Hagens Berman LLP Continues to Investigate Hercules Offshore Inc. After SEC Probe Announcement

Hagens Berman LLP, an investor-rights law firm, is continuing to investigate Hercules Offshore to determine if the company violated securities laws. The investigation began after the announcement of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Department of Justice investigation of certain of the company’s activities. Hagens Berman partner Reed... 

Stewart & Stevenson Announces the Appointment of New Directors

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 holds... 

Universal Lubricants Expands to Meet Growing Demand for Cleaner, Greener Re-Refined Oil

One of the country’s oldest lubricant manufacturing and distribution companies, Wichita’s Universal Lubricants (UL) established in 1929, is poised for double-digit growth for the foreseeable future thanks to a technologically advanced and highly capable re-refinery, and efficiencies gained through its environmentally-friendly closed-loop... 

Kirby Corporation Announces 2010 Fourth Quarter and Year Results

Kirby Corporation today announced net earnings attributable to Kirby for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2010 of $31.6 million, or $.59 per share, compared with $29.2 million, or $.54 per share, for the 2009 fourth quarter. The 2009 fourth quarter results included a $4.8 million before taxes, or $.05 per share, charge for shore staff reductions,... 

Global Oil and Gas Upstream M&A 2010 Review

Record $211 billion in deals announced in 2010; Study sees another strong year in 2011 with more than $90 billion of properties on the market. PLS Inc., with international partner Derrick Petroleum Services and further analysis from Rystad Energy, reports global upstream oil and gas M&A activity for 2010 reached a record $211 billion. That volume... 

Savage to Construct, Own and Operate a Multi-User Railport at Trenton, North Dakota

Savage Companies (Savage) announced its plans to construct, own and operate a large multi-user rail terminal in Trenton, North Dakota. The terminal, to be known as Trenton Railport, will be served by the BNSF Railway, and will be designed to bring large-scale rail service to the Bakken Formation (the Bakken) with oil-field related materials such as... 

BP and Russia’s Rosneft in share swap, Arctic pact

BP Plc and Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft (ROSN.MM) agreed to a share swap under which they plan to jointly explore for offshore oil and gas in a deal that gives the UK company access to areas of the Arctic previously reserved for Russian oil companies. BP (BP – News), recovering from its Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, will swap 5... 

BP’s U.S. spill experience a plus: Russian Minister

A Russian minister said BP’s experience in cleaning up the catastrophic Gulf of Mexico oil spill was one of the reasons Russia chose the British oil firm to help develop its fragile Arctic shelf oil fields. BP and Russia’s state-controlled Rosneft on Friday agreed to a multi-billion-dollar share swap, under which they will jointly explore... 

Conduit Capital to Build $127 Million Power Plant in Jamaica

Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, today announced that it will build a $127 million power plant in West Kingston, Jamaica. The thermal power plant, which will initially run on oil but can also be fitted to run on natural gas,... 

AM Oil Resources & Technology Acquires Build Biodiesel Technology to Create Energy Diversity

AM Oil Resources & Technology Inc., announced that it has just completed design drawings to build a mobile bio-diesel device. The Company’s design is a mobile biodiesel production plant, capable of producing 2,000 to 3,000 gallons of biodiesel per week. The designed plant fits into a standard truck-trailer with dimensions 8 feet wide by 45 feet...