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Stories for February 17th 2008

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Petrobras orders high seas oil platform costing 1.2 billion

  

  Brazil's government managed oil corporation Petrobras signed on Friday a contract with Single Buoy Mooring (SBM) to build a high seas oil rig to operate at a water depth of 1.246 and which will cost in the range of 1.2 billion US dollars and be delivered in three years time.

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Soy displaces cattle as main farm activity in Argentina

  

  Soy beans has become the main commodity of Argentina's rich farmland displacing other traditional industries such as cattle breeding and dairy farming, according to studies and statistics from the country's main breeders organization the Rural Society.

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Global warming could return predators to Antarctic waters

  

  Marine life in Antarctica will be at risk from an invasion of sharks, crabs and other predators if global warming continues, scientists warn. Crabs are poised to return to the Antarctic shallows, threatening creatures such as giant sea spiders and floppy ribbon worms, says a UK-US team.

• Sunday, February 17th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela helped by Uruguay plans Antarctic base

  

  Venezuelan scientists and military officers set out Friday on their country's first expedition to Antarctica, leaving Friday from Uruguay's capital Montevideo aboard the Uruguayan naval research ship “Oyarbide”.