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Esso Australia completes offshore Turrum field drilling programme in Bass Strait

2015-08-10 01:00:00| Offshore Technology

Esso Australia, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil has completed its $335m offshore Turrum field drilling programme in Bass Strait, Australia.

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George Strait, Merle Haggard tribute kick off ACM Awards

2015-04-20 04:07:00| Telecom - Topix.net

Shelton may be going into Academy Country ... . Luke Bryan, left, and Blake Shelton, co-hosts of Sunday's 50th Academy of Country Music Awards, take part in a news conference on the event at AT&T Stadium on Friday, April 17, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.

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Barra Strait Rail Bridge cost about $70M in today's dollars

2015-03-28 14:35:54| Railroads - Topix.net

In October 2011, a short train made up of only 10 railcars and two diesel engines enters the 'swing' span on the Barra Strait Rail Bridge. This span, which rotates 90-degrees, allows boat traffic to pass through the bridge.

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Torres Strait Islands under threat by rising seas

2015-01-05 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: SAMANTHA DONOVAN: The rising seas of the Torres Strait could make some islands uninhabitable in a few decades. To prepare for projected rises of 50 to 100 centimetres over the next century, the Torres Strait Regional Authority has developed a climate change strategy. The authority's chairman, Joseph Elu, says a joint federal and State Government project rebuilding sea walls on six of the region's 14 inhabited islands is helping. But he told Nance Haxton a more comprehensive plan is needed to...

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