US Hides 700 Million Barrels of Oil Underground
How those enormous stockpile of oil in secure caverns and tankers help ?
America’s Gulf Coast holds nearly 700 million barrels of crude oil buried underground across four secure sites. United States’ massive “Strategic Petroleum...
Woman and Tourists Kidnapped in Philippines
Philippines army spokesman is reported to have said that on late Monday few gunmen kidnapped two Canadians, a Norwegian and a local woman from a tourist resort in the southern Philippines. The unidentified attackers...
Piston Ring Damage and Liner Wear Due to High Cat-fines
Viswa Lab has witnessed numerous Piston ring breakage and Liner wear cases this year. Based on the statistics, it was reported that the main cause of such damages was closely related to high Cat-fines...
Floating Storage of Iran’s Crude
Iran stores crude oil on supertankers at sea to have an operational power when demand in the market declines. Oil consumers have been speculating that Iran might be storing up to 40 million barrels...
Subsurface Oil Plume In Pearl Harbor
U.S. Navy records report a spill of nearly 5 million gallons of oil in Pearl Harbor. The leaking fuel storage tanks and other sources have created a subsurface oil plume consisting mostly of bunker...
Samsung and SungDong to Supply Tankers to Maersk
Maersk Tankers is a subsidiary of Danish firm A.P. Moller-Maersk. It no longer ships crude oil but will be able to carry refined products such as gasoline and diesel. But, it has placed an...
Modern Tanker Designed For Arctic Use
Deltamarin Ltd and Aker Arctic Technology Inc have jointly developed A Unique Arctic Tanker Design
Deltamarin Ltd and Aker Arctic Technology Inc have jointly developed a modern Aframax-size tanker concept for arctic use, focusing on...
Environmentally Acceptable Lubricants (EAL) to Meet the Vessel General Permit (VGP) – A Complete...
The Buzzword which caught everyone’s attention in early 2015, was the “ECA - The Emission Control Area”. This effectiveness made the vessels comply with emission regulations by mandating them to use the 0.1% sulphur...
Urea Carrier Caught in Fire
Incident
:
Fire in Vessel
Vessel name
:
OTONG KOSASIH
Incident Date
:
September 20
Place
:
Kalidoni Palembang, South Sumatra
Casualties
:
No casualties
The superstructure of Urea carrier docked in Kalidoni Palembang, South Sumatra caught fire at around 1000 LT Sep 20.
The Fire was reported...
How about Human Body Sending Data between Devices
Researchers are exploring an idea of using a human body in sending data between devices. This new method is called “magnetic field human body communication” utilizes the body as a vehicle to deliver magnetic...