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... 

Japan radiation leak evokes Three Mile Island

The radiation leak in Japan immediately recalls memories of accidents at the Chernobyl and Three Mile Island power stations, and how it unfolds will be a critical test for international acceptance of nuclear energy. The Fukushima incident, brought on by the biggest earthquake ever recorded in Japan, took a turn for the worse on Saturday after a blast... 

Wall Street up on energy shares after Japan quake

Stocks rose on Friday, led by gains in energy shares after Japan’s biggest earthquake on record hurt the country’s oil refining capacity, but trade was choppy as investors tried to weigh the quake’s economic impact. The 8.9 magnitude quake that struck the northeast coast of Japan, the world’s third largest economy, triggered... 

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... 

Axial Vector Announces Reverse Stock Split, Name Change to “AVEC Corporation” and New Trading Symbol (AVEC)

Axial Vector Energy Corporation announced today it has changed the name of the company to “AVEC Corporation” and completed at 1-for-150 share reverse stock split and will begin trading today under the symbol (AVECD). At the Effective Date, immediately and without further action by Axial Vector stockholders, every one hundred fifty (150)... 

Dresser-Rand Announces Plan to Acquire Grupo Guascor S.L. (“GG”)

Dresser-Rand Group Inc., a global supplier of high-speed rotating equipment and service solutions, announced today that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) to acquire Grupo Guascor S.L. (“GG”) for an enterprise value of euro 500 million ($690 million) in a cash and stock transaction. The enterprise value includes... 

Petro One Calls Meeting to Ratify Shareholder Protection Rights Plan

Petro One Energy Corp. announced that the Board of Directors had approved the adoption of a shareholder protection rights plan (the “Plan”), also known as a “poison pill”. The fundamental objectives of the Plan are to provide adequate time for the Board of Directors and shareholders to assess the merits of any unsolicited take-over... 

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... 

(NVAE) Savanna East Africa’s New CEO Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Randell Torno Deploys to Nairobi, Kenya

Savanna East Africa, Inc. today announced newly appointed Chief Executive Officer, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Randell Torno will travel to Nairobi, Kenya to review and advance the Company’s interests in East Africa. LTC Torno departs tomorrow with an extensive agenda topped with advancing the Company’s multiple pending acquisitions. LTC... 

John Wood Group PLC (‘Wood Group’, the ‘Group’) Announces Disposal of Well Support Division for $2.8 Billion

Wood Group, the international energy services company, today announces it has entered into a conditional agreement to sell its Well Support Division to GE for cash consideration of $2.8 billion (the “Disposal”). Following the Disposal, the Board of Directors intends that Wood Group will return cash of not less than $1.7 billion to shareholders...