Ecotech Institute, the first and only college focused entirely on preparing America’s workforce for careers in renewable energy and sustainable design, today announced that students are now taking classes in its brand new facility. Located at 1400 South Abilene Street in Aurora, the school has transformed a vacant, large-footprint building into a progressive campus focused [...]
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A. the Brazilian oil and gas company responsible for the largest private sector exploratory campaign in Brazil, announced today the presence of hydrocarbons in the Santonian, Albian and Aptian sections of exploration well 1-MRK-3/4P-RJS, which is located in the BM-C-37 block, in the shallow waters of the Campos Basin. OGX [...]
Buckeye GP Holdings L.P. confirmed that the Board of Directors of MainLine Management LLC, the general partner of BGH, has received an unsolicited proposal from BGH GP Holdings, LLC (“BGH Holdings”) to acquire all of the outstanding common units of BGH that are not already owned by BGH Holdings for $17.00 per common unit in [...]
Former President Bill Clinton said the United States should enforce a no-fly zone over Libya to allow a fair fight between insurgents and troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
The international community has been debating whether to impose a no-fly zone as Gaddafi’s warplanes carry out air strikes unhindered by insurgent anti-aircraft guns mounted on [...]
Whiting Petroleum Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors elected James T. Brown President and Chief Operating Officer of Whiting Petroleum Corporation, effective January 1, 2011. Mr. Brown joined Whiting Petroleum Corporation in May 1993 as a consulting engineer, became Operations Manager in 1999, was elected Vice President of Operations in 2000 and [...]
Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) announces the completion of the 2009 World Butadiene Analysis, an annual global study that covers the future outlook for supply, demand, production, capacity, trade, pricing and profitability of the global butadiene and derivatives industries for the period 2003 to 2013. Included with the analysis is access to CMAI’s online capacity [...]
SavWatt USA, Inc., pioneers in LED lighting and the Green revolution, announced today that its high power LED Street Lights are now available for energy saving solutions. Compared to High Pressure Sodium Lamps, SavWatt’s LED street lights can save about 50% – 70% in energy consumption. Additionally, the lifespan of LED street lamps is 3 [...]
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 [...]
Ampal-American Israel Corporation, a holding company in the business of acquiring and managing interests in various businesses, announced today that it has been advised by East Mediterranean Gas Co.(“EMG”), in which Ampal has a 12.5% interest, that contrary to some media reports, EMG’s gas pipeline from El-Arish, Egypt to Ashkelon, Israel is intact, and was [...]
Venoco, Inc. announced that Tim Ficker, CFO, will be speaking at the J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference in Miami on Monday, February 28, 2011 beginning at 4:40 PM Eastern Time.
The company will be posting presentation slides after market-close on Friday, February 25, 2011, on the Investor Relations page of the company’s [...]