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☆ Perenco UK says 60% of oil spill in southern England recovered
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] General view of Poole Harbour after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water in Dorset, Britain, March 27, 2023. REUTERS/Peter CziborraMarch 29 (Reuters) - Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Wednesday it had recovered about 60% of the estimated oil leaked on Sunday at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England. The location of the leak was identified and operations at Wytch Farm remain suspended, the company said in a statement. Perenco UK said it was investigating the cause of the spill, in consultation with the environment agency and local authorities. Perenco UK produces about 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, with Wytch Farm accounting for about 14,000 barrels.

☆ UK oil, gas firms to leave year's worth of output in ground with tax hikes-report
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"When we talk about investment in the UK oil and gas resources, it's not about exponential growth, it's about managed decline," Dornan said. Any fresh incentives for oil producers are likely to be decried by climate activists, not least since Britain experienced an oil leak over the weekend at Anglo-French oil company Wytch Farm's onshore field in Dorset. Britain's biggest oil and gas producer, Harbour , has announced job cuts and shunned the latest licensing round. TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) cut its UK investment programme by a quarter. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsReuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsBritain's oil and gas production($1 = 0.8166 pounds)Reporting by Shadia Nasralla; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Perenco UK says oil leak occurred at well site in Southern England
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

March 26 (Reuters) - Anglo-French oil company Perenco's UK unit said on Sunday that a limited oil leak occurred at one of its well sites in Wytch Farm in Dorset, southern England. Perenco UK said the spill was being contained and an investigation will be launched. BBC reported that a major incident was declared after about 200 barrels of reservoir fluid leaked into the water at Poole Harbour. Perenco UK produces about 40,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day, of which about 14,000 barrels is from Wytch Farm. Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) has activated an oil spill plan and the pipeline had been shut down, with booms placed on either side of the leak, BBC said.

☆ Britain 'warming up' weapon output to help Ukraine, says defence minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Elizabeth Piper | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is helped off a tank during a visit to Bovington Camp, a British Army military base in Dorset, to view Ukrainian soldiers training on Challenger 2 tanks, Britain February 22, 2023. In an interview with Reuters in southwest England where officers are training Ukrainian crews on Challenger-2 tanks, Wallace said he believed Britain was in a good place to help Ukraine but needed to sustain the provision of weapons. 'REASSURED'Standing at a tank training ground surrounded by armoured fighting vehicles and tanks, Wallace spoke to Ukrainian soldiers who were training to use Britain's Challenger tanks which the defence minister said would arrive in Ukraine in "the spring". London has also offered to train Ukrainian soldiers on war planes rather than delivering fighter jets as yet. Wallace said Britain could offer additional Challenger tanks to the 14 already promised, but that it would depend on the threat level and also the country's defence needs.

☆ UK must review decision to block UK-France power cable project - court ruling
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Britain must review its refusal to grant development consent for a high-voltage undersea power cable project linking Britain and France, London's High Court ruled on Tuesday. A government spokesperson said: "The UK Government is disappointed by the outcome but we will be considering the judgment carefully before deciding next steps." After requesting further information, Kwarteng last year decided that Aquind had given "insufficient consideration" to an alternative connection point in Dorset in southern England, which Aquind had previously rejected. However, the High Court ruled that it was "irrational" for Kwarteng to refuse Aquind’s application without making further inquiries about the feasibility of the location in Dorset. Reporting by Sam Tobin and Elizabeth Piper, editing by William James, Ed Osmond and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Brexit has cracked Britain’s economic foundations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Hanna Ziady | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Brexit has erected trade barriers for UK businesses and foreign companies that used Britain as a European base. While Brexit isn’t the cause of Britain’s cost-of-living crisis, it has made the problem more difficult to solve. The Brexit deal, known as the Trade and Cooperation Agreement, came into effect on January 1, 2021. The deal is “the world’s largest zero tariff, zero quota free trade deal,” the spokesperson added. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects the UK economy to shrink by 0.4%, ahead only of sanctioned Russia.

Mike Hodges, the British filmmaker who directed the hard-boiled gangster saga "Get Carter" and the campy space opera "Flash Gordon," died Saturday, according to his friend Mike Kaplan. "My middle-class eyes were forced to witness horrendous poverty and deprivation that I was previously unaware of," Hodges wrote in a letter published in The Guardian in May. "Get Carter" quickly entered the pantheon of British film classics. He replaced the acclaimed British director Nicolas Roeg ("Walkabout") on "Flash Gordon," a goofy project that has since attracted a cult following. I think that as a young man I probably did."

☆ Prince William now owns a prison and a cricket ground after becoming one of Britain's biggest landowners
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Prince William inherited a property estate worth more than $1 billion, per The Guardian. He automatically inherited the Duchy of Cornwall estate after his father became King Charles. Charles himself inherited the estate at the age of 21 and it generated revenues of $24 million last year. It includes The Oval cricket ground in south London, Dartmoor prison, and the mineral rights of a tin mine in Cornwall. The Oval cricket ground in south London is part of the Duchy of Cornwall.

☆ Fenomenul neobișnuit al unei plaje, pe care oamenii de știință nu îl pot explica
▼ + stars: | 2015-09-18 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Aceste formațiuni stranii ale plajei, cum ar fi și cele din Dorset, Anglia, se numesc plaje cuspide și unul dintre motivele pentru care sunt considerate misterioase este faptul că oamenii de știință încă nu cunosc în totalitate cum se formează ele. Cuspidele plajei, care se formează în timpul sau în urma unei furtuni, sunt neobișnuite, pentru că distanța dintre ele este uniformă și regulată. Dacă e să excludem faptul că ar putea fi treaba extratereștrilor, atunci există două teorii predominante despre formarea lor. Prima este „aflarea la margini”, teoria care implică interacțiunea dintre valurile normale care se apropie de țărm și valurile „margine”, care vin perpendicular spre mal. Mulți dintre cercetători consideră că ambele teorii pot funcționa în unison pentru a forma aceste structuri misterioase.

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