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Something Just Went BEZERK in the Gulf of Mexico. The US Navy just sunk a French Submarine
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 - Cairn Energy refuse to publish full oil spill plan [ link to www.bbc.co.uk] Snips: The Scots-based energy firm involved in oil exploration in the Arctic has refused to publish full details of its contingency plan should a spill occur.
Cairn Energy, based in Edinburgh, is at the forefront of the push to open up oil supplies off Greenland.
The company and the Greenland government told a BBC Scotland investigation team the plan was secret to prevent sabotage by "third parties".
The lack of transparency has prompted concern from environmental groups.
Some estimates have suggested that the Arctic region could contain up to a quarter of the world's remaining oil reserves.
Dr Martin Preston, a marine pollution expert at the University of Liverpool, ... : "I think they are making comments about using really rather standard techniques which are employed elsewhere and I'm not sure they've really taken on board some of the risks that are associated with this high latitude work. And that worries me."
... Jon Skov Neilsen, head of Greenland's bureau of minerals and petroleum, added: "It's more important that the response plans work and are efficient than having everyone know phone numbers and where exactly the equipment is situated and so on.
"That's our view anyway. That's the choice we've made and we think it's the right choice."
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