Obama’s Visit to Brazil Yields ‘Encouraging’ Renewable Fuels Cooperation, According to Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association

Two important announcements involving renewable energy made on the opening day of U.S. President Barack Obama’s official visit to Brazil, both directly relevant to Brazil’s successful sugarcane ethanol industry, are encouraging signs that Brazil and the U.S. are on a path to achieve free, unobstructed trade for clean, renewable biofuels.... 

Offshore Finds Are Transforming Africa Into a Major Oil Producing Region

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of GBI Research’s new report “Oil Market in Africa to 2015 – Offshore Finds Transforming Africa into a Major Oil Producing Region,” to their collection of Oilfield Equipment & Services market reports. For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/product/display.asp?ProductID=6164897... 

Japan tsunami grazes Americas but impact light

Tsunamis triggered by Japan’s devastating earthquake that prompted thousands to flee the Pacific coast of North and South America caused flooding as far away as Chile on Saturday, but damage was limited. The tsunami lost much of its energy as it moved thousands of miles (km) across the Pacific Ocean, although governments took no chances and ordered... 

U.S. issues second post-spill drill permit in Gulf

The government has given BHP Billiton the second new permit to drill in the Gulf of Mexico since the Macondo oil spill, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said Saturday. A BHP spokesman confirmed that the new permit has been issued for resumption of drilling of a production well at Shenzi. BOEMRE issued the first new permit since the lifting of a... 

Moody’s Confirms Nexen’s Investment Grade Credit Rating

Earlier today, Moody’s Investors Service announced the completion of their credit review and confirmed Nexen’s Baa3 rating with a negative outlook. We expect to retain this rating and remove the negative outlook by reducing our debt to levels commensurate with the rating by late this year or early 2012, and retaining sufficient cash to fund... 

Vermilion Energy Inc. Files Annual Information Form and Annual Report

Vermilion Energy Inc. announces the submission of its Annual Information Form (“AIF”) for the year ended December 31, 2010 to the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval. The AIF contains Vermilion’s Statement of Reserves Data and Other Oil and Gas Information as required under National Instrument 51-101. Vermilion has also filed... 

W2 Modifies the SunFilter 1 Reactor to Operate 300% More Efficiently on New Algae Strain

W2 Energy, Inc., a clean energy company is pleased to announce that as of March 1, it has converted the SunFilter 1 algae reactor to use Euglena Gracilis, a more efficient strain of algae. The Euglena Gracilis strain of algae grows in fresh water rather than saltwater, and can sequester 40% of the carbon dioxide dissolved in the water. The previously... 

Lucas Energy Inc. is Today’s Focus Stock on MicroStockProfit.com

MicroStockProfit.com announces an investment report featuring Lucas Energy Inc. The report includes financial, comparative and investment analyses, and industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision. The full report is available at: www.microstockprofit.com/lp/LEI Lucas Energy Inc. (LEI) is an independent oil and gas company... 

Energy Expert and Former Regulator Issues Statement on Oscar® Nominated Documentary Gasland

John Hanger, immediate past secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, former member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, and nationally-recognized expert on energy, the economy, and the environment, issued a statement today on his blog about the documentary “Gasland,” nominated for an Academy Award to be awarded... 

Estrakon Launches New Product Line at GlobalShop 2011

Estrakon, Inc., will officially launch its new Krystal Frame edge-lit LED product line at GlobalShop 2011 — at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas next month, Booth # 656. Krystal Frame features open-edge, glowing displays that are lightweight, thin, energy-efficient and elegant. “The non-animated Krystal Frame expands the...