Hydro and the metals and mining company Vale have agreed to construct a new alumina refinery in northern Brazil, strengthening Hydro’s future alumina supply in line with its growth strategy.
Under the agreement, which is a conclusion of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the parties in July 2007, Hydro will hold a 20-percent share [...]

Empire Energy Corporation International announced that, along with its wholly owned subsidiary Great South Land Minerals Ltd. (GSLM), it has signed both a Note for AUD $5 million and a Memorandum of Understanding governing formation of a Joint Venture that could cancel the Note and supply up to AUD $40 million of additional funding.
The Note [...]

Natco Group Inc, An oil services company, said Wednesday is has received a $24.9 million contract to provide membrane technology for an oil field off the Libyan coast. As part of the deal awarded in May, the company will supply a Cynara membrane system to capture carbon dioxide for re-injection into Bouri, Libya’s largest offshore [...]

Uruguay Mineral Exploration Inc reports on the results of exploration activities during the quarter ended 31 May 2008.
David Fowler, Chief Executive Officer commented: “We have made good progress in the fourth quarter towards achieving our exploration objectives; results overall have been encouraging.
“Near the mine, we have had better results in the deep drilling program at [...]

MAX Resource Corp. is pleased to announce that drilling has begun at its Ravin molybdenum/tungsten property in Lander County, Nevada. The Ravin property is comprised of 162 claims located 20 miles north of the town of Austin in Central Nevada and approximately 50 miles west of General Moly, Inc.’s (AMEX & TSX: GMO) Mount Hope [...]

EnerCom, Inc., announced today the lineup and schedule for The Oil & Gas Conference®, http://www.theoilandgasconference.com. In its 13th year, the Conference, held in Denver Aug. 10-14, is the oldest and largest energy investment conference hosted in Denver, showcasing more than 70 companies with a combined enterprise value of more than $500 billion. This premier forum [...]

FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it signed a contract with StatoilHydro for the manufacture and supply of additional subsea equipment for its Norne field development, located in the Norwegian Sea. The contract, valued at approximately $87 million in revenue, is a call-off from a frame agreement that was originally signed in 2007.
FMC’s scope of supply [...]

Oromin Explorations Ltd. is pleased to announce the receipt of an independent report (the “Santa Rosa Evaluation”) from Aeon Exploration Inc. of Calgary, Alberta (”Aeon”) that provides an evaluation of prospective resources with respect to its 100% owned CCyB-9 Santa Rosa exploration permit and exploitation concession on a property located in the Cuyana Basin in [...]

Oceaneering International, Inc. announced it has recently been awarded a contract by Shell for the fabrication and installation of subsea hardware on Shell’s ultra-deepwater Perdido Regional Development project in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico (GOM).
Engineering and fabrication of the hardware to be provided under the contract has commenced. This hardware includes 29 flowline and well [...]

Energy company, S.D.E., which has developed an innovative technology for generating sea wave electricity, has signed an agreement for selling sea wave power plants throughout China. Construction of the power plants will be financed by investors from Hong Kong and China.
Two joint venture companies, formed in Hong Kong by S.D.E and the investors for the [...]