US self-sufficiency in energy is likely to end American reliance on despotic Gulf regimes but biggest loser of all may be Russia Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
The firm also agreed to a criminal plea in the 2010 gulf oil spill. Original post on washingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
Analysts were already disappointed in the performance of the oil company, which reported a $1.4 billion loss for the second quarter. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
US plans significant military presence in Kuwait Original post on myway.com Comments on digg.com
Fish, shrimp, and crabs are missing eyes and suffering strange deformities, according to a harrowing new report — yet the FDA insists the seafood’s safe to eat Original post on theweek.com Comments on digg.com
Eyeless shrimp and fish with lesions are becoming common, with BP oil pollution believed to be the likely cause. Original post on aljazeera.com Comments on reddit.com
Call it the Keystone railway. A Canadian railroad carrying millions of barrels of oil to Gulf refineries is hurtling full steam ahead through the Obama administration’s block of the Keystone pipeline. Original post on foxnews.com Comments on digg.com
The Iranian government has welcomed a US Navy rescue of 13 of its nationals from pirates near the entrance to the Gulf, in a rare respite from months of rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. More
THE Iranian government has welcomed a US navy rescue of 13 of its nationals from pirates near the entrance to the Gulf, in a rare respite from months of rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. More
Exxon, government settle dispute over Gulf leases… More
The Pentagon has responded to an Iranian warning to keep US aircraft carriers out of the Gulf by declaring that US warships will continue regularly scheduled deployments to the strategic waterway. George Little, the Pentagon press secretary, said on Tuesday that the navy operates in the Gulf in accordance with international law and to maintain “a constant state of high vigilance” to ensure the flow of sea commerce. Earlier in the day, Iran’s army chief warned an American aircraft carrier not to return to the Gulf. Iran has also said it could block one of the world’s key oil tanker sea lanes in response to economic pressures. Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, dismissed Iran’s warnings as signs of Tehran’s weakness and of the international isolation it has faced for pursuing a nuclear programme. “It’s the latest round of Iranian threats and is confirmation that Tehran is under increasing… More
Iran has test-fired two “long-range” missiles during naval exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, state media reported. “We have test fired a long-range shore-to-sea missile called Ghadr [Capable], which managed to successfully destroy predetermined targets in the Gulf,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Deputy Navy Commander Mahmoud Mousavi as saying on Monday. Later, state television quoted him as saying: “Today our Nour [Light] surface-to-surface long-range missile was also successfully launched.” He said it was the “first time” a Ghadr missile had been tested. Both the Ghadr and Nour missiles are said to have a range of 200km, which is generally considered medium-range or even short-range for a cruise missile, even though Iran described them as “long-range”. “This is not by any means the longest-range missiles that the Islamic Republic possesses,” Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari, who has reported extensively on Iran, said. “We know that back in 2009 Sejil-2 was… More