ORLANDO, Fla., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- UNR Holdings, Inc.

Delegates meeting at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference in the Channel Islands warn that oil and gas exploration in the Russian Far East continues to threaten the livelihood of the critically endangered gray whale that spends its summer feeding along Sakhalin Island.

HOUSTON, Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Parker Drilling (NYSE: PKD), operator of the Yastreb land drilling rig for customer Exxon Neftegas Limited (ENL), announced today that it has provided operations services for drilling the world's longest well, Odoptu OP-11, from Sakhalin Island, Russia.

Platform’s construction could threaten future of sub-species Washington, D.C.

Sakhalin Energy Investment Company – part owned by Shell – has announced plans to build a major oil platform near crucial feeding habitat of the Western North Pacific gray whale population.