Chevron Corporation today announced the signing of agreements with Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd to bring Shell into the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project as a natural gas supplier and equity participant. George Kirkland, vice chairman, Chevron Corporation, said, “Chevron is pleased to welcome another participant into the Wheatstone Project. The Wheatstone hub will provide a reliable new...
The average price for a gallon of gasoline in the United States has moved closer to $4, jumping more than 19 cents since mid-March to a level less than 10 percent below its all-time high, a widely followed survey said on Sunday. The Lundberg Survey said the national average price of self-serve, regular unleaded gas was $3.765 on Friday, up from $3.573 on March 18, and up 91.3 cents from $2.852 a year...
Valcent Products Inc. announced today that it has settled US $2,345,498 of debt through the issuance of 15,636,656 units at US $0.15 per unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one half warrant. One whole warrant is exercisable for period of two years into one common share at US $0.25. In addition, lock-up arrangements have been reached with the all debt holders as part of the settlement....
Hagens Berman LLP, an investor-rights law firm, is continuing to investigate Hercules Offshore to determine if the company violated securities laws. The investigation began after the announcement of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice investigation of certain of the company’s activities. Hagens Berman partner Reed R. Kathrein is continuing to lead the firm’s investigation...
Samson Oil & Gas Limited is presenting at two investor conferences in New York. Samson’s presentation at the Australian Resource Conference USA is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Thursday, April 7th, (which is Friday, April 8th, 01:30 a.m. in Sydney). The presentation is being webcast and is available at http://live.arcusa-newyork.com. Samson is also presenting at the IPAA OGIS...
Ship owners, ship operators, and ship managers realize that hull fouling causes drag-related speed loss and increased fuel consumption when more power is delivered in order to maintain ship schedules. Hull fouling is also a topic of growing environmental concern and international regulation as it relates to green house gas emissions and the carriage of aquatic invasive species on fouled hulls. To combat...
Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. through its wholly owned subsidiary IMPCO Technologies, Inc. and Alternative Fuel Systems announced that they have entered into a support agreement pursuant to which IMPCO has agreed to offer to acquire, directly or indirectly, all of the outstanding common shares of AFS for Cdn.$0.50 in cash per share (the “Offer”). The purchase price under the Offer represents...
A recent increase in U.S. inflation is driven primarily by rising commodity prices globally, and is unlikely to persist, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Monday. The comments stood in sharp contrast to a string of U.S. central bank officials, some of whom have argued the time is coming for the Fed to begin tightening monetary policy. Earlier on Monday, Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart...
The management of CAMAC is gratified to learn that all remaining passengers, flight crew and its corporate aircraft have been released by officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The release was not based on an admission of guilt by anyone associated with this incident and the Congolese government filed no charges of wrongdoing. CAMAC had no financial interest in the business dealings that led...
Juhl Wind, Inc. the Leader in Community Wind Power, today announced its results for the year ended December 31, 2010. “We are very pleased to report our results for the 2010 fiscal year,” stated Dan Juhl, Chairman and CEO of Juhl Wind, Inc. “By adding the bulk of construction on three major wind farms and one of our smaller wind systems to our base wind farm operations revenue,...