Sunday, January 13, 2013

Conoco Phillips looks to resume drilling in north China's Bohai Bay

BEIJING,?Jan. 10 (Xinhua) --?China's?State?Oceanic?Administration?(SOA)?on?Thursdayset?out?how?it?will?mete?out?strict?environmental?protection?measures?in?Bohai?Seaareas?as?part?of?the?country's?attempt?to?curb?ocean?pollution.

These?measures,?including?strictly?limiting?commercial?exploitation?in?the?sea?andcarrying?out?oceanic?restoration?projects,?will?help?accelerate?the?recovery?of?BohaiBay,?which?was?seriously?dirtied?by?oil?spilled?from?a?subsidiary?of?the?United?States-based?oil?company?ConocoPhillips?in?2011,?according?to?the?SOA.

"Environmental?pressure?from?the?ocean?pollution?hasn't?been?relieved?much,?which?inthe?long?run?will?shake?the?foundation?for?stable?economic?and?social?development?incoastal?regions,"?said?the?SOA?head?Liu?Cigui.

Liu?said?the?SOA?will?work?out?a?sound?oceanic?ecological?appraisal?systemnationwide?and?actively?promote?compensation?for?damage?to?oceanic?zoology.

The?administration?will?also?slash?the?amount?of?pollutants?allowed?to?enter?the?ocean,and?improve?the?environmental?assessment?system?regarding?oceanic?engineeringprojects.

Source: http://tortstoday.blogspot.com/2013/01/conoco-phillips-looks-to-resume.html

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