Energy Weekly News back issues from August 2008:
New science data have been reported by researchers at Kuwait University.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "The sustainability of the energy and desalted water in Kuwait is questionable. Kuwait has experienced a very rapid growth in the last five decades by the evolution of oil production and its price increase," researchers in Kuwait report. "The main source of potable water is ...
Study findings from H. Petr et al broaden understanding of science.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Downstream migrations of fish over a rotation screen were studied at a hydroelectric power station in Hadamar/Hessen, Germany. This study monitored and evaluated the functionality and efficiency of the rotation screen in order to prevent fish from entering the Kaplan turbine," scientists ...
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University provide details of new studies and findings in the area of science.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) involves the capture of CO2 at a large industrial facility, such as a power plant, and its transport to a geological (or other) storage site where CO2 is sequestered. Previous work has identified pipeline transport of liquid CO2 as the most ...
New hydrobiology study findings have been reported from J. Boubee et al.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Freshwater eels are in decline worldwide. In New Zealand, although longfin eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii) and shortfin eels (A. australis) are still amongst the most common freshwater fish species, there are concerns about the scarcity of large specimens," scientists writing in the journal ...
Report summarizes life sciences study findings from Michigan State University.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Economic deregulation of electric and gas utilities has failed to achieve its proposed objectives of lowering price, promoting greater consumer choice, constraining market power, and improving infrastructure performance." ...
Reports by M. Berkooz and co-researchers describe recent advances in high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Stationary solutions of 5D supergravity with U(1) isometry can be efficiently studied by dimensional reduction to three dimensions, where they reduce to solutions to a locally supersymmetric non-linear sigma model. We generalize this procedure to 5D gauged supergravity, and identify the ...
Research from National University in the area of combustion science described.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Singapore, Singapore, "A numerical study of H-2-air premixed combustion in the micro channels with a detailed chemical reaction mechanism is performed by solving the two-dimensional fully elliptic governing equations of continuity, momentum, energy and species, ...
New electrical power study findings have been reported from University of Waterloo.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Waterloo, Canada, "This paper presents a new planning optimization model for distribution substation siting, sizing, and timing. The proposed model involves using linear functions to express the total cost function." "The developed model includes ...
Studies from Mie University yield new information about oil and gas research.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Bacteria were screened to identify strains that could degrade carbazole, a model compound for the N-containing compounds present in fossil fuels which could be removed by biodenitrogenation instead of hydrotreatment. Enrichment cultures from 6 different habitats were examined with ...
Dejour Acquires Additional 'Montney' Lands in NE BC.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Dejour Enterprises Ltd. announces it has been successful in acquiring additional lands in the emerging 'Montney' natural gas resource play in this part of NE British Columbia at a recent government O&G drilling rights auction. "Adding to our initial land acquisition over this ...
Reports summarize high energy physics research from University of Southampton.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Southampton, the United Kingdom, "We introduce a non-Abelian discrete Delta(27) family symmetry into the recently proposed classes of Exceptional Supersymmetric Standard Model (E6SSM) based on a broken E-6 Grand Unified Theory (GUT) in order to solve the ...
Atlas Energy Resources, LLC Announces Record Distribution of $0.61 Per Common Unit for the Second Quarter 2008.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Atlas Energy Resources, LLC (NYSE:ATN) reported that it has declared its record quarterly cash distribution for the second quarter 2008 of $0.61 per common unit. This $0.61 per common unit distribution represents a $0.02 increase, or 3.4% increase, over the first quarter 2008 distribution ...
Americans Don't Believe Bush, Industry Claims on Gas Prices, Poll Shows.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The American public is not buying the arguments of President Bush and the oil industry that new drilling will lower gas prices, a new poll finds. Despite a well-funded campaign to convince lawmakers to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska and the offshore waters of the Outer ...
Enterprise GP Holdings L.P. Increases Cash Distribution Rate.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Enterprise GP Holdings L.P., (NYSE:EPE) announced that the board of directors of its general partner declared an increase in its quarterly cash distribution rate to partners to $0.44 per unit, or $1.76 per unit on an annualized basis. The cash distribution will be paid on August 8, 2008, ...
Reports from A. Bagchi and colleagues advance knowledge in high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "We study the effect of tachyon condensation on a brane antibrane pair in superstring theory separated in the transverse direction," scientists in Allahabad, India report. "The static properties of the tachyon potential analyzed using level truncated string field theory ...
Postal Service Explores Options for 'Green' Delivery Fleet.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The U.S. Postal Service plans to identify new, more environmentally friendly vehicle technologies that are less dependent on petroleum-based fuel sources to replace the 195,000 neighborhood delivery vehicles of its total 220,000 vehicles, the world's largest civilian fleet. The ...
LeTourneau Obtains $90 Million Contract for New Land Rigs.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Rowan Companies, Inc. (NYSE:RDC) announced that its wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary, LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. (LTI), has entered into a contract to provide major components for nine new 1500 horsepower land drilling rigs. The contract is with Nomac Drilling, Inc., a wholly owned ...
Joie De Vivre Takes a Greener Approach to Gas Card Promotion.
Aug 04, 2008 ... During a summer where gas prices continue to hinder travelers, Joie de Vivre Hospitality introduces Keep the Green or Give the Green -- a clever twist to a consistent promotion offered this summer season. The re-vamped promo successfully embraces the "green" movement, while understanding ...
New findings from A.A. Vasilev and co-researchers in the area of combustion science described.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Russia, "Numerical and experimental results of studying the formation of carbon clusters due to propagation of deflagration and detonation waves in enriched acetylene-oxygen and acetylene-air mixtures are described. Experiments are performed in tubes of different ...
Glendale Water & Power, Glendale Community College and Chevron Unveil Largest Solar Project in Glendale.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Glendale Water & Power, Glendale Community College and Chevron Energy Solutions unveiled today the largest solar electric project in Glendale, which will help Glendale Water & Power meet its renewable energy target and provide shaded parking at the college campus. The project is ...
Researchers from University of Durham describe findings in high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Durham, the United Kingdom, "We construct type IIB supergravity duals of non-anticommutative deformed N = 4 SU(N) gauge theories. We consider in particular deformations preserving N = (1, 0) and N = (1/2, 0) supersymmetry." "Such theories can be ...
VeraSun Energy Announces Startup of Hankinson, North Dakota, Ethanol Biorefinery.
Aug 04, 2008 ... VeraSun Energy Corp. (NYSE:VSE), one of the nation's largest ethanol producers, announced the startup of its 110 million gallon per year ethanol biorefinery located near Hankinson, N.D. The Hankinson production facility marks the 12th VeraSun biorefinery in operation, increasing the ...
Gastar Exploration Announces Agreement with Major Australian Gas Transmission Company.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Gastar Exploration Ltd. (AMEX:GST) (TSX:YGA) together with its joint venture partner Eastern Star Gas Limited (ASX:ESG) are pleased to announce they have entered into a Heads of Agreement ("HoA") with the APA Group ("APA"), owner of the Central West and Moomba Sydney Gas Pipelines. Under ...
Research from Z. Komargodski and co-authors in the area of high energy physics published.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "We consider the (multi) Splitting function of Wilson loops and MHV gluon scattering S matrix elements in N = 4 SYM. At strong coupling, one can utilize the methods of Alday and Maldacena and at weak coupling (one loop) the correspondence to light like Wilson loops is used," scientists in ...
SOCO International SOCO Analysis across the Oil and Gas Value Chain is an Essential Source for Data, Analysis and Strategic Insight Into SOCO International.(Company overview)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/467fb6/soco_international) has announced the addition of the "SOCO International (SOCO) Analysis across The Oil and Gas Value Chain" company profile to their offering. Summary SOCO International (SOCO) ...
Investigators at University of Tokyo zero in on high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the Journal of High Energy Physics, "We study a product rule and a difference operator equipped with Leibniz rule in a general framework of lattice field theory." "It is shown that the difference operator can be determined by the ...
HireStrategy CEO Paul Villella Says Washington Area Workforce Being Hit Hard by Soaring Gas Prices, Nightmarish Commutes.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Washington area employers, employees and job-seekers are clamoring for relief from skyrocketing gas prices and increasingly nightmarish commutes, according to Paul Villella, President and CEO of HireStrategy, a Reston-based staffing firm. Villella spoke on Thursday to a ...
Gushan's 2007 Annual Report on Form 20-F is Available on the Company's Website.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Gushan Environmental Energy Limited ("Gushan" or "Company"; NYSE: GU) announced that subsequent to the filing of the Company's 2007 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the annual report, including the Company's audited financial statements for the ...
Fuel Costs to Increase Electricity Prices for Tampa Electric Customers.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Today, Tampa Electric notified the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) that based on its most recent analysis of actual and projected fuel costs for 2008, total fuel costs for the year will exceed original projections. Costs experienced so far exceed projections by 9 percent, but with ...
Scientists at Autonomous University report research in high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "We consider situations where the renormalized geometric entropy, as defined by the AdS/CFT anastz of Ryu and Takayanagi, shows extensive behavior in the volume of the entangled region," researchers in Cantoblanco, Spain report. "In general, any holographic geometry that is ...
DTE Energy Selects Itron's OpenWay Technology for AMI Deployment.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Itron Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) announced that it has signed a contract with DTE Energy to provide the Detroit-based utility with OpenWay(R) advanced metering technology to automate a total of 2.6 million electric meters and 700,000 natural gas meters over the next six years. DTE ...
Novan Installs Solar Pool Heating System for New Flagstaff Recreation Center.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The new Aquaplex Recreation Center in Flagstaff, Arizona, will feature a 70-panel solar thermal system from Novan Solar Inc. of Golden, Colorado. This solar system will provide a significant portion of the energy needed to heat a large aquatics area - a state of the art leisure pool that ...
MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. Featured on Sustainable Shipping.
Aug 04, 2008 ... MOP Environmental Solutions, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: MOPN.pk) , a green manufacturer of oil spill removal products, announces its Oil Spill Response System is featured in "Sustainable Shipping" - The Forum Dedicated to Marine Transportation and the Environment. To read the full ...
Reports by T.P. Ivleva and co-researchers describe recent advances in combustion science.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "A macroscopically heterogeneous medium is modeled by a set of cylinders (rods) pressed from a mixture of solid reagents, which have coaxial cylindrical cores made from an inert material. A three-dimensional mathematical model describing propagation of combustion waves over one cylinder is ...
Researchers from University of Utrecht report on findings in high energy physics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Netherlands, "In holographic models of gauge theories with matter, there generically exists a first order phase transition in which mesons dissociate." "We perform a careful analysis of the meson and quasi-particle spectra in the overheated resp ....
Hoffa Rejects 'Drilling Our Way Out' of Energy Crisis, Demands Long-Term Policy Solutions.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said that working Americans hard hit by rising gas prices and a collapsing economy demand a comprehensive long-term program focused on exploring and developing alternative sources of energy as a solution to the crisis facing our country. ...
Graham Corporation Announces Webcast of the 2008 Annual Stockholder Meetings' Management Presentation.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Graham Corporation (AMEX: GHM) announced that it will webcast the management presentation portion of the company's 2008 annual stockholders' meeting on Thursday, July 31, 2008. The management presentation is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:15 a.m. ET and can be accessed through ...
Frost & Sullivan Honors SFC Smart Fuel Cell with Market Leadership Award.(Company overview)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Frost & Sullivan announced that it has presented its 2008 Market Leadership Award to SFC Smart Fuel Cell AG in recognition of SFC's success in fuel cell commercialization, first-mover market status and significant progress in 2007. "SFC has set the pace for the fuel cell ...
Halliburton Dividend Declaration.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) announced that its board of directors has declared a 2008 third quarter dividend of nine cents ($0.09) a share on the company's common stock payable September 23, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 2, 2008. Founded in ...
Probe Announces New Strategic Direction That Includes Design, Manufacturing and Marketing of Alternative Energy Products.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Probe Manufacturing, Inc. (OTCBB: PMFI), an Electronics Manufacturing, and Alternative Energy Company, announced that the Company's new strategic direction includes design, manufacturing and marketing of products that facilitate the cost reduction of renewable energies, increases ...
Capital City Energy Group Acquires Interest in Prolific Fayetteville Shale.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Capital City Energy Group, Inc. (OTCBB: CETG) announced that it has acquired an interest in the prolific Fayetteville Shale located in Van Buren and Cleburne Counties in Arkansas. The Company is participating in drilling activity on more than 30,000 acres in these counties. To date, ...
LES Announces New General Counsel.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Louisiana Energy Services (LES) President and CEO Reinhard Hinterreither announced the appointment of Perry D. Robinson as General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Managers for LES. LES is building and will operate the National Enrichment Facility near Eunice, New Mexico. ...
Data on high energy physics described by researchers at University of Paris.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Orsay, France, "We investigate various classes of Gauge Mediated Supersymmetry Breaking models and show that the Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model can solve the mu-problem in a phenomenologically acceptable way." "These models ...
Data on high energy physics described by researchers at University of Illinois.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "We compute directly the entanglement entropy of spatial regions in Chern-Simons gauge theories in 2 + 1 dimensions using surgery. We consider the possible dependence of the entanglement entropy on the topology of the spatial manifold and on the vacuum state on that manifold," scientists ...
Xiom Corp.'s Technology Tested in Top Oil Field.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Tests of Xiom Corp.'s (OTCBB: XMCP) portable polymer powder coating technology at Tengiz, one of the world's richest oil fields, have shown positive results. Tengiz is being developed by TengizChevroil (TCO), a joint venture of Chevron Overseas Company, Exxon Mobil Kazakhstan Ventures Inc ....
Majestic Oil & Gas, Inc to Drill One Wildcat Oil Well & Two Natural Gas Wells in Northern Montana.
Aug 04, 2008 ... MAJESTIC OIL & GAS, INC (the "Company") (BULLETIN BOARD: MJOG) , a United States Public Company whose securities are qualified for quotation on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board announced that the Company successfully drilled the Boucher #18-1 well located in Pondera County, Montana, ...
The New TEPPCO Partners, L.P. Pipeline Operation Assets Summary Report Is an Essential Source for Company Data and Information.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cab08c/teppco_partners_l) has announced the addition of the "TEPPCO Partners, L.P. Pipeline Operation Asset Summary Report" report to their offering. TEPPCO Partners, L.P. Pipeline Operation Asset Summary Report ...
Smart Energy Solutions Board Announces New CEO.
Aug 04, 2008 ... On July 22, 2008 Smart Energy Solutions, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: SMGY) announced the appointment of Edward Braniff as acting CEO following the resignation of Peter Mateja. Ed Braniff has been the CFO of Smart Energy Solutions, Inc. since May 2005 and has been an integral part of all aspects ...
Research conducted at Princeton University has provided new information about high energy physics.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "A warped resolved conifold background of type IIB theory, constructed in hepth/0701064, is dual to the supersymmetric SU(N) x SU(N) gauge theory with a vacuum expectation value (VEV) for one of the bifundamental chiral superfields. This ...
Samson Oil & Gas Requests Amex to Investigate ADR Trading.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Samson has requested that the American Stock Exchange (Amex) investigate trading in its ADRs to ensure that the trading is in compliance with Amex's trading rules and that of the relevant legislation governing US capital markets. Amex has advised that in accordance with their ...
Sionix Names John Pavia to Its Board of Directors.
Aug 04, 2008 ... SIONIX Corporation (OTCBB:SINX) announced that John Pavia, 45, has been appointed to its Board of Directors effective July 7, 2008. Mr. Pavia will serve as an independent board member. He fills the board seat vacated as a result of the resignation of Dr. W. Richard Laton, who remains at ...
Pemberton signs binding Petroleum and Natural Gas in the Peace River Arch Area.
Aug 04, 2008 ... (TSX.V:PBT, FSE :P5W) Pemberton Energy Ltd. wishes to announce that it has signed the first of three mineral rights acquisition deals that are currently under negotiations. Pemberton signed a two year binding Petroleum and Natural Gas Lease and Grant Agreement to lease the subsurface ...
Smith International, Inc. Announces Appointment of Mr. Luis Rodolfo Landim Machado to Board of Directors.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Smith International, Inc. (NYSE:SII) announced that Mr. Luiz Rodolfo Landim Machado has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. He is a Class II director and will be eligible for election at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2009. Mr. Landim, 51, currently serves ...
Consortium of Oil & Natural Gas Industry Leaders Form Committee to Address Water Needs in Marcellus Shale.
Aug 04, 2008 ... A consortium of energy companies active in the Appalachian Basin have organized to form the Appalachian Shale Water Conservation and Management Committee (ASWCMC). The founding members include: Anadarko Petroleum, Cabot Oil & Gas, Chesapeake Energy, Chief Oil & Gas, EOG Resources, ...
Bonanza Oil & Gas Announces Westerly Exploration Strategic Alliance.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. (OTCBB:BGOI), a Nevada Corporation, is pleased to announce the strategic alliance between Bonanza Oil and Gas, Inc. and Westerly Exploration, Inc. As a result of the alliance with Westerly, and the merger with Black Pearl Energy, Inc., Bonanza Oil & Gas ...
Fitch Rates PPL Energy Supply's $300MM Senior Notes 'BBB+'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to PPL Energy Supply, LLC's (PLES) $300 million 6.3% issue of senior notes maturing July 15, 2013. Proceeds will be used to fund capital expenditures, including those relating to the installation of pollution control equipment and the repayment of ...
Dutton Associates Announces Investment Opinion: BluePoint Energy Raised to Strong Speculative Buy By Dutton Associates.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Dutton Associates continues its coverage of BluePoint Energy (OTCBB:CPEU) raising its rating to Strong Speculative Buy and a $2.50 price target. The 15-page report by Dutton senior analyst Richard West, CFA is available at www.jmdutton.com as well as from First Call, Bloomberg ...
New high energy physics research from R. Armillis et al outlined.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Lecce, Italy, "We present a study of the trilinear gauge interactions in extensions of the Standard Model (SM) with several anomalous extra U(1)' s, identified in various constructions, from special vacua of string theory to large extra dimensions." ...
Electric Transmission Texas Joins Consortium to Develop Transmission to Support Texas Wind Initiative.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Electric Transmission Texas, LLC, (ETT) has joined with several other Texas transmission providers to form a consortium to jointly develop transmission facilities to enhance wind power development in Texas. The consortium filed today with the Public Utility Commission of Texas ...
GE and Mubadala Launch Multi-Billion Dollar Global Business Partnership.
Aug 04, 2008 ... GE (NYSE: GE) and Mubadala Development Company, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, announced a framework agreement on a global partnership encompassing a broad range of initiatives including commercial finance, clean energy research and development, aviation, industry and corporate learning ....
Rex Energy Corporation Names Mark A. Butta as Vice President of Oil and Natural Gas Marketing.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Rex Energy Corporation ("Rex Energy") (NASDAQ:REXX) announced that it has named Mark A. Butta as Vice President of Oil and Natural Gas Marketing and Transportation. A 25-year veteran in the oil and natural gas industry, Mr. Butta will oversee Rex Energy's oil and natural gas ...
Aspect Abundant Shale LP Announces the Sale of Barnett Properties to a Unit of Williams.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Denver-based Aspect Abundant Shale LP is pleased to announce the sale of its north Texas Barnett Shale Properties to a unit of Williams (NYSE: WMB) for $166 million cash. The sale assets include 41 existing producing wells with daily net production of approximately 9 million cubic feet ...
Research from C. Petersson et al broadens understanding of high energy physics.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from Gothenburg, Sweden, "In this paper we show that it is possible to derive non-perturbative superpotential terms from a stringy instanton without introducing orientifold planes. The instanton is realized by a Euclidean D brane wrapping a non-trivial cycle ...
PSE and All Utility Customers to Benefit from Tax Law Changes.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Congressman Jim McDermott, 7th District, Washington, announced that changes in how the United States Department of the Treasury interprets tax laws on renewable energy production will benefit utility consumers in Washington and across the nation by reducing ...
Healthcare Executives Place Higher Priority on Energy Efficiency Than Others, Research Shows.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) and Johnson Controls, a global leader in creating smart and sustainable environments, announced new research on energy efficiency in healthcare. The results give the healthcare industry reason to celebrate. Not only do healthcare ...