China’s $62-billion river diversion project might be the next Great Wall

I suspect that when the plans for the Great Wall of China; were presented to the then Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, he might have remarked at the audacious approach chosen by the engineers. Back then the idea for the wall was to simply fortify their expanding territory, an effort which culminated in the [...]

Written on November 9, 2010 | Posted in Articles | 1 comment

Judge orders test on Halliburton cement in BP well

NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge is ordering tests to be performed as soon as possible on cement Halliburton Co. used to seal the BP well that later blew out catastrophically in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said some of the components may be “deteriorating over time” and that tests should [...]

Written on November 1, 2010 | Posted in Articles,Press Releases | Be the first to comment