MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Backs Laurus Energy

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that it has backed Laurus Energy, the North American leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project development. Laurus also announced today that top energy executive Rebecca McDonald has joined as CEO. “Given the huge demand for energy in the U.S. and abroad... 

Startech Environmental Distributor w2ge Contracts With One of Poland’s Largest Chemical Companies

Startech Environmental Corp., a fully reporting, award-winning, environment and energy company announced that it has been notified by waste2greenenergy Limited (“w2ge”), the Company’s exclusive distributor for the UK and Poland, that w2ge’s wholly-owned Polish subsidiary SG Silesia Sp Z o.o. (“SG Silesia”) has entered... 

Blue Green Alliance Continues to Grow With SEIU, LIUNA

As the economic crisis grows, and as leaders from around the world gather in Poland to address climate change, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LIUNA) announced today that they are joining the Blue Green Alliance. The Alliance is a growing labor-environmental partnership to... 

Global Earth Energy, Inc. Signs LOI; Plans to Install a Biodiesel Production Plant

Global Earth Energy, Inc. announce it signed a Letter of Intent, or LOI, with “ADI,” the owners of a chemical plant near Wilmington, North Carolina. The LOI outlines Global’s plans to install a one million gallon per year biodiesel production site located on a chemical plant in Leland, NC. Global will rent the land necessary to produce... 

Foster Wheeler Announces Proposed Redomestication from Bermuda to Switzerland

Foster Wheeler Ltd. announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved the redomestication of the company from Bermuda to Switzerland. Foster Wheeler’s shareholders will be asked to vote in favor of the proposal at a shareholders meeting expected to be scheduled for January 2009. If approved by shareholders, and subject to the approval... 

Hanwei signs definitive agreement to acquire CNPC’s interest in Harvest

Hanwei Energy Services Corp. announced today that it has signed a binding agreement with Daqing Changyuan Investment Co. Ltd., an indirect subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC), the parent company of PetroChina Co., Ltd., to acquire the remaining 8.925 percent equity interest in Daqing Harvest Longwall High Pressure Pipe Co. Ltd. (“Harvest”)... 

EnPro Industries Acquires Sealing Technology Company

EnPro Industries announced the acquisition of Northern Gaskets and Mouldings Limited (NGM), a distributor of sealing products and a manufacturer of gaskets located in Batley, UK. NGM will operate as part of Garlock (Great Britain) Limited. The acquisition was completed for cash. Terms were not disclosed. NGM serves a variety of industries in the United... 

IFQC Ranks Top 100 Countries by Gasoline Benzene Standards; U.S. Ranks 67th

The International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC) has ranked the top 100 countries based on benzene content standards in gasoline; Colombia came in first with the earliest implementation of the lowest benzene limits. Following in second and third were Canada and Luxembourg, respectively. Benzene is found naturally in crude oil and thus passes into refined... 

PinnacleAIS Announces Key PCMS RBI Initiatives

PinnacleAIS, a leading provider of services and technology specializing in improved asset integrity for the petroleum and chemical processing industry, today announced that it has completed several key Plant Condition Management Systems (PCMS®), Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) initiatives, furthering its expertise in Inspection Data Management Systems... 

KMP Begins Commercial Operations of Ethanol Transportation on Central Florida Pipeline System

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced it is now transporting commercial batches of denatured ethanol along with gasoline shipments in its 16-inch Central Florida Pipeline (CFPL) between Tampa and Orlando, Fla., making CFPL the first transmarket gasoline pipeline in the United States to do so. Kinder Morgan has invested approximately $10 million...