Pipavav Shipyard to hit market with 8.68 cr share IPO.
MUMBAI: Pipavav Shipyard Ltd proposes to enter the capital markets with a public issue of 8,68,50,000 equity shares of Rs 10 each through book building process. It has already filed papers for the proposed issue with the SEBI for the purpose. Pipavav Shipyard is currently constructing a...

Universal Compression Expands Fabrication Operations with Acquisition of B.T. Engineering.
HOUSTON, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. today announced that it has acquired B.T. Engineering Pte Ltd ("BTE"), a leading Singapore-based fabricator of oil and gas, petrochemical, marine and offshore equipment, including pressure vessels, FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading) process modules, terminal buoys, turrets, natural gas...

McDermott Announces Saudi Aramco Contract.
ENERGY RESOURCE-14 August 2006-McDermott Announces Saudi Aramco Contract(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com McDermott International Inc. today announced that a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott S.A. was awarded a new contract from Saudi Aramco to supply 16 Production Deck Modules for Saudi Arabia's offshore fields. J. Ray...

Husky Files Response to Request for More Information on White Rose Development Application.
ST. JOHN'S, June 11 /PRNewswire/ - Husky Oil Operations Limited (Husky), operator of the White Rose oilfield, today filed a response to the request for additional information by the Commissioner appointed by the Canada-Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NOPB) to review the White Rose Development Application. ...

Sinopec, CNOOC, Shell and Unocal sign gas deal in East China Sea.
Sinopec, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), Shell and Unocal have finalized an agreement to explore, develop and market natural gas, oil and condensate in East China Sea. The agreement comprises three exploration and two development contract areas of the Xihu Trough covering approximately 22 000 square...

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act: the correct paradigm of strict liability and the problem of individual causation.
I. INTRODUCTION The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, ("CERCLA")(1) does not expressly impose strict liability. Rather, CERCLA provides generally in the definitional section that "the terms `liable' or `liability' under this subchapter shall be construed to be the standard...

Environmental rights of indigenous peoples under the Alien Tort Claims Act, the public trust doctrine and corporate ethics, and environmental dispute resolution.
1. INTRODUCTION. GLOBALIZATION AND EMERGING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES OF MULTINATIONAL ENERGY PROJECTS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Indigenous peoples have become the subject of significant attention within the environmental movement. This article will discuss the emerging notion of environmental human rights of indigenous populations. This article will develop the thesis...

Air rage: choice of law for intentional torts occurring in flight over international waters.
I. AN INSTANCE OF AIR RAGE IN FLIGHT OVER INTERNATIONAL WATERS: THE HENCH CASE(1) Jennifer Olson, a fifteen-year veteran airline flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, was allegedly attacked and seriously injured when Christopher Bull Hench, a passenger, tried to break into the cockpit of an aircraft...

Erie, the class action fairness act, and some federalism implications of diversity jurisdiction.
ABSTRACT The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) expands diversity jurisdiction to allow most significant class actions based on state law to proceed in federal court. Hoping to limit the application of state law through class actions, CAFA's supporters believe that federal judges harbor a collective...

Take Sunset's best of the west container challenge.
We're on the lookout for fresh, creative ideas from our readers for mini gardens in pots. Share your best container design in one of three categories and you could win $1,000. Plus your winning design could be featured in a future issue of Sunset magazine. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]...