The Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) welcomes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to maintain the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) at its current level, but urges Congress to reduce the imported ethanol tariff that increases the cost of gasoline for American drivers.
“Today’s EPA decision was sound. It is the high price of gasoline — not [...]
Freedom Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO Brian Kistler announced that the company has received its initial round of financing to begin deployment of its heavy oil initiative. The company also recently announced it has secured Oil and Gas Leases for 500 acres of ground in Vernon and Barton County, Missouri.
“Receiving a first round of funding from [...]
Audi AG has selected Alcoa to supply forged aluminum wheels with Dura-Bright® technology surface treatment for the new 2009 Audi A6 recently debuting at the Paris International Motor Show.
Dura-Bright® technology enhances the image of the vehicle and the ownership experience by making the wheels easy to clean while protecting against corrosion. Dura-Bright® technology is the [...]
Kenan Advantage Group announced the signing of a five-year transportation agreement with 7-Eleven, Inc. KAG will be the single-source provider of bulk fuel transportation and logistics services to the world’s premier convenience retailer. KAG is North America’s largest bulk transportation and logistics provider to the petroleum and specialty products industries. 7-Eleven is the convenience store [...]
Applied LNG Technologies USA, LLC announced an agreement to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Border Valley Trading for use in their new fleet of LNG fueled trucks used in the distribution of their feed products.
Border Valley, founded with a primary goal of becoming the best export forage company in the industry, is now one [...]
Sinoenergy Corporation, a manufacturer of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicle and gas station equipment and a designer, developer and operator of retail CNG filling stations in the People’s Republic of China, today announced the opening of three new retail CNG filling stations that started selling CNG on August 22, 2008.
All three CNG filling stations are [...]
Global Entertainment Acquisition Corporation announced today that is has changed its name to HydroGenetics, Inc. with the Florida Division of Corporations and filed the name change with FINRA. The company will continue to operate its entertainment business but significantly transition into the development of alternative energy solutions, including the development of a hydrogen reactor [...]
Pantera Petroleum, Inc. announces that its Sibley 84 #1 well in the West Gomez Field has entered production and has begun selling natural gas to Western Gas Resources, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (APC – News). On August 16, the on-site engineers opened the well on a 12/64ths inch choke and [...]
TransCanada Corporation announced that through its subsidiaries, it has acquired all the outstanding equity of both KeySpan-Ravenswood, LLC and KeySpan Ravenswood Services Corp., the companies which together own, control and operate the 2,480 megawatt (MW) Ravenswood Generating Station (Ravenswood) located in Queens, New York for US$2.8 billion plus closing adjustments.
“This acquisition positions TransCanada as a [...]
Chicago-based Midwest Wind Energy, LLC, a leading developer of wind farms in the Central United States, announced today that it has completed development of its sixth wind power project, surpassing the $1 billion threshold in developed project assets.
The six projects, which total 568 megawatts in nameplate capacity, are located in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Nebraska, and [...]