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Can a new tool predict rogue waves?

LNG climate benefits may vary, study finds

The Pearl Mist. Pearl Seas Cruises photo.

Pearl Seas postpones Cuba itineraries

Kinder Morgan tanker Empire State. Kinder Morgan photo.

With dividends targeted, oil investors see $7.4B vanish

Tidewater&#039;s OSV Dean Edward Taylor. David Krapf photo.

Tidewater borrows $600 million

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Feds outline New York offshore wind energy zone

Oil tanks catch fire in Louisiana

Dong Energy&#039;s Barrow offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. Creative Commons photo/Andy Dingley.

Cost of building US offshore wind farms may drop by 55%

Oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. USCG photo.

Options shrink for battered oil industry under Obama offshore plan

BSEE investigating death aboard Nabors rig

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