Buccaneer plans to buy Marathon rig
Anchorage Daily News Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:40 PM PDT
After complaints about unpaid bills from contractors working at the company's Kenai Loop gas field, Buccaneer Energy announced this week that it had secured $20 million in project financing and agreed to purchase Marathon's Glacier No. 1 drilling rig for $7.5 million. |
Spain targets Argentine biodiesel in YPF reprisal
The Malaysian Insider Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:25 PM PDT
MADRID, April 21 â€" Spain retaliated against Argentina yesterday for seizing control of Spanish-owned energy company YPF with a measure that could curtail multimillion-dollar imports of biodiesel from the Latin American nation. The Spanish industry ministry was due to approve a biodiesel plan late yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de ... |
Germany's nuclear power phaseout turns off environmentalists
Los Angeles Times Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:17 PM PDT
After Germany last year committed to closing its nuclear reactors, it's relying more on coal and importing power from neighbors that use nuclear energy. KLEINENSIEL, Germany â€" When the German government shut down half the country's nuclear reactors after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, followed two months later by a pledge to abandon nuclear power within a decade, environmentalists cheered. |
Let the sun shine in: Madison is a hot spot for solar energy despite state cutbacks
Isthmus Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:13 PM PDT
For Courtland Maney, the idea was small, bright and persistent, like the morning sun through a chink in the blinds. What would it be like to generate my own power? During the 22 years he was living in Janesville and working construction, Maney's life was connected to the sun in a simple but vital way. If the sun shone, he worked. He can't really put his finger on when, exactly, he began to think ... |
UMass Dartmouth Energy Center wins marine research grant
The Standard-Times Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:04 PM PDT
DARTMOUTH â€" A $535,000 state grant is putting the UMass Dartmouth Marine Renewable Energy Center at the lead of ocean energy research management in the U.S., say school officials. |
Hogs say they are staying focused
Memphis Commercial Appeal Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:00 PM PDT
The Razorbacks have put all of their effort and energy into spring practice, which has served as an escape of sorts. And they'll have the chance to show just how far they've come this spring when they take the field for the annual Red-White game Saturday afternoon. |
Energy producers expo to host forums
Wichita Falls Times Record News Fri, 20 Apr 2012 22:00 PM PDT
The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers will present two educational forums at its 82nd annual meeting and expo in Wichita Falls on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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