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A6 WORLD NEWS
Friday 4 February 2022

Aussies say James Cook’s ship was found, U.S. says not so fast

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian tions with Dr. Abbass if she
maritime experts said Thurs- disagrees with our findings,
day they believed they’ve their findings.”
found the wreck of one of Sumption had earlier said
the most important ships that the ship’s significant
in the history of the South role in exploration, astron-
Pacific after it was scuttled omy and science made it
in the U.S. more than 200 important not only to Aus-
years ago. tralia, but also to New Zea-
But archaeologists in the land, Britain and the U.S.
U.S. quickly countered by “The last pieces of the puz-
saying the findings were zle had to be confirmed be-
premature and a breach fore I felt able to make this
of contract in their joint re- call,” Sumption said at the
search. news conference. “Based
For 22 years, maritime ar- on archival and archaeo-
chaeologists have been in- logical evidence, I’m con-
vestigating several ancient vinced it’s the Endeavour.”
shipwrecks in a 2-square- Only about 15% of the ves-
mile area of Newport Har- sel remains and researchers
bor, Rhode Island. That’s are now focused on what
where James Cook’s HMS A replica of the ship the Endeavour is at anchor in Botany Bay, Sydney, April 17, 2005. can be done to protect
Endeavour was believed Associated Press and preserve it, Sumption
to have been deliberately said at the news confer-
sunk by the British during gists were convinced they ganization in the study at casting Corporation, Ki- ence. q
the American Revolution. had found the wreck of the Newport Harbor. eran Hosty, the Australian He said that the museum
Cook had earlier sailed the Endeavour after matching “What we see on the ship- museum’s manager of was working closely with
ship around the South Pa- structural details and the wreck site under study is maritime archeology, said maritime experts in Rhode
cific in a pioneering voy- shape of the remains to consistent with what might he thought his group’s Island as well as with state
age before landing on the those on original plans. be expected of the Endea- contract with RIMAP had and federal officials in the
east coast of Australia in “I am satisfied that this is the vour, but there has been no ended in November but he U.S. and Australia to secure
1770. final resting place of one indisputable data found to couldn’t comment for cer- the site.
On Thursday morning, Kev- of the most important and prove the site is that iconic tain. He gave further de- But Abbass said that while
in Sumption, the chief ex- contentious vessels in Aus- vessel, and there are many tails that he said had con- her organization recog-
ecutive of the Australian tralia’s maritime history,” unanswered questions vinced them it was the En- nized the connection be-
National Maritime Museum, Sumption said. that could overturn such deavour, including the size tween Australian citizens
held a news conference in But in a statement issued an identification,” Abbass of the timbers, that it was of British descent and the
Sydney after alerting me- soon afterward, D.K. Ab- wrote. “When the study is European-built, and the Endeavour, its conclusions
dia that he’d be making “a bass, the executive director done, RIMAP will post the scuttling holes in the keel. would be driven “by prop-
major historic maritime an- of the Rhode Island Marine legitimate report.” “So it tick all those boxes,” er scientific process and
nouncement.” Archaeology Project, said In a subsequent interview Hosty told the ABC. “So, we not Australian emotions or
Sumption said archaeolo- her group was the lead or- with the Australian Broad- are very open to conversa- politics.”q

Abu Dhabi’s ADNOC announces

a new offshore gas find

Abu Dhabi is capital, was square kilometers (3,000 mating the UAE holds the
the first Gulf Arab state last miles). seventh-largest proven re-
year to join other countries For their natural gas discov- serves of natural gas in the
around the world in pledg- ery, the companies relied world at over 215 trillion cu-
ing “net-zero” emissions tar- in part on insights from a bic feet.
gets within its borders while massive 3D seismic survey The country, which lies on
maintaining fossil fuel ex- underway in Abu Dhabi, the eastern coast of the
ports abroad. according to ADNOC. Arabian Peninsula along
The Abu Dhabi National Oil ADNOC Managing Direc- the Persian Gulf, has some
Company, also known as tor and CEO Sultan Ahmed 98 billion barrels of proven
The sun rises over the headquarters of the Abu Dhabi National ADNOC, said the discovery al-Jaber hailed the discov- oil reserves, with about 96%
Oil Co. headquarters that dominates the skyline in Abu Dhabi, came about in partnership ery. He said it speaks to the of that located in Abu Dha-
United Arab Emirates, Nov. 7, 2016.
Associated Press with a consortium led by It- company’s commitment to bi. The United Arab Emir-
aly’s Eni and Thailand’s PTT partnerships that help Abu ates is among the world’s
By AYA BATRAWY located in the emirate’s Exploration and Production Dhabi explore and devel- 10 largest oil producers,
Associated Press northwest. Company Limited, which op its untapped hydrocar- with most of the country’s
DUBAI, United Arab Emir- The discovery comes as were awarded concession bon resources. oil and gas wealth concen-
ates (AP) — Abu Dhabi’s Gulf Arab states continue to rights in the area. The 2019 In December, ADNOC an- trated in Abu Dhabi.
state-owned oil and gas rely heavily on profits from agreement saw Eni and PT- nounced the discovery of Despite its large natural gas
company announced oil and gas exports, despite TEP vowing to invest $230 up to 1 billion barrels of oil fields, the UAE also imports
Thursday the discovery of rising global temperatures million to explore for oil and in another block of Abu natural gas due to its ex-
between 1.5 to 2 trillion and climate change from gas and appraise existing Dhabi. tensive domestic use in op-
standard cubic feet of raw burning fossil fuels. The Unit- discoveries in two blocks The U.S. Energy Information erating power plants and
gas in an offshore area ed Arab Emirates, where spanning a total of 8,000 Agency cites figures esti- desalination plants. q