Alcoa, Altiss Pen Drillpipe Deal
"This agreement is a major milestone connecting our customers in North America with world-class services and increased access to Alcoa aluminum drill pipe, " Jeff Lehner, general manager for Alcoa Oil...
View ArticleApple Is Planning A Solar Panel Farm For Its Data Center In Reno
Apple, working with Nevada utility NV Energy, is planning to build another solar panel farm next to a data center, and this time it's for its new data center in Reno, Nevada....
View ArticleComments Sought For Black Canyon Hydroelectric Project
Public comments are being sought for an environmental assessment for the Black Canyon Diversion Dam third unit hydro - electric project. The project is now estimated at about $53 million to complete....
View ArticleUK Inks Strategic Agreement, $1b Oil Deal With Kazakhstan
Cameron and Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev also unveiled an oil and gas processing plant on the shores of the Caspian Sea which is intended to provide a new reliable source of energy for...
View ArticleNo Plans To End Coal-Fired Power At Sherco
Xcel Energy sees no end to the burning of coal at its Sherco power plant in Becker in central Minnesota.
View ArticleCoal Industry Fears Dark Future Under Obama Proposal
A mechanized shovel loads coal onto a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. The coal industry is back on the defensive after President Barack Obama renewed calls for...
View ArticleCecil Supervisor Again Asks For Meeting With Range Resources
Cecil Township Supervisor Elizabeth Cowden has again requested a meeting with Southpointe-based Marcellus Shale company Range Resources . 'Lets meet and stop this nonsense,' she said, referring to...
View ArticleOman Hopes Deal With BP On Block 61 To Be Signed By Year-End
Oman: The Omani oil and gas ministry has said it hopes to sign an agreement before the end of this year with British Petroleum (BP) on the commercial development of its Block 61 tight gas reserves,...
View ArticleSeaweed Fuel Could Replace Corn Ethanol In B.C.'s Fuel Program, According To...
Ethanol produced from large-scale seaweed farms could supply B.C.'s current demand for ethanol and help the province meet its greenhouse gas emission targets, according to a new analysis from the...
View ArticleStatoil Assumes Control Of Eastern Eagle Ford Assets
Joint venture partner Talisman Energy will still be responsible for operational activities in the western region.
View ArticleVeerappa Moily Offers Liquid Gas To Power Pak Ties
Oil minister M Veerappa Moily is lending his hands to the government's efforts at strengthening ties with the new regime in Islamabad by working on a deal to supply liquid gas to fuel power generation...
View ArticleApple Teams With SunPower For Reno Data Center
Now Apple is once again teaming up with San Jose-based SunPower for another solar farm, this time for its new data center in the Reno Technology Park in Reno, Nevada. Apple is working closely with...
View ArticleFreeh To Investigate BP Spill-Fund Payments
A federal judge appointed former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Louis Freeh to investigate alleged improprieties by an attorney involved in overseeing settlement payments related to the 2010 oil...
View ArticleKeystone XL Gets The Attention, But U.S. Coal Export Plan Raising Alarm Bells
With TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline dominating environmental debate in the United States, efforts by America's struggling coal industry to boost coal exports to Asia have flown largely under the...
View ArticleParnell Unhappy With Pace Of LNG Pipeline Project
The governor also praised the progress made on the Point Thomson gas and condensate project now under construction east of Prudhoe Bay . Point Thomson will produce liquid condensates from gas but it...
View ArticleProtecting Oil And Gas Wells Threatened By Fire
Oil and gas wells are always a big concern when wildfires are impacting the state. That's why Western Slope companies are coordinating with the BLM, shutting down wells threatened by blazes.
View ArticleDeal Would Put Coal-Fired Lamar Plant On Standby
A coal-fired power plant in Lamar would be put on standby under a proposed settlement with the environmental group WildEarth Guardians, which alleged the plant repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act.
View ArticleBiomass Plant Humming At Full Capacity
That includes a combination of sources involving hydro, wind, solar, tidal, biomass, as well as geothermal energy . The facility will see biomass burned to generate about 60 megawatts of electricity a...
View ArticleU.S. Backing Unlikely To Tip Balance Toward 'Clean Coal'
Some clean-energy technologies are expected to get a shot in the arm from President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change, but so-called clean coal probably isn't one of them. The reason: high...
View ArticleOil Field Catering Will Be A Growing Business In The Cline
The idea of food catering to drilling and hydraulic fracturing or fracking sites is rapidly picking up steam in Abilene, a city many energy experts say will play a big part in the oil play....
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