Not to be confused with either the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), the desolate 23 million acre NPRA region was first established as an oil reserve for the U.S. Navy in 1923.

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Maridive, an offshore-oil-services contractor founded by an ex-navy commando and a petroleum engineer, built its expertise in Egypt's Gulf of Suez oilfields.

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The White House's "America's Gulf Coast: A Plan for Long-Term Recovery in the Aftermath of the BP Oil Spill, " assembled by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, lays out a vision for community recovery, improving public health, coastal restoration and marine resiliency that can begin to restore the Gulf.

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Royal Navy divers assessed the damage and confirmed there were no oil leaks.

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That is a shame because power systems built for navy ships are directly applicable to other ships that also currently burn oil.

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The big concern in the U.S. is not which country has the largest navy or nuclear arsenal, but whether China, Japan, and the oil exporting nations, will continue to buy U.S. bonds, and hold U.S. dollars in their central bank reserves, happy to be the largest foreign holders of U.S. debt.

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The Navy has always led in energy transformations, moving from wind to coal, coal to oil, and then pioneering the use of nuclear power.

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