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Peri technology for LNG liquid gas tanks in Cameron, USA

In the US state of Louisiana, three enormous liquid gas tanks are currently being built at the same time using Peri know-how. Each of the structures has an 80 m diameter and, after completion, a wall height of 44 m. In the bottom third, the wall cross-section tapers externally from 90 cm at the base [...]

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US Wind Energy 3rd Quarter: World’s Largest Wind Farm

The U.S. wind energy industry is on track to install a record 2,750 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity in 2006, which will produce about as much electricity as is used by the entire state of Rhode Island and help strengthen energy security, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its Third Quarter Market [...]

Palin’s new energy

Sarah Palin’s gubernatorial campaign slogan “New Energy for Alaska” promised a fresh look at Alaska’s future and hinted that the energy industry would feature high on her administration’s agenda. But now that the campaign dust has started to settle, it’s worth a look at what the governor-elect said and what it might mean for Alaska’s [...]

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Solar-Studying Spacecraft Successfully Launched

NASA’s STEREO (Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory) spacecraft — en route as the first mission to capture the sun in 3-D — successfully launched Oct. 25 aboard a single Delta II vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 8:52 p.m. EDT.
The two nearly identical spacecraft, designed, built and operated for NASA by the Johns [...]

Indian coal buyers struggle to find South Africa partners

Indian industrial users are keen to invest in South Africa’s coal mining sector but say they have been frustrated by the struggle to find suitable partners.
India imported just over three million tonnes of coal from South Africa in 2006 and is likely to take double that if it is available this year, Indian buyers attending [...]

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Sentry Petroleum Initiates Seismic Analysis on ATP 865 and Advances 2008 Exploration Strategy

Oil and gas exploration company Sentry Petroleum Ltd. announced today that it has commenced seismic data analysis on ATP 865 for the Company’s upcoming 2008 exploration program. MBA Petroleum Consultants, a leading independent evaluator, has been retained to provide an assessment of ATP 865 and the Company’s existing leads and prospect. MBA is presently loading [...]

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Platmin bolsters exploration team

Platmin Limited announce the appointment of Mr. Jan van der Merwe as Exploration Manager with effect from 1st August 2008.
Mr. van der Merwe joins Platmin after 20 years’ experience with platinum major Lonmin plc where his most recent appointment was Senior Exploration Manager.
Mr. van der Merwe holds a BSc Honours in Geology. Platmin COO [...]

Pebble Creek engages consultants in India

Pebble Creek Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has engaged two prominent consultants in India. A chronic problem in India is obtaining timely approvals for mineral rights and various required permits from state and central government officials. These engagements address this problem.
Mr. Darshan Lal served on the staff of the President [...]

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Trans Energy Completes First Horizontal Well in Marcellus Shale

Trans Energy, Inc. announced that it has completed its Hart #28H well in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The Hart #28H was drilled and completed horizontally in the Marcellus shale, a prolific new “resource play” in Appalachia, similar to the Barnett, Fayetteville and Haynesville shales in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The well is purging water used in [...]

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Wiley faces coal for Christmas

Madison residents and members of the Sierra Club delivered 700 postcards to University of Wisconsin Chancellor John Wiley Tuesday in an effort to encourage the university to take steps toward building a more energy-efficient campus.
The postcards ”” written by members of the Madison community ”” urged Wiley to revamp the coal-powered Charter Street power plant [...]