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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1679)	8/13/2005 5:03:23 AM
From: Bill on the Hill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24225

Nope. Our loved ambassador from Saudi Arabia. Prince Bandar. saudiembassy.net You should hear the coyotes. They are going nuts about a click north. Another group close in. Back and forth. No other sound. Just coyotes.

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1679)	8/13/2005 5:06:23 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 24225

When you push it to the max, yuo get problems. especially in regions with political instabiity... Indian Official: Assam oil production 'critical' Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press Via Business Week Suspected rebels launched renewed attacks overnight on pipelines in eastern India, leaving oil operations in the remote region in critical shape, a top oil official said Monday. The explosions came hours after bombings shook a crowded market and crippled two oil pipelines elsewhere in the area in apparent terror attacks ahead of India's Aug. 15 Independence Day. Oil officials gathered Monday in New Delhi to review the security situation in the region. "Our production is on, but our storage capacity is going down, and our operations are turning critical," G.K. Talukdar, the head of state-owned Oil India Limited's operations in the eastern state of Assam told The Associated Press by telephone from Duliajan, 550 kilometers (380 miles) east of Gauhati. Late Sunday night, a crude oil pipeline was blown up in a small village outside of Duliajan, while a natural gas pipeline, which had been feeding an electricity power plant, was blown up in another nearby village, Bokuloni. At least four people were killed and more than a dozen injured in the explosions earlier Sunday, which included attacks on a crowded market, an army post, and explosion at a telephone exchange, power transformers and oil and gas installations. ... (8 August 2005) Explosion at BP plant near Alvin comes on heels of Texas City closing Houston Chronicle BP Amoco firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out tonight after an explosion inside a chemical plant in Brazoria County. There were no initial reports of injuries from the explosion about 9:15 p.m. at the BP Amoco Chocolate Bayou plant on FM 2004 near Alvin, officials said. ... Earlier today it was announced that the unit at BP's Texas City refinery that sprung a leak this morning, leading to the second shelter-in-place in less than two weeks, will be indefinitely out of service until officials complete a full inspection, officials said. The unit joins two other shuttered parts of the refinery that operate under high pressure. One of those units, the ultracracker, was down for maintenance when the deadly March 23 blast occurred and never came back on line, BP officials said. The second unit was the one that exploded on July 28, causing no injuries. The latest incident occurred at 1 a.m. today on the gas oil hydrotreater, releasing 100 barrels of gas oil and 100 pounds of hydrogen sulfide into the air. Prevailing winds were out of the south and thus carried the plume of smoke toward Texas City. "It was an obvious vapor going into the city," said Bruce Clawson, the city's emergency management coordinator, who instituted the shelter-in-place at 1:14 a.m. protocol. (10 August 2005) energybulletin.net