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OMV Could End CEO Contract

Oct 09, 2014

Austrian newspaper Die Presse said on Thursday the contracts of OMV Chief Executive Gerhard Roiss and the head of OMV's gas division Hans-Peter Floren may be cut short before they run out in 2017, citing a recommendation from a board subcommittee…

Meltric debuts DECONTACTOR Series Switch

Oct 09, 2014

Meltric Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial connectors including, UL/CSA switch rated plugs and receptacles, introduced today the DSN150 Series, which extends its popular DECONTACTORTM line of switch-rated plugs and receptacles to 150A/75HP…

Caterpillar Maintains Dividend Rate

Oct 09, 2014

The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. voted today to maintain the quarterly cash dividend of seventy cents ($0.70) per share of common stock, payable November 20, 2014, to stockholders of record at the close of business on October 20…

Fallen Brazilian Tycoon Batista Faces the Law

Oct 08, 2014

A year after the epic collapse of his industrial empire, Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's financial and legal troubles appear far from over.Once worth more than $30 billion and listed as the world's eighth-richest man by Forbes Magazine,…

$310 Billion 'Energy Efficiency' Market Grows Rapidly

Oct 08, 2014

IEA report sees energy efficiency finance becoming established market segment in its own right ... $310B & Growing Rapidly The global energy efficiency market is worth at least $310 billion a year and growing, according to a new report from…

Wärtsilä to Set-up Indonesia's first bio-LNG plant

Oct 08, 2014

Wärtsilä and two Indonesian partners have today signed a joint development agreement with the intention of creating the first ever bio-LNG plant in Indonesia. The co-signers of the agreement with Wärtsilä are PT Pertamina (Persero), a national energy company…

SHI Wins Order for Arctic Shuttle Tankers

Oct 08, 2014

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order amounting to USD 440 Million for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers from a European shipper.  According to sources the order is from Russia’s state shipping firm Sovcomflot. The shuttle tankers will have a capacity of 42…

Keppel Bags Repeat Orders

Oct 08, 2014

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd wholly owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd have secured contracts from repeat customers worth a total of S$153 million.Keppel Shipyard's contract is…

Caterpillar Sponsors 2014 High Horsepower Summit

Oct 08, 2014

Caterpillar Inc. announced its sponsorship of the 2014 High Horsepower Summit (HHP) Summit, now underway in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event is North America’s leading conference on the use of natural gas to fuel high horsepower operations…

EMGS - Fleet Operation for 3Q 2014

Oct 08, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the close of each quarter. The Company defines 'vessel utilisation' as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-client data acquisition…

EU Abandons 'Dirty' Label for Canada Tar Sands Oil

Oct 07, 2014

A European Union plan to label Canadian tar sands oil as highly polluting as part of its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition from Canada, clearing the way for exports of tar sands crude to the European market…

EIA: Falling Fuel Costs, Rising U.S. Production Ahead

Oct 07, 2014

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its latest Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/). Select highlights follow: •         EIA projects average U.S. household expenditures for natural gas…

Kvidal Named Yara Int'l Acting CEO

Oct 07, 2014

Torgeir Kvidal is appointed Acting CEO effective 7 October 2014, and Jørgen Ole Haslestad has resigned as Yara CEO.'Yara's Board have concluded that Haslestad is not the right person to lead the company going forward, also in light of the on-going talks with CF Industries…

Cairn's JV Discovers Oil Offshore Senegal

Oct 07, 2014

Cairn together with its joint venture partners have announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil.The well, located in 1,427 metres (m) water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block…

3D Survey off Malaysia for EMGS

Oct 07, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a letter of intent worth USD 6.8 million from an International Oil Company for 3D EM data acquisition in Malaysia. EMGS did not disclose the name of the contractor. 'We are pleased to announce the first of several new projects in Asia…

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