The Linde Group to invest in largest air separation plant in India
The technology group The Linde Group today announced it will build and commission a state-of-the-art 2,550 tonnes per day (tpd) air separation unit (ASU) at Tata Steel Ltd’s plant in Jamshedpur, India. Tata Steel is one of the world’s leading steelmakers. Once commissioned in early 2012, this will be the largest air separation plant in India and one of Linde’s largest in Asia. The...
Capital City Energy Group To Make Strategic Acquisition of Oilfield Service Company
Capital City Energy Group Inc. continues to expand in the domestic energy space with its strategic acquisition of Hotwell Services Inc., an emerging oilfield service company operating in the Appalachian Basin. The addition of Hotwell Services, Inc. to the Capital City Energy Group portfolio of operating subsidiaries will significantly contribute to the Company’s value proposition for clients, shareholders...
CNX Gas Promotes Buford Myers and Samuel McLaughlin
CNX Gas Corporation announced today the promotions of Buford Myers, currently General Manager – Virginia Operations and Samuel McLaughlin, currently General Manager – Northern Appalachia Operations to Vice President – Virginia Operations and Vice President – Northern Appalachia Operations, respectively. Buford began his career in 1974 with CONSOL Energy and soon thereafter earned...
AVEVA Opens Latin America Office in Brazil
AVEVA, the leading supplier of engineering IT systems for the plant and marine industries, today announced further expansion into Latin America with the opening of AVEVA do Brasil in Rio de Janeiro. This office, the latest in AVEVA’s expanding global platform, will provide premium product solutions and support for its growing customer base in Brazil, including the country’s leading energy...
Repsol Now Applying Advanced Seismic Imaging Technology to Energy Exploration in Gulf of Mexico and Brazil
Repsol YPF, an international integrated oil and gas company operating in over 30 countries, today announced that the company’s advanced seismic imaging project — Kaleidoscope — has begun exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil. Kaleidoscope is powered by reverse-time migration (RTM), a sophisticated subsurface imaging tool whose potential is accepted by the oil industry,...
LAI Lands Contract for Manufacturing Components Used for Oil Exploration
LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and sub-assemblies for original equipment manufacturers has announced it has secured contract awards for manufacturing precision components used for oil and gas exploration. LAI uses advanced processes to manufacture a series of flex couplings, which incorporate an interlocking design in four-feet-long alloy steel pipe, used to steer...
E-MetaVenture Joins Franklin Mining on GTL Project
Franklin Mining, Inc. Chairman and CEO William A. Petty is pleased to announce that E-MetaVenture, Inc. has joined Franklin in the capacity of advisor on technical and commercial matters as related to GTL, CTL, and other related gas processing technologies. “E-MetaVenture, Inc, Houston, Texas provides independent consulting, design, and training services to the refining, gas processing and allied...
World Oil Awards Winners Announced
World Oil® magazine announced the thirteen winners of the 2008 World Oil Awards at the seventh annual black-tie gala dinner last night in Houston, Texas. The event, attended by close to 350 industry leaders, benefited two universities that offer programs leading to careers in the petroleum industry. Frank Springett of National Oilwell Varco won the inaugural Next Generation Committee Award for his...
Industry Leaders Help Advance Math and Science Education
An education initiative aimed at inspiring students to choose careers in math and science will soon award a third round of grants to K-12 classrooms at several local schools. The Education Collaborative, an outreach program of the Society of Petroleum Engineers of Santa Maria, awards the grants on behalf of the Oil & Gas Industry. In addition to providing grants, the collaborative recently launched...
Technip Awarded Contract for the Expansion of an Ethylene Plant in Russia
Technip has been awarded by Sibur Neftehim (a Sibur Moscow Holding subsidiary) a lumpsum engineering and procurement contract, worth approximately €45 million, to expand an ethylene plant in Kstovo, Russia. Technip’s operating center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands, will execute the contract, which follows the basic engineering contract already carried out by Technip. It covers detailed engineering,...
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