster to load and perform. In addition there are several other major improvements. Related: Download Google Earth. |
| Gorgon LNG Project Gets Go-Ahead Posted: 15 Sep 2009 09:07 PM PDT “The development of natural gas off Western Australia is entering a new era after Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Chevron Corp., announced that it will proceed with the development of the world-class Chevron-operated Gorgon Project. It will be one of the world’s largest natural gas projects with much of the gas [...] |
| Brazil: Another Major Deepwater Discovery Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:46 PM PDT Petroleo Brasileiro SA drilled a successful well in Brazil’s deepwater Santos Basin. In under a year there have been at least four major discoveries in Brazil’s deepwater basins, making the country one of the most promising future producers. |
| North Sea Drilling Costs Are Up Posted: 15 Sep 2009 05:40 PM PDT Companies drilling on the UK Shelf portion of the North Sea face higher costs and higher taxes while looking for reservoirs that are smaller in size. |
| Posted: 15 Sep 2009 08:31 AM PDT Shales have been the target of intense leasing and drilling in North America and that interest is spreading to many parts of the world. ConocoPhillips plans to start drilling in Poland next year. |
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