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  • Siemens Gamesa Signs Contracts Covering 23 Turbines

    Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received orders for two new onshore wind projects in southern Italy: the company is set to deliver 13 SWT-3.0-113 direct-drive units to European Energy’s 39 MW project in Tolve and 10 G97-2.0 MW turbines to a further 20 MW…

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  • Happy New Year!

    We wish our many friends around the world a happy, healthy and wealthy New Year!

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  • BSEE oversees spudding of new oil well offshore Alaska

    New oil exploration in Arctic federal waters is underway this week with the spudding of a new oil well from an existing man-made island in the Beaufort Sea, according to a news release issued by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.   The agency…

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  • US approves 60-million ton expansion of Montana coal mine

    US officials have approved a 60-million ton expansion of a south-eastern Montana coal mine which serves one of the largest power plants in the western United States, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s office said.   The approval will extend the life of Westmoreland Coal Company’s Rosebud…

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  • Trump rolls back offshore safety rules

    Trump rolls back offshore safety rules born from BP’s Macondo disaster The Trump administration is rolling back offshore drilling rules put in place after the 2010 Macondo well blowout and resulting Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 workers and spewed millions of barrels of oil into the…

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  • Insurance Jottings

    Reinsurers have a crucial role to play in Cyber Solutions. Dennis Culligan sets out his thoughts. The debate over cyber cover continues and Dennis Culligan of risk, insurance and claims management company Longdown|EIC Risk Consulting Ltd warns that the market has to ensure that what…

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