Though the game was in a playable state for months, it was not officially launched until July 28, 2016. The game originally launched into Steam's Early Access program on December 14, 2015. Using settings and characters from the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, players must work together to defeat the opposing team. "Until solutions acceptable to the government departments concerned have been found, no agreement on abandonment will be available.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online (or "First Assault" for short) was a free-to-play online first-person shooter developed by Neople and published by Nexon Corporation for PC. "That proposal will have to contain solutions to the problems which led to the identification of deep sea disposal as the best practicable environmental option. He said: "If Shell wishes to propose an alternative course of action the government will consider it. The fate of the concrete and steel Brent Spar rig which, for 15 years, served as a crude oil storage tank and loading buoy, is now unknown.īut energy minister Tim Eggar warned that the government would not automatically give permission for it to be broken up on land. He said: "I think they should have kept their nerve and done what they believed was right." Michael Heseltine, President of the Board of Trade, criticised the company for relenting. "Shell UK Ltd still believes that deep water disposal of the Brent Spar is the best practicable environmental option, which was suported by independent studies." The statement said: "Shell UK has decided to abandon deepwater disposal and seek from the UK authorities a licence for onshore disposal. In a statement Shell UK denied that Greenpeace's actions had forced the U-turn, but conceded that the company had found itself in an "untenable position" due to widespread objections from international governments. Thousands of British motorists have also boycotted the company's filling stations in protest and Shell was forced to call off its environmental awards ceremony due to be held on 21 June. Just three days ago two activists boarded the installation from a helicopter and vowed to remain "until the death" in an attempt to prevent the deep-sea disposal going ahead. Its ship, the Altair, has been shadowing tugs pulling Brent Spar to its North Atlantic dumping ground since it set off last week. Greenpeace activists claim that dumping the structure under the sea would release highly toxic chemicals into the water and cause widespread marine pollution. "It is a victory for us but more importantly it is a victory for all the people who campaigned against the dumping," she said.
Just yesterday in the House of Commons, Prime Minister John Major was defending the plans to dispose of the structure 6,000ft (1,828m) under the sea.īut a spokesperson for environment group Greenpeace, which has been campaigning against the proposals for several weeks, hailed Shell's decision a victory. Oil giant Shell has given in to international pressure and abandoned plans to dump its Brent Spar oil rig at sea.īut the company's decision, which came just hours before the 14,500-tonne structure was due to be submerged under the sea off the west coast of Scotland, has left the government in an embarrassing situation.
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