The Chilean mine rescue continues with 4 men out.

I am sitting watching the rescue of the miners from the copper/gold mine in Chile. Four of the miners have been brought to the surface so f...

The Chilean Miners - nearing a rescue

The rate of progress in rescuing the miners from the copper mine in Chile continues to be better than expected. After the completion of the...

Of Chilean rescue progress, ASPO meetings and horses

The latest word from Chile is that the second of the three drills working to create an escape shaft for the miners may complete the wider pa...

Faster drilling in Chile

Someone recently told me that after you had been retired a while, you wondered how you ever found time for work. Given that this is the wee...

The Gulf and Chile - two quick updates

A couple of quick updates. Firstly Admiral Allen has now announced that the relief well intersected the original well late last night: Th...

Deepwater Oil Spill - patiently waiting, Chilean drilling, and coal in Europe

Well, although the Admiral said that the intersection of the relief well with the Deepwater Horizon well would occur within 24-hours of his ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - nearing intersection, hurricanes, the TWIP and gold

Progress on the Deepwater Horizon well is going well enough that the Admiral considers it likely that the remaining work (other than plug a...

Deepwater Oil Spill - approaching the well, and the birth of Hope

With very little change since yesterday in the situation in the Gulf, it may be time to start spreading these reviews out a little more, of ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - the relief well restarts, and miners watch TV

Admiral Allen issued a statement today, in regard to the situation at the Deepwater Horizon well: After extensive consultation between BP ...

Deepwater Oil Spill - preparing to move

The annotations to the ROV feeds from BP are becoming a little more descriptive, particularly with those related to the Q4000, which will b...

Deepwater Oil Spill - More questions than answers

Hmm! So what is going on at the well? On Tuesday evening there were a couple of posts in the comments at TOD, one of which showed oil leaki...

Deepwater Oil Spill - Fishing and Quecreek equipment

There has not been a lot of visible progress at the Deepwater site today. As might be anticipated when BP are trying to extract the three s...