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	Welcome to Petrel - leading in engineering solutions for maritime and commercial fields
		PETREL is an innovative design and manufacturing company and has therefore been involved in such diverse projects as the first revolving house and the Sanae IV Research Base in Antarctica.
		PETREL's exceptional strength lies in its ability to provide the manufactured solution, from client concept through design/ manufacture, to installation and after-sales service.
		PETREL has Agents worldwide, which ensures that Clients receive fast and efficient service and are able to easily obtain spare parts, components and on-site after-sales service.
	www.petrel.co.za (210 words)

	Petrels - Wildlife of Antarctica - Antarctic Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Antarctic petrel is a boldly marked dark brown and white petrel, a little smaller than the Antarctic fulmar.
		The White-headed Petrel is a burrowing petrel with dark wings, a white head with a dark eye and a pale body and tail.
		The Atlantic petrel is one of the largest gadfly petrels, recognized by its striking white breast and belly in contrast to the rest of its plumage which is uniformly brown.
	www.antarcticconnection.com /antarctic/wildlife/birds/petrels.shtml (916 words)

	Petrel - LoveToKnow 1911
		PETREL, the general name of a group of birds (of which more than too species are recognized), derived from the habit which some of them possess of apparently walking on the surface of the water as the apostle St Peter (of whose name the word is a diminutive form) is recorded (Matt.
		The petrels, all of which are placed in the family Procellariidae, were formerly associated with the Laridae (see GuLL), but they are now placed as the sole members of the suborder Tubinares (the name denoting the characteristic tubular structure of their nostrils) and of the order Procellariiformes (see Bird).
		None of the Petrels are endowed with any brilliant colouring - sootyfl, grey of various tints (one of which is often called "blue"), and white being the only hues the plumage exhibits.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Petrel (240 words)

	petrel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The giant petrel, or giant fulmar (the size of an albatross), and the auklike diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix, are both found in the Southern Hemisphere; the fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis), or fulmar petrel, inhabits the North Atlantic.
		The giant petrel is actually a member of the family Procellariidae (shearwater family).
		Petrels are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Procellariiformes, families Hydrobatidae and Pelecanoididae.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pe/petrel.html (240 words)

	Oceanwings - Albatross Encounters, Kaikoura, New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since grey petrels can dive so deep and they are attracted to food scraps around fishing boats, their is some concern about the number of grey petrels caught on baited fish hooks, especially in the southern blue-fin tuna fishery.
		Most of the giant petrels seen off Kaikoura are dark phased birds and are immature with no colouration on the end of their bills (so that they can not be easily distinguished from the more common northern giant petrel).
		Mottled petrels are most likely to he seen off the Kaikoura Coast in March and April when the birds are traveling up the east coast of the South Island before their major northward migration out of New Zealand waters.
	www.oceanwings.co.nz /albatross/petrel (1974 words)

	Petrel Resources Plc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Petrel has placed 7,380,762 shares at 13p each in a private placing with a small number of institutions.
		Petrel is negotiating with the Oil Ministry in Baghdad to explore Block 6 in the Western Desert.
		Petrel is pre-qualified and invited to tender for three fields in the north and south.
	www.petrelresources.com /_latestNews/04_11_2003.shtml (373 words)

	Petrel
		The third Petrel, a 4th rate gunboat laid down 27 August 1887, was built by the Columbia Iron Works and Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, Md.; launched 13 October 1888; and commissioned 10 December 1889, Lt.
		Petrel then steamed to the navy yard at Cavite and forced its surrender.
		With the declaration of war, Petrel returned to the United States to serve with the American Patrol Detachment at Boston throughout the war.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/p5/petrel-iii.htm (385 words)

	Nature Reserves - Petrel Point Nature Reserve
		Many of the 14 species of orchids that grow at Petrel Point are found in the fen fringe, which runs along the edge of the cedars and around the treed islands.
		Areas of the fen may be drier than normal during the summer months because of increased drainage, and this in turn may be affecting the very character of these portions of the fen.
		Petrel Point is part of a Life Science Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI) and a provincially significant wetland.
	www.ontarionature.org /enviroandcons/reserves/res_petrel.html (638 words)

	blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Some of the smaller petrels can devour a quarter of their body weight in the space of a few minutes so that they become so grossly distended they cannot fly.
		Petrels have been companions to countless seafarers and for many island dwelling communities such as the Maori an important food supply.
		Godman, Frederick du Cane, Monograph of the Petrels, 1907-1910.
	nzbirds.com /birds/bluepetrel.html (1074 words)

	Welcome to Petrel - leading in engineering solutions for maritime and commercial fields (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PETREL, based in Cape Town, South Africa, was founded in 1947 and is recognised globally as a leading manufacturer and supplier of deck equipment to the fishing and shipping industries, as well as being well-known internationally for its custom designed and built subsea, marine, mining, naval and civil engineered products.
		Petrel was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the South African Institute of Steel Construction for their role as the steel fabricator in the construction of the Sanae IV Base in Antarctica and again received a Special Commendation in Business Week's Non-Listed Company Award.
		Petrel was awarded a major contract by the Cape Metropolitan Council for the design, manufacture and installation of a refuse transfer station, the equipment consisting of conveyors, compactors, compaction containers, loading and offloading Goliath cranes and all related hydraulic, electrical and PLC equipment.
	www.petrel.co.za /about.asp (1088 words)

	Southern giant petrel - Macronectes giganteus: More Information - ARKive
		This petrel is of a similar size to albatrosses, but it can be distinguished by its large bill, narrower shorter wings and a general humpbacked form (2).
		Petrels are able to regurgitate foul-smelling oil which they spit at intruders; this habit earned the southern giant petrel the alternative name of ‘stinker' (5).
		Between 1997 and 1998, an estimated 2,000 to 4,000 southern giant petrels were killed in illegal and unregulated longline fisheries for Patagonian toothfish in the Southern Ocean (2).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Macronectes_giganteus/more_info.html (789 words)

	Offshore Technology - Petrel Engineering - Offshore Cranes, Winches, Lifting Equipment, Hosereels and Related Equipment
		Petrel Engineering (Pty) Ltd is recognised globally as a designer and manufacturer of cranes, winches, lifting equipment and other deck machinery for the offshore oil and gas, diamond mining, shipping, fishing and wider marine industries.
		Petrel are suppliers of an air winch series which increases performance, superrior load and control and industry proven reliability.
		Petrel's marine fixed and knuckle boom cranes are fitted with over-size slew bearings and slew motors for the demanding offshore operations.
	www.offshore-technology.com /contractors/lifting/petrel (780 words)

	Storm Petrels
		The name "Petrel" is thought to be derived from St. Peter, because their habit of not quite landing in the water, but dipping their feet in and fluttering over the surface while they feed on plankton, makes them seem as though they are walking on water.
		Storm petrels are not often easy to identify because of their very small size (6-8 inches), rapid movements, and generally great distances from the observer.
		The wedge-rumped petrel breeds from April to October, laying one egg that is incubated by both parents.
	www.rit.edu /~rhrsbi/GalapagosPages/Petrel.html (476 words)

	RTÉ Business: Petrel's focus remains firmly on Iraq
		Petrel said the field, located in the southern part of the country, is on schedule to be on stream in 2009.
		Petrel said it is also exploring the Merjan field, located near the city of Hillah, which is believed to be holding 750 million barrels of light crude.
		Petrel CEO, John Teeling, said he expects in the coming months a new hydrocarbon law to be enacted in Iraq which will lead to the ratification of Petrel's concessionary rights over Block 6.
	www.rte.ie /business/2006/0622/petrel.html (317 words)

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