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A huge newly-constructed ship is to be mothballed in Edinburgh as result of a "ferries fiasco" on the other side of the world.

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This year, Sable Offshore Corp., a Houston-based energy company, purchased the mothballed equipment and announced plans to restart oil extraction by the end of the year — including the failed pipeline.

It has also proposed to mothball Blackwood Miners' Institute.

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It’s not clear if that’s going to happen and work nearby has been mothballed for two years.

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The site has been mothballed for two years and the high speed line could still end at Old Oak Common.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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