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... 

Holloman Energy Cooper Basin Update

Holloman Energy Corporation updates its shareholders and other interested parties regarding its operations and the recent extraordinary rain and flooding in Australia. Although recent flooding has been largely focused east of Holloman’s South Australian holdings, locally heavy rains continued to hit the Cooper Basin during the second half of 2010.... 

Philadelphia University and MAG Establish New Composites Institute to Develop Textile-Based Composites for Industrial Applications

Philadelphia University and MAG are establishing the Philadelphia University MAG Composites Institute for research and development of new textile-based composites that could have wide application in industry, including the aerospace, automotive and energy sectors. The new research institute will be funded in part by $1.1 million from MAG, whose chairman... 

Russian 2010 oil output hits post-Soviet record

Russian oil output rose by 2.2 percent in 2010 to a record 10.1 million barrels per day (505.193 million tonnes) as higher prices prompted the world’s top oil exporter to ramp up production at its greenfield sites. The growth in crude production surprised many analysts, who had expected 1.1 percent on average, when polled just before the start... 

STWA Set to Begin Preliminary Testing of AOT(TM) in January 2011

STWA, Inc. , an innovative technology company focused on improving the efficiency of large-scale energy transportation networks and reducing fuel consumption and emissions in diesel fleets, announced today that it is set to begin preliminary testing for AOT™ at the U.S. Department of Energy’s RMOTC (U.S. DOE) testing facility in Casper, Wyoming,... 

Archer Petroleum Plugs and Abandons Radway Prospect Well

Archer Petroleum Corp has been advised by South Bay Resources (the Operator) that they will be plugging and abandoning the SBRES WEASEL 2-17-58-20 well on the Radway Prospect in Alberta, Canada. As announced earlier Archer participated in the drilling of the SBRES WEASEL 2-17-58-20 well which “encountered approximately seven metres of apparent... 

PBF Announces the Completion of the Acquisition of the Paulsboro Refinery and Related Assets

PBF Energy Company LLC today announced that its subsidiary, PBF Holding Company LLC, has completed its purchase of the Paulsboro Refining Company in Paulsboro, New Jersey from Valero Energy Corporation. The acquired assets include an 180,000 barrel per day refinery, and an associated natural gas pipeline. The purchase price is $340 million, subject... 

China Integrated Energy Appoints KPMG as its Independent Auditor

China Integrated Energy, Inc. a leading non-state-owned integrated energy company in China, after receiving the approval from the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors, has dismissed Sherb & Co., LLP (“Sherb”) and engaged KPMG, LLP, as its independent auditor. The dismissal of Sherb & Co., LLP as the Company’s... 

Harvest Operations Announces $1.4 Billion Capital Budget

Harvest Operations Corp. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a budget for 2011 that includes an $1.4 billion capital expenditure program intended to boost upstream production and improve downstream operational efficiencies. John Zahary, Harvest’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “In 2011, our plan is to continue... 

Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Big things often come in small packages. That’s certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory. Steve Herring, technical director of the High Temperature Electrolysis Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, holds in his hand a solid-oxide electrolysis cell no larger than a standard CD....