Entessa Inc. — the leading provider of Oil and Gas Logistics Management Solutions — delivered Release 5.0 of its Synthesis(TM) enterprise software suite to Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.. The introduction of crude gathering pipeline support now enables Sunoco Logistics Partners to manage the entire order-to-cash logistics for its Western pipeline operations with Synthesis. Entessa is [...]

Suncor Energy Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $6 billion capital spending plan for 2009. Approximately $3.6 billion in spending, or about 60% of the total, is targeted to Suncor’s Voyageur oil sands growth strategy.
“Following a thorough review in light of current financial market conditions, we’ve modified our capital plans for [...]

Sunoco, Inc. announced that Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Thomas W. Hofmann will retire effective December 1, 2008.
Hofmann, 57, began his career at Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and worked in increasingly responsible positions during his 32 years of service at Sunoco, culminating in his being named Chief Financial Officer in 1998.
“Over his [...]

Atlas Energy Resources, LLC has just announced a report to the media saying that it has appointed R. Randle Scarborough as an independent member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Scarborough’s appointment to the board will increase the number of independent Atlas Energy board members to four, in order to comply with requirements of the [...]

Atlas Energy Resources, LLC has released a report saying that it has appointed R. Randle Scarborough as an independent member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Scarborough’s appointment to the board will increase the number of independent Atlas Energy board members to four, in order to comply with requirements of the New York Stock Exchange. [...]

Strathmore Minerals Corp. is pleased to update progress on its uranium mill and tailings design and studies being carried out by the Company for its uranium projects in northwestern New Mexico. The Company and its Joint Venture partner, Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, have made considerable progress in the evaluation of designing and identifying the optimal [...]

Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) heralded Secretary of Environmental Protection Kathleen McGinty as a trailblazer for Pennsylvania’s environment and economy and a truly transformative leader. PennFuture’s comments came as McGinty announced her intention to leave office on July 18, 2008.
“Secretary McGinty has created a record of unparalleled achievement for the Keystone State’s environment and economy,” [...]

The fluctuating price of gold may be giving Mother’s Day shoppers a little anxiety.
Gold had been trading at more than $950 an ounce at one point last month, but it has been sliding lately.
At Safian and Rudolph Jewelers on Jewelers Row in Philadelphia, manager Michael Gilman admits that’s been having an impact:
“Gold prices have slowed [...]

Nearly a half-century after it began, the voracious mine fire that doomed this coal town in the mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania continues to burn hundreds of feet underground, uncontrolled and uncontrollable.
The fire began in 1962 at the town dump and ignited an exposed coal vein, eventually forcing an exodus that emptied Centralia of more than [...]

John Rogers, vice president investor relations of Suncor Energy Inc. will speak at the CIBC Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, February 22 at 8:00 a.m. PT (11:00 a.m. ET). The presentation will review Suncor’s performance, growth strategy and outlook.
A live webcast of the conference and presentation can be accessed from the Investor Information section of [...]