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Hundreds attend Northern Gateway public hearing

  The launch of the Northern Gateway public hearings was tense, as hundreds of people attended to speak on Enbridge’s controversial proposal to connect the Alberta oil sands to a port in Kitamaat Village, B.C.

Energy Coalition New York formed by utilities

Energy Coalition New York has been formed by six investor-owner New York State electric and natural gas utilities. The coalition consists of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Inc.

Rotork electric actuator for turbine preheating

  The Rotork CVA electric actuator has been specified for critical valve-control duty on high-temperature gas turbine pre-heater equipment.

Duke & Progress Energy delay merger

Duke Energy and Progress Energy’s proposed merger will create the United States largest utility. If approved, the new company will serve over 7 million customers in North and South Carolina, Florida, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio.

Statoil reports major new oil discovery

Statoil ASA and its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS, have made a substantial oil discovery in the Havis prospect in the same license as Skrugard (PL532) in the Barents Sea. This marks the second high-impact discovery in the North in nine months.

Automation system for CSP mill in Brazil

POSCO ICT, a subsidiary of South Korean steelmaker POSCO, has received a USD 104.2 million order from Brazilian steel mill Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém (CSP).

Dow Site to use UOP tech to convert propane

Honeywell company, UOP LLC has been chosen to provide technology for propylene production by the Dow Chemical Company at a Texas production site.

Wentworth Resources announces new CFO

Lance Mierendorf has been appointed Wentworth Resources’ Chief Financial Officer. Geoff Bury who acted as both CFO and Managing Director will continue his role as Managin Director. A Canadian Chartered Accountant, Lance Mierendorf has over 15 year of experience in the global oil and gas industry.

BW agree on Dominican InterEnergy joint venture

  InterEnergy Holdings has agreed to form a joint venture with BW Gas to build a Liquefied Natural Gas terminal as part of a logistics solution to bring natural gas to the Dominican Republic in San Pedro de Macoris.

SAIC & Carlyle finance Connecticut biomass project

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group will be financing to build the USD 225 million Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass project in Connecticut, USA.