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Oil production begins from PSVM project offshore Angola

January 31st, 2013

BP PLC reported that oil production has started from the Pluto, Saturn, Venus, and Mars (PSVM) oil fields development area on Block 31 offshore Angola.

Methylmercury is the Predominant Form of Mercury in Bird Eggs: A Synthesis

January 31st, 2013

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/es304385y

Effects of Tungsten and Titanium Oxide Nanoparticles on the Diazotrophic Growth and Metals Acquisition by Azotobacter vinelandii under Molybdenum Limiting Condition

January 31st, 2013

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/es304544k

MARKET WATCH: Oil, gas prices increase among mixed economic data

January 31st, 2013

Oil prices continued to advance Jan. 30, and natural gas prices rebound with a new front-month contract in the New York market among mixed economic indicators.

Chesapeake outlines succession plan for McClendon’s exit

January 31st, 2013

Chesapeake Energy Corp. reported a succession plan for outgoing Chief Executive Officer and Pres. Aubrey McClendon, who will leave the Oklahoma City independent effective Apr. 1.

Senate Democrats oppose Atlantic offshore seismic tests

January 31st, 2013

Seven other US Senate Democrats joined Frank R. Lautenberg (NJ) in expressing concern over Atlantic offshore seismic tests planned as part of the Obama administration’s 2012-17 Outer Continental Shelf management program.

BLM to prepare supplemental EIS for new Roan Plateau RMP

January 31st, 2013

The US Bureau of Land Management is beginning a new environmental analysis for the Roan Plateau planning area in northwestern Colorado.

Examining Chemical Compound Biodegradation at Low Concentrations through Bacterial Cell Proliferation

January 31st, 2013

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/es303592c

USCG removing fuel from damaged barge in lower Mississippi River

January 31st, 2013

The US Coast Guard has started removing fuel from a damaged barge in the lower Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Miss., where skimmers and 2,800-ft of boom were deployed to contain an oil spill.

Williams lets contract for Canadian PDH plant

January 31st, 2013

Williams Cos., Tulsa, has awarded a preliminary engineering contract for its proposed Canadian propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant to Fluor Corp., Irving, Tex.

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