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...date the hospital has logged nearly 500 online visits. Says Dr. Vivek Jawali, chief cardiovascular surgeon: "We started this as an innovative technology play, but it is turning out to be an emotional support system." That is certainly true for the Viswanathan family. Their sons are preparing to rig up their home PC so they can come face-to-face more often...
...Three explosions rocked the biggest offshore oil platform in the world, killing 10 workers. More than 160 people were rescued from the Petrobras rig, which threatened to sink about 200 km north of Rio de Janeiro. The accident was expected to delay Brazil's plan to achieve energy self-sufficiency by 2005. The wells from the 40-story-high platform pumped 80,000 barrels a day, about 5% of Brazil's petroleum production. The rig, the pride of Brazil's petroleum industry, was listing at 30 degrees after the explosion. If it sinks, it could release 1.5 million liters...
...want to cut it off at a STOP sign. Last week the U.S. Army unveiled a "James Bond-like concept vehicle," a modified Ford F-350 pickup with cutting-edge gizmos. The SmarTruck is just a prototype, but here's a preview of the tricks this "agile" and "lethal" rig may one day pull...
...Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall in tax revenues, royalties and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, proponents of drilling say, damage to the environment would be minimal. "We've never had a documented case of an oil rig chasing caribou out onto the pack ice," says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan...
...Dutch/Shell, Europe's largest oil company, with a 55% stake. At $10 billion, it is Russia's largest single foreign investment project. It is also the market's first and only success story to date. It required more than 1,000 permits, but last year Sakhalin Energy's Molikpaq rig produced 1.6 million tons of oil, more than 80,000 bbl. a day, during the ice-free season from June to December...