Posts Tagged ‘energy industry’

Halliburton to Present at the 2010 Credit Suisse Energy Summit

January 19th, 2010

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Halliburton (NYSE:HAL - News) announced today that it will present at the 2010 Credit Suisse Energy Summit on Wednesday, February 3, 2010, at 9:45 a.m. Central Time (8:45 a.m. Mountain Time).
Interested parties may listen to the presentation live over the Internet by accessing the link to the web cast at www.halliburton.com. Please go to [...]

Boots & Coots and add energy Enter into Cooperative Agreement

October 7th, 2009

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boots & Coots (NYSE:WEL - News) and add energy have entered into a cooperation agreement to be able to market and offer an integrated risk management solution covering blowout prevention, mitigation, response and related services.
“This agreement gives Boots & Coots instant exposure to producers working in the prolific Norwegian Continental Shelf as well as [...]

Research and Markets: Examine the US Geothermal Market as the Obama Administration Heats it up With tax Credits

June 13th, 2009

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dfc435/coming_back_geoth) has announced the addition of GlobalData’s new report “Coming Back: Geothermal Makes Headway in the US” to their offering.
Summary
The US geothermal market is getting heated up, driven by an extension of tax credits by the Obama administration. Started in 1904 in Italy and commercialized since 40 years, geothermals, unlike [...]

Epic Awarded Construction Management Contract

June 10th, 2009

Epic Energy Resources, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EPCC - News) a provider of engineering, management consulting, training and data management services to the energy industry, announced today that Pearl, a wholly owned subsidiary of Epic, will be managing the construction of an expansion project for a gas processing plant in North Louisiana.
Pearl is currently executing [...]

FMC Technologies Awarded $30 Million Contract for StatoilHydro’s Peregrino Project

June 4th, 2009

FMC Technologies, Inc announced today that it has been awarded a contract from StatoilHydro for the manufacture and installation of surface wellheads and surface production trees for the Peregrino project. The contract is valued at approximately $30 million in revenue for FMC.
Located in approximately 400 feet (120 meters) of water offshore Brazil in the Campos [...]

The Truth About All Those Green Jobs

March 25th, 2009

Millions of new energy jobs? Perhaps, but the estimates may be a bit too rosy
It’s no wonder that the “green jobs” chant has become a chorus. What’s not to like about the prospect of millions of newly created and hard-to-outsource positions? Particularly if they are filled by people hard at work designing and building and [...]

China to step up solar energy research, development

January 26th, 2009

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) — The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has launched an initiative to boost the development of solar energy technology, in a bid to turn it into a major energy source in China by 2050.
A CAS official said that the academy had organized academicians and experts to make [...]

Oil Closes Below $50, Lowest Price Since May 2005

November 21st, 2008

Oil Closes Below $50, Lowest Price Since May 2005
After rising to dizzying heights this summer, the oil market is suffering a hair-raising drop with no apparent end in sight.
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than three years, falling below $50 a barrel on Thursday, after shedding close to $100 in four months [...]

Total sees nuclear energy for growth after peak oil

November 13th, 2008

By Simon Webb
DOHA, Nov 10 (Reuters) - French oil and gas giant Total (TOTF.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) is targeting nuclear energy to drive growth long after oil and gas output peak, a top executive said on Monday.
“In the future, energy demand will be constrained by tight supply,” Arnaud Chaperon, Total’s senior vice [...]

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Increases Special Cash Dividend to $1.875 Per Share

October 26th, 2008

Also Declares Regular Cash Dividend of $0.125 Per Share
HOUSTON, Oct 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc announced today that the Company has declared an increased special cash dividend of $1.875 per share of common stock and a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of common [...]