Airgas, Inc. announced it has completed the acquisition of Conley Gas, Ltd., a supplier of pure gases to the specialty gas industry. The La Porte, TX-based business purifies, repackages, and distributes high-purity hydrocarbons such as methane and ethylene. Conley has additional operations in Stryke
Shareholders of NStar (NYSE:NST) will be asked to approve the proposed merger with Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) at a special meeting March… (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, January 04, 2011
County workers stood at the bottom of the lagoon at Jaycee Landing this week, several feet below the level of the Altamaha River that flowed… (thepress-sentinel) [mappress] Source: thepress-sentinel, January 4, 2011;
Bounty Oil & Gas NL announces final report on the New Seaclem 1 exploration well in PEP 11, offshore New South Wales. MEC Resources investee company Advent Energy Ltd (Advent) has reported: Final Report Since the last report on 29th December the well was drilled to final depth of 750 metres BRT in a
Deepwater Wind is proposing a new design for a massive 1000 MG offshore wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island. (sustainablebusiness) [mappress] Source: sustainablebusiness, January 04, 2011
Entering 2011, the global economy will continue recovering but with great difficulties, particularly in major developed countries, with heav… [mappress] Source: glgroup, January 4, 2011;
An attempt to harness the mighty ebb and flow of the East River just got closer to fruition. A company hoping to build hundreds of… By Corey Kilgannon (nytimes) [mappress] Source: nytimes, January 04, 2011
KBR announced that it has completed the acquisition of the 44.94 percent share interest in M.W. Kellogg Limited (MWKL) previously held by JGC Corporation. With the completion of the transaction, MWKL, which was previously an affiliate of both companies since 1992, is again a wholly-owned KBR subsidi
One of the extensions within OCTOPUS-Onboard is the Dynamic Positioning capability forecast function, DP for short. The OCTOPUS-DP functionality gives offshore vessels the possibility to make optimum use of a safe time window for their weather-sensitive operations. An important remark has to be made
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced that its annual production rate for 2010 from its Nile Delta Concessions in Egypt is an estimated 42,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day, an increase of 20% on 2009, with production commen
Hess Corporation announced that it will hold a conference call on Wednesday, January 26, at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard Time to discuss its fourth quarter 2010 earnings release. Hess Corporation, with headquarters in New York, is a global integrated energy company engaged in the exploration, production
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. said Monday that it will spend $590 million on a new drilling rig that’s capable of operating in 12,000 feet of water. The Houston oil and gas driller said a subsidiary has hired Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. to build the ultra-deepwater drillship. The rig is expected t
Police are investigating the drowning of a cruise ship worker at Port Everglades. Police and fire rescue officials responded to a call about 6:50 p.m. Sunday. The man, whose identity has not been released, apparently drowned. It was not clear whether he fell off the ship.
Sri Lankan shipbuilder Colombo Dockyard has won an optional contract to build a third Multipurpose Platform Supply Vessels (MPSV) for Greatship Global Offshore Services of Singapore, a statement said. The main contract for the construction of two 78-metre MPSVs, signed in October 2010, provided for
