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WEC announces new refinery project in Texas

May 20, 2013 Worldwide Energy Consortium announced it will begin the initial Engineering/Permitting phase ...

New Zealand Green Party fighting offshore oil drilling

May 20, 2013 The Green Party in New Zealand is placing a bid on the government's oil and gas exploration t...

Texas Vanguard to sell oil and gas properties in Texas

May 20, 2013

The package includes ownership in approximately 250 producing wells.

PA Resources sidetrack well finds oil in Equatorial Guinea

May 20, 2013 The Carla South I-7 ST-1 sidetrack to the I-7 exploration well in Block I has encountered oil...

Plains announces pipeline extension in western Oklahoma

May 20, 2013 Plains All American Pipeline has announced it is constructing a 95-mile extension of its exis...

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NRC amends spent nuclear fuel transit security requirements

May 20, 2013 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its security regulations for the transport of s...

Solar power alliance for Starwood Hotels and NRG

May 20, 2013 The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installation of a 1.3 megawatt s...

Green Plains Renewable earns ISCC recognition

May 20, 2013 Green Plains Renewable Energy has qualified for recognition under the International Sustainab...

Smart Utility Systems to present at Federal Smart Grid Task Force

May 20, 2013 The Director of Sales and Marketing and VP of Customer Services Solutions will discuss how Sm...

Chevron dedicates new solar installation for CA school district

May 20, 2013 The Live Oak School District celebrated completion of solar power installations by dedicating...

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Learn a 'sunny' lesson from 'Modi'land

Hyderabad, May 21 -- Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI), Gandhinagar ...

Letter: Clean Energy Needs Help

To the Editor:The Nov. 29 article "Company Pitches Grafton Wind Farm" expressed both the conc...

Goldman Sachs backs green energy; From the business pages Japan Today

US investment bank Goldman Sachs plans to invest $2.9bn (£1.91bn) in Japanese renewable...

PM directs for release of Rs 22 billion to ensure fuel supply to thermal power plants

Prime Minister Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso has directed the Ministry of Finance to immediat...

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Gas, beef costs spike as holiday nears; Wholesale beef prices set record; fuel at nearly $3.90 a gallon.; LOCAL IMPACT: CONSUMER COSTS

Southwest Ohio gasoline prices jumped 20 cents a gallon in the past week to an average price ...

New offshore well to be drilled

The offshore Taranaki Matuku-1 well will start drilling in the middle of September and, if su...

Jubilant Energy commences drilling on its KPL-3E-2 well

India, May 21 -- With an aim to provide impetus to its Kharsang development campaign, Jubilan...

Qatar establishes $1bn energy fund

Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the Gulf country's sovereign wealth fund, have ...

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Oil Refining & Processing News

WEC announces new refinery project in Texas

Worldwide Energy Consortium announced it will begin the initial Engineer...

Tesoro cleared to purchase refining business from BP

The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisiti...

Soil cleanup begins at Pacific Pipeline Superfund site

Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014.

Aquatech acquires Fluid Recovery Services

The acquisition creates a leading water management services network for ...

BP Cherry Point Refinery sees start up of diesel and hydrogen units

BP announced the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art diesel h...
Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded a contract by OJSC Gazpromneft Moscow Refinery to provide front-end engineering design (FEED) and design documentation in accordance with Russian norms, for a major investment, termed the Combined Oil Refinery Unit Project.

Foster Wheeler wins FEED contract for Gazpromneft refinery upgrade

Foster Wheeler AG has been awarded a contract by OJSC Gazpromneft Mosco...
Norwegian energy major Statoil has confirmed a vapour leak detected Tuesday at its Mongstad oil refinery has been halted and no injuries have been reported. (The Mongstad facility, photo: Øyvind Hagen, Statoil)

Statoil halts leaks at Mongstad refinery

Norwegian energy major Statoil has confirmed a vapour leak detected at i...

Jumbo installs five structures for Ikhwezi offshore project

Jumbo successfully completed the deployment of five subsea structures fo...

Merichem names Dayong Dong as Chief Representative for China

Since 2009, Merichem’s Shanghai rep Office has been staffed with local t...
BP announces a planned investment of nearly R5 billion (US $539 million) towards refining, terminal, and retail assets in South Africa and Mozambique over the next 5 years.

BP to invest nearly $540MM in South Africa, Mozambique

BP announces a planned investment of nearly R5 billion (US $539 million)...

Oil & Gas Pipelines and Transportation News

Plains announces pipeline extension in western Oklahoma

Plains All American Pipeline has announced it is constructing a 95-mile ...

Tesoro cleared to purchase refining business from BP

The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisiti...

Soil cleanup begins at Pacific Pipeline Superfund site

Additional groundwater work will begin in early 2014.

Construction of Kazachya natural gas compressor station starts

The start of the Kazachya CS construction is a significant stage of the ...

TransCanada to sell gas pipeline interests

TransCanada will sell its 45% interest in GTN and Bison Pipelines to TC ...

Keystone Pipeline resumes normal flow rates

The flow of Canadian Crude oil from Hardisty, Alberta to Cushing, OK and...

Emerson offers high-accuracy dynamic flow measurement for liquefied natural gas

Emerson Process Management announces the new Daniel 3818 Liquid Ultrason...

Petrobras talks subsea technology at OTC

Petrobras ended its participation in the Offshore Technology Conference ...

Nuclear Power Generation

NRC amends spent nuclear fuel transit security requirements

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its security regulations f...

B&W announce deal for nuclear propulsion components

Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group has received a contract fr...

ASLB: No restart for San Onofre nuclear plant without hearing

The board’s decision concludes that this particular Confirmatory Action ...
A safety injection refueling water tank at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant leaked 90 gallons of radioactive water in a 24-hour period, causing the plant to shut down May 5.

UPDATE: Investigation continues into Palisades nuclear power plant leak

Investigation continues into a leak from the safety injection refueling ...
Employees at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland have been honored with the B. Ralph Sylvia

Constellation employees win top nuclear industry award

Employees at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Maryland have bee...
South Africa's Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said at the National Assembly this week that the development of nuclear power stations may significantly benefit the country.

Energy Minister backs nuclear power for South Africa

South Africa's Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said at the National Assembl...
Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (SNPTC) announced the opening of a joint venture to provide supplier qualification services to the global AP1000 nuclear power plant market.

Westinghouse, SNPTC form nuclear power joint venture

Westinghouse Electric Company and State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. (...

Coal Fired Generation News

NRG Energy has agreed with the States of New Jersey and Connecticut to settle a lawsuit concerning the operation of two coal-fueled electric generating units at the company’s Portland Generating Station in Mt. Bethel, Pa.

NRG settles lawsuit over coal-fired Portland Generating Station

NRG Energy has agreed with the States of New Jersey and Connecticut to s...
Kinder Morgan announced it has abandoned plans for a new Port Westward terminal in Oregon, which would have received upwards of 15 million tons of coal annually from the Powder River Basin for export to Asian markets.

Kinder Morgan scraps Port Westward coal project

Kinder Morgan announced it has abandoned plans for a new Port Westward t...
Siemens to supply 60 gear units for vertical mills for grinding coal for use in state-owned coal-fired power plants in India.

Siemens wins order for 60 new gear units for coal-fired power plants

Siemens to supply 60 gear units for vertical mills for grinding coal for...
The generator explosion that rocked Georgia Power’s coal-fired Plant Bowen in early April appears to be the result of worker error, according to a spokesman for the utility.

Explosion at coal-fired Plant Bowen attributed to worker error

The generator explosion that rocked Georgia Power’s coal-fired Plant Bow...
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has granted preliminary approval for the installation of additional emission control technology at Wisconsin Power and Light Company's coal-fired Edgewater Generating Station.

Coal-fired Edgewater station cleared for emissions control project

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has granted preliminary appro...
Alstom has been awarded a contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) to supply components and services for the 2x800 MW Gadarwara super thermal power plant at Gadarwara, Narsingpur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Alstom to supply coal-fired supercritical boilers to BHEL

Alstom has been awarded a contract by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (...
ADA-ES has announced $30 million in Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) and Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) system orders from multiple utilities as the result of the recent EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS), which requires coal-fired power plants to reduce certain emissions.

ADA-ES wins $30MM in emission control equipment orders

ADA-ES has announced $30 million in Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) and...

Gas Fired Generation News

WEC announces new refinery project in Texas

Worldwide Energy Consortium announced it will begin the initial Engineer...

Plains announces pipeline extension in western Oklahoma

Plains All American Pipeline has announced it is constructing a 95-mile ...

Tesoro cleared to purchase refining business from BP

The Federal Trade Commission has cleared the Company's planned acquisiti...
ABB’s Turbocharging business unit received a major order to upgrade a series of power plants within the context of its business collaboration with Wärtsilä.

ABB, Wartsila to upgrade series of power plants in Brazil

ABB’s Turbocharging business unit received a major order to upgrade a se...

BG strategy update highlights upstream oil & gas and LNG

The Group’s immediate priority is execution, primarily the delivery of i...
North Energy Central, a subsidiary of Southern California Telephone & Energy, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Dominican Republic to install a 400 megawatt gas-fired power plant with state-owned electric utility, CDEEE.

NEC to install new 400 MW gas-fired power plant

North Energy Central, a subsidiary of Southern California Telephone &...
Leaders of California’s top energy and environmental regulatory organizations joined Edison Mission Energy (EME) President Pedro Pizarro to dedicate the 479 MW natural gas-fired Walnut Creek Energy Park.

EME dedicates new 479 MW natural gas-fired power plant

Leaders of California’s top energy and environmental regulatory organiza...

Renewable Energy

Solar power alliance for Starwood Hotels and NRG

The alliance will begin with three properties, including the installatio...

Green Plains Renewable earns ISCC recognition

Green Plains Renewable Energy has qualified for recognition under the In...

Chevron dedicates new solar installation for CA school district

The Live Oak School District celebrated completion of solar power instal...

Siemens wins wind power order from South Africa

Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the Sere...

aleo solar modules eligible for tariff bonus in France

Photovoltaic operators in France who use aleo modules are eligible for a...
TAG Oil has agreed to sell its 90% stake in Opunake Hydro Limited, an established electricity generator and supplier in New Zealand.

Power News: TAG transfers stake in Opunake Hydro Limited

TAG Oil has agreed to sell its 90% stake in Opunake Hydro Limited, an es...
The Cherokee Nation will partner with four other tribes in north-central Oklahoma's Kay County to develop a 90-turbine wind farm.

Cherokee Nation approves joint wind power project

The Cherokee Nation will partner with four other tribes in north-central...

Exploration & Production News

WEC announces new refinery project in Texas

Worldwide Energy Consortium announced it will begin the initial Engineer...

New Zealand Green Party fighting offshore oil drilling

The Green Party in New Zealand is placing a bid on the government's oil ...

Texas Vanguard to sell oil and gas properties in Texas

The package includes ownership in approximately 250 producing wells.

NRC amends spent nuclear fuel transit security requirements

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is amending its security regulations f...

PA Resources sidetrack well finds oil in Equatorial Guinea

The Carla South I-7 ST-1 sidetrack to the I-7 exploration well in Block ...

Plains announces pipeline extension in western Oklahoma

Plains All American Pipeline has announced it is constructing a 95-mile ...

Pertamina considers Oman oil and gas asset acquisition

Pertamina is in talks with officials in Oman to take over its oil and ga...

Offshore Oil & Gas News

New Zealand Green Party fighting offshore oil drilling

The Green Party in New Zealand is placing a bid on the government's oil ...

Petrobras buys the most offshore exploration blocks in ANP 11th Round

Petrobras bought, on its own or in partnerships, 34 of the 289 blocks of...

Total wins 10 offshore Brazil oil exploration licenses

Total announces that it has been awarded 10 new exploration licenses dur...

Black Elk announces early offshore oil drilling success in Gulf of Mexico

The company is expanding its focus area to onshore Texas via a long-term...

FMC Technologies receives subsea equipment order for Julia development

FMC has received an order for subsea equipment for ExxonMobil’s Julia de...

BP wins eight offshore exploration blocks in Brazil Round 11

BP and its partners were winning bidders for eight deepwater blocks offs...

Damen building 14 terminal tugs for Kuwait Oil Company

The cooperation between KOC and Damen dates back to the late 1980’s, whe...

Transmission & Distribution

Smart Utility Systems to present at Federal Smart Grid Task Force

The Director of Sales and Marketing and VP of Customer Services Solution...

All-electric taxi fleet launched in Hong Kong

BYD announced the launch of Hong Kong’s first all-electric taxi fleet, B...

Zpryme talks smart grid and utilities with Eedo Lifshitz

Zpryme reached out to thought leader Eedo Lifshitz for a closer look at ...
S&C's CO2 cleaning services allow utilities and customers who operate their own power systems to clean power equipment up to 34.5 kV without having to plan an outage

S&C CO2 cleaning for power equipment allows upkeep without the outage (Video)

S&C's new CO2 cleaning services allow utilities and customers who op...
In Seattle, the coalition and regional council used transportation models in mapping software and survey data to estimate where PEV drivers need to charge.

Clean Cities Coalitions charge up plug-in electric vehicles

In Seattle, the coalition and regional council used transportation model...

ABB launches breakthrough technologies at AWEA Windpower 2013

ABB recently developed a powerful high-voltage direct current breaker th...
The U.S. Army, along with Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense (DOD), will unveil the DOD's first grid-tied intelligent microgrid integrating renewable resources and energy storage at a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 16 at Fort Bliss, Texas.

U.S. Army to unveil first operational microgrid at Fort Bliss

The U.S. Army, along with Lockheed Martin and the Department of Defense ...

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