Progress Energy Ready for Potential Carolinas Landfall From Hanna

The forecast for Tropical Storm/Hurricane Hanna continues to change, and Progress Energy Carolinas is prepared to respond quickly to any damage and outages caused by the storm in the company’s service area. Progress Energy Carolinas officials are continuing to monitor the potential path of the storm and implementing early phases of the company’s... 

Entergy Warns of Precarious Power Island Situation in Southeastern Louisiana

Entergy’s transmission system has sustained extremely severe damage from Hurricane Gustav, damage that could make power restoration a difficult and slow process, especially in southeastern Louisiana. In terms of power outages, Hurricane Gustav was the second worst in Entergy’s 95-year history, peaking at about 850,000 early Tuesday —... 

Zeus Conference to Explore Reducing Capital Costs and Increasing Flexibility With Advanced Gasification Technologies

Emerging gasification technologies could rapidly advance gasification deployment in the next five to ten years and are being used in advanced, modular systems that significantly reduce capital and plant-operating costs. Prefabricated-gasification systems are easily built and transported to the site. Pending CO2 laws have also created an opportunity... 

CMAI Launches Global Soda Ash Consulting Service

Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the launch of the Global Soda Ash Consulting Service; adding further depth and breadth to the products CMAI covers across the chemicals sector. Along with day-to-day contact with the key industry players, CMAI’s chlor-alkali consultants from all global offices will use their industry experience... 

Williams Receives FERC Approval to Provide Additional Natural Gas Service to Northeast

Williams announced that that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a proposal to expand Williams’ Transco natural gas pipeline to serve markets in the northeastern United States. The Sentinel expansion project is designed to increase Transco’s firm transportation capacity by 142,000 dekatherms per day. Phase 1 of the... 

Chemical Week’s Annual Global Forecast Conference Brings Together Chemical Industry Leaders in New York

Escalating feedstock and energy prices, massive new capacity in the Middle East, sustainability, marketplace volatility and global economic turbulence will be among the key issues discussed at Chemical Week’s Annual Global Forecast Conference on September 24, 2008 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York. Chemical Week’s Annual Forecast Conference is...