Petroleum Industry in Nigeria: Petroleum Industry in Nigeria. Nigeria, History of Nigeria, Niger Delta, Political corruption in Nigeria, Conflict in the Niger Delta
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has solicited the cooperation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the ongoing reform of the oil and gas sector for it to impact positively on the Nigerian economy. Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, made this move when he visited the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | yesterday
November 19, 2009 (FinancialWire) Conquest Petroleum Inc. (OTCBB: CQPT), an independent oil & gas company headquartered in a suburb of Houston, TX, announced consummation of a $1,000,000 loan facility obtained from a private fund. The capital from this facility will be utilized to complete the restoration program of bringing existing wells in the Delhi Field back on to production, the final restoration...
publishaletter.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Dear Editor: Please do a story on the contributions Senator Max Baucus of Montana receives from lobbyists in the healthcare and other industries, so that your readers will know why he votes the way he does, putting profits before people. He seems to be one of the most corrupt politicians we have seen in recent times but his conflicts or interest are rarely highlighted in the media. I'd also like to...
Web Wonderings (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Grid Enabled Vehicles – I Told You So! | Alternative Energy Stocks : "On Monday of this week the Electrification Coalition, a newly organized industrial lobby that styles itself as a 'nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental,...
Democralypse Now (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Like a beautiful snowflake, Sarah Palin has drifted into our lives, a glistening hexagonal prism of symmetry and ice sent from the Lord to fill our world with wonder and wisdom. Like Sarah, each precious star-shaped ice and crystal blend, having formed in the high clouds of the atmosphere before floating down as the frozen water molecule miracles of God we see today, is unique unto itself. Also much...
staffjam | yesterday
Most foreign investors have been focused on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /> Central Asia ’s vast hydrocarbon resources and the extractive industries of energy and Minerals. But water is an issue of rising concern throughout the region as after years of soviet mismanagement geopolitical tensions are running high. These regional
Thats Green (Free subscription) | yesterday
Independent national energy supplier, Crown Oil UK , has launched its latest innovation – a fuel with 100 percent carbon offset. Targeted at businesses in construction, utility, plant and rail industries, the standard red-diesel has been totally carbon offset in an arrangement with a leading carbon offset provider, allowing users to more easily meet their carbon reduction commitment. Managing...
OakLeaf Systems (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft’s public relations team published during the Professional Developer’s Conference 2009 53 case studies that contained Azure as a keyword. Following are links to and abstracts of the first 20 of these case studies: DotNet Solutions : Systems Integrator Launches Innovative Software with Minimal Capital Investment (11/17/2009) To improve its own development process, Dot Net Solutions...
Consumer Reports Cars Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
For an alternative perspective on the future of the automobile, it may help to look at an alternative film. “Fuel” by Josh Tickle is a thought-provoking documentary that examines America’s addiction to oil and what we can do about it. Tickle does a good job of keeping the serious subject rather upbeat and hopeful, as he travels the world in his so-called Veggie Van, fueled by used...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
An offfshore oil rigAn Italian judge has rejected a prosecutor‘s request to suspend business operations of oil major Eni and its unit Saipem with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, an Eni lawyer and a judicial ...An Italian judge has rejected a prosecutor‘s request to suspend business operations of oil major Eni and its unit Saipem with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, an Eni lawyer...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) | Drillers say it's getting so hard to obtain an oil-and-gas lease in the Rocky Mountains under the new administration of President Obama that many aren't bothering to show up for auctions. The criticism came after the government held an auction of public lands in Utah that was remarkable for how few parcels were offered or sold. Only five drilling leases sold Tuesday. The Independent...
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | yesterday
The WSJ's Environmental capital blog has an interesting post on Saudi Arabia's interest in supercomputers - Peak Oil Files: Why Is Saudi Aramco Building Supercomputers? . So, what to make then of Aramco’s recent interest in supercomputers? The biannual list of the world’s 500 fastest computers was released on Tuesday and Aramco had two new entries at No. 119 and No. 134. Both are Dell clusters,...
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tom Friedman has another installment of his geo-green, "green is the new red, white and blue" / "the world is getting hot, flat and crowded" sermon in the NYT - What They Really Believe . I am a clean-energy hawk. Green for me is not just about recycling garbage but about renewing America. That is why I have been saying “green is the new red, white and blue.” My argument...
Peak Energy (Free subscription) | yesterday
George Monbiot is giving the peak oil story another run, in typically gloomy fashion, declaring "It’s probably too late to prepare for peak oil, but we can at least try to salvage food production" - If Nothing Else, Save Farming . I don’t know when global oil supplies will start to decline. I do know that another resource has already peaked and gone into freefall: the credibility...
indojob (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Mercuria Energy Group Ltd, and international group of companies active over a wide spectrum of global energy markets including coal, crude oil and refined petroleum products, natural gas, power, biodiesel, vegetable oils and carbon emissions. Mercu...
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staffjam | yesterday
Most foreign investors have been focused on Central Asia ’s vast hydrocarbon resources and the extractive industries of energy and Minerals. But water is an issue of rising concern throughout the region as after years of soviet mismanagement geopolitical tensions are running high. These regional problems present outside...
investid | 11/08/2009
Water Stocks Sector Close –Up; Market Opportunity for Remediating Oil-Contaminated Water POINT ROBERTS, WA and DELTA, BC –August 11, 2009 www.Water-Stocks.com , an investor and industry portal for the water sector within Investorideas.com, presents a sector close-up on water stocks by Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst,
investid | 29/07/2009
Oil and Gas Technology Solutions Company, Wescorp Energy (OTCBB:WSCE) ,enters into Joint Venture Partnership with Cancen Oil Canada Corporation (COCC) HOUSTON, TX and CALGARY, July 29 - Wescorp Energy Inc. ( OTC.BB: WSCE ), an oil and gas technology solutions provider and Cancen Oil Canada Corporation, an Oilfield Waste Management
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