azw3 |eng | 2008-02-01 | Author:Vaclav Smil

OFFSHORE DRILLING In 1949 John Hayward combined a submersible barge and a piled platform to build the first submersible rig, Breton Rig 20; he devised a way to stabilize a ...

epub |eng | | Author:Greg Muttitt

Antiwar in Washington? The strength of the threat to Maliki was reinforced by the political dynamic on Capitol Hill in Washington, where moves made by the Democrats, whether consciously or ...

epub, mobi |eng | 1990-01-01 | Author:Daniel Yergin [Yergin, Daniel]

Gulbenkian Again The CFP litigation was still pending. But France had many other things on its political agenda with the United States that it wanted to pursue; and by May ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2014-04-08 | Author:Russell Gold [Gold, Russell]

McClendon became convinced by around 2003 that whichever company could grab the most acreage would succeed. Those who dallied would be left behind. By the middle of 2006, he was ...

epub |eng | | Author:Michelle Bamberger,Robert Oswald

The response from FARAD was simple: “We do not answer ‘general questions.’ ” The agency referred me to a state veterinarian working in conjunction with a state diagnostic laboratory, or ...

epub |eng | 2014-05-13 | Author:Ken Silverstein [Silverstein, Ken]

For major Western companies trying to navigate this complicated and perilous investment climate, this is where Bretton Sciaroni comes in. The portly Sciaroni makes a most unusual power broker in ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-19 | Author:Yergin, Daniel [Yergin, Daniel]

ARRHENIUS: THE GREAT BENEFIT OF A WARMING CLIMATE The year after Tyndall’s death, in 1894, a Swedish chemist named Svante Arrhenius picked up the story. Arrhenius was curious as to ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2013-05-20 | Author:Barbara T. Dreyfuss

The Amaranth Christmas party at a nearby hotel was festive that year, an elaborate celebration that featured Russian caviar, quail foie gras, and sixteen musicians. Along with its annual Christmas ...

epub, mobi |eng | 2011-04-04 | Author:Yergin, Daniel [Yergin, Daniel]

Purgatory Despite Ike’s reply, the anger of the U.S. government toward Britain, France, and Israel continued unabated. The message from Washington remained the same: It did not approve of the ...