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...divestment from PetroChina one year ago, Sinopec’s involvement in the Sudan has grown substantially. Though the exact relationship is complex because of a web of partnerships and holding companies, it is well established that Sinopec is a partner in Petrodar, which began to drill for oil in the Sudan early this year, with production expected to rise to 250,000 barrels per day by the end of the year. In the Petrodar venture, Sinopec is a partner with both the Sudanese government and the Chinese National Petroleum Company, the parent company of PetroChina. Sinopec has also announced...
...because continued operation of the pipeline without corrective measures "will be hazardous to life, property and the environment." The order comes in the midst of renewed Congressional fighting over oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, with supporters insisting that oil companies will be able to drill for oil without damaging the sensitive arctic ecosystem...
It’s a little past eight in the morning, and Katharine T. Waterman ’09 is doing the high knee crawl across the floor of the gym, a fake M-16 cradled in her arms. It’s a drill she does over and over. Wait for the signal, race forward, drop to the ground. She drags herself ahead with her elbows, knees scraping against the floor. The hard rubber M-16 is heavier than it looks. Waterman woke up two hours ago to catch the 6:20 a.m. shuttle to MIT. She didn?...
...settles into a daily routine slightly different than what he was used to as an undergrad. Last summer, Wheeler enlisted right after graduation, and entered basic training. “It was kind of like hell,” Wheeler says. “The drill sergeant is on you from the minute you wake up to the minute you go to sleep, and nothing you do is ever good enough.” On Dec. 8, 2005, Wheeler was officially made an officer after graduating from the Oxford Training School in the top 10 percent of his class...
Meanwhile, the University’s emergency management structure has been working on formulating a contingency plan for a flu emergency. On Feb. 2, a “table-top” drill was held by over 250 University officials on how to deal with a bird flu crisis at Harvard...