Bulldozer Oil Tanks
Scientific and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod OJSC is presenting products of its subsidiaries and affiliates at the Russian-Algerian Business Forum being held in Algeria on October 12-17 of this year.
As it was reported to RusBusinessNews by the company press service, Algerian state-owned oil and gas corporation Sonatrak became interested in pipe layers and bulldozers of different types.
Scientific and Production Corporation Uralvagonzavod has an experience of cooperation with Algeria: in 2006 it got a supply order for 300 T-90C tanks for the Algerian army.
Life moves slowly at Block 61 in the Omani desert, where the flat terrain bakes in temperatures that can soar above 120F. Lately, though, activity has picked up as hundreds of workers operate drilling rigs and rearrange the landscape with bulldozers, looking for gas.
The complex project involves drilling for gas that’s tightly packed into rocks more than three miles underground. At $15 billion, it’s one of the most expensive exploration efforts ever undertaken in the Middle East. Yet Oman has little choice. Like most of its Gulf neighbors, the country needs new sources of gas to keep the lights on and factories running. The project, by British oil giant BP, could boost Oman’s domestic supply by a third.
The Gulf may have the world’s largest oil reserves, but it’s facing a shortage of gas. Long viewed as a nuisance that hampered production of crude, gas was typically injected back into the ground or flared off. After Shell discovered the world’s largest gas field off Qatar in 1971, there was little demand for its output.
Those attitudes are changing. As the region’s population climbs and developers build grand, air-conditioned homes and sleek glass towers, electricity consumption is climbing—fueling strong demand for gas. To diversify their economies away from oil, the Gulf countries have poured tens of billions of dollars into gas-hungry industries such as petrochemicals. Edinburgh consultancy Wood Mackenzie figures gas consumption in the Gulf will grow by two-thirds this decade. The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, a think tank, estimates that the Middle East and North Africa last year experienced a gas shortage of 73 billion cubic meters—about what Italy consumes annually.
Peter O'Neill's first two months in office as Papua New Guinea 's prime minister have seen him having to apply political damage control more often than he may have expected.
There was the tidying up after members of his new-look cabinet moved to suspend certain provincial administrations including that of East Sepik which, as the power base of Sir Michael Somare , had just launched a legal challenge to the parliamentary ruling that dramatically ousted PNG's longtime prime minister and enabled the ensuing vote that saw O'Neill replace him.
Then O'Neill was kept busy clarifying the government's position on the prime ministerial jet. Though he announced that this luxury item from the Somare era would be sold, it was being used to ferry his ministers around the country.
But the biggest retreat was made in relation to new mining minister Byron Chan 's intention to significantly change the rules about ownership of resources in PNG, so that traditional landowners gained control from the state. That sent jitters through the investment community, particularly the mining sector. So at a recent Brisbane business luncheon, where O'Neill addressed the "who's who of the PNG mining and petroleum investment sector", he was at pains to reassure them it would be business as usual.
MAXWELL, J., FOR THE COURT: ¶ 1. L.T. Land and Gravel, LLC (L.T. Land) sued Jimmy McNabb for misrepresentation. L.T. Land alleged it paid McNabb $8,000 for a 1984 Mack truck, based on McNabb's claim he had rebuilt the lower half of the enginean engine L.T. Land quickly learned required a complete overhaul. After a bench trial, the Marion County Circuit Court denied the misrepresentation claim, finding L.T. Land failed to prove McNabb's representations about his repairs were untrue. But the circuit court awarded L.T. Land $8,461.08 solely based on its finding that McNabb breached the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose. We find this specific warranty theory was neither plead nor tried by implied consent under Mississippi Rule of Civil Procedure 15(b). And, even if it had been, we find the evidence does not support the circuit court's finding McNabb was in breach. We reverse the $8,461.08 award to L.T. Land and render judgment in favor of McNabb.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶ 2. Edward Lee owns L.T. Land, a timber company that also sells real estate and gravel. McNabb is a recently retired diesel mechanic with almost forty-years experience. McNabb had performed mechanic work for Lee in the past.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶ 2. Edward Lee owns L.T. Land, a timber company that also sells real estate and gravel. McNabb is a recently retired diesel mechanic with almost forty-years experience. McNabb had performed mechanic work for Lee in the past. ¶ 3. McNabb rebuilt the lower half of the engine of a 1984 Mack truck and then put it up for sale. On September 28, 2008, Lee learned the truck was for sale and contacted McNabb. Lee told McNabb he intended to use the truck to haul lumber and gravel. McNabb told Lee about the repairs he made to the lower half of the engine and how, since it was rebuilt, he had only used the truck once to haul a dozer forty miles. Lee bought the truck for $8,000.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY ¶ 2. Edward Lee owns L.T. Land, a timber company that also sells real estate and gravel. McNabb is a recently retired diesel mechanic with almost forty-years experience. McNabb had performed mechanic work for Lee in the past. ¶ 3. McNabb rebuilt the lower half of the engine of a 1984 Mack truck and then put it up for sale. On September 28, 2008, Lee learned the truck was for sale and contacted McNabb. Lee told McNabb he intended to use the truck to haul lumber and gravel. McNabb told Lee about the repairs he made to the lower half of the engine and how, since it was rebuilt, he had only used the truck once to haul a dozer forty miles. Lee bought the truck for $8,000. ¶ 4. Over the next five days, L.T. Land used the truck ten times to haul timber. L.T. Land employees testified they could smell burning oil and see smoke emanating from the truck. They had to fill the truck with oil constantly, adding a total of eight-and-a-half gallons to keep the oil tank full. On October 1, 2008, Lee told McNabb about the smoke and the oil. McNabb responded the engine was still "breaking in" and to keep driving the truck. But the smoking and the need for oil only got worse. Lee took the truck to a repair shop, which charged L.T. Land $461.08. The repair-shop owner testified the truck was running badly when Lee brought it in and needed a complete overhaul.
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