Alpha Natural Resources is close to a $7 billion deal to buy Massey Energy Co, which was rocked by a deadly coal mining accident last year, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
One of the sources said Massey shareholders will receive slightly more than one Alpha share for each Massey share in addition to [...]
Biofriendly Corporation announced today that its Green PlusĀ® liquid combustion catalyst has been adopted by Petrolina (Holdings) Public Ltd oil company to enhance all of its gasoline and diesel fuel. Petrolina is one of the largest oil companies in the country of Cyprus. Petrolina owns and operates Petrolina and Agip fuel stations.
The Cyprus company announced, [...]
Solarbrook Water and Power Corporation’s CEO announced the completion of the design and prototype study phase of a water recovery system to be used on cooling towers. “The system will recover water traditionally sent to the sewers, and will remove dissolved solids, and contaminates which result in lost cooling efficiency within the cooling tower system. [...]
USA Superior Energy Holdings, Inc. announced it has executed a letter of intent to merge with Hunt Global Resources Inc. of Montgomery, Texas.
The transaction will be in the form of a “reverse merger.” Under terms of the agreement, Hunt will assume a majority stock position and appoint a new board of directors. Full details of [...]
Pritchard Capital Partners, an energy investment bank and institutional financial services firm, announced today additional expansions to its institutional sales and trading teams with the addition of Owen Jones and John Joyce. Mr. Jones joins as a senior vice president sales trader based in the Washington, D.C., office and Mr. Joyce joins as a senior [...]
Duke Energy Carolinas is seeking bids from solar power companies to supply solar panels, electrical equipment and installation services as part of the utility’s proposed $100 million North Carolina solar plan.
Starting in early 2009, Duke Energy wants to install electricity- generating photovoltaic solar panels at up to 850 North Carolina sites, including homes, schools, office [...]
COADE, a US-based CAD and engineering software developer, announced that it has opened COADE Japan, with the name officially registered on September 10th, 2008. COADE Japan is the first company-owned overseas subsidiary for COADE, Inc.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, COADE is the developer of such well-known products as the CADWorx Plant Design Suite, an AutoCAD-based 3D [...]
Nicor Gas announced a new program to make it easier for customers whose natural gas service was disconnected earlier this year because of non-payment of bills to get re-connected in time for the 2008-2009 home heating season.
The program, Reconnect Assistance, will run from Monday, September 8 through Friday, September 19. While all customers disconnected for [...]
Stewart & Stevenson LLC announced today the appointment of Anthony G. Petrello, J. Robinson West, and Munawar (Micki) H. Hidayatallah as three new members to serve on its Board of Directors.
Mr. Petrello has been President and Chief Operating Officer of Nabors Industries Ltd. since 1992, a Director since 1991, and Deputy Chairman from 2003. He [...]
Finavera Renewables Inc. announce it has signed an exclusive Memorandum of Understanding with GE for the firm pricing and supply of GE wind turbines for the Company’s 45 megawatt Tumbler Ridge Wind Project in British Columbia, Canada, which is planned to be constructed in 2011. Tumbler Ridge is one of the four projects Finavera Renewables [...]