Oregon Heating Oil Customers Get Price Relief as Economy Falters
For Oregonians who use home heating oil, the struggling economy has delivered at least one bright spot: heating bills are dropping along with the temperatures. Crude oil prices, which reached a record high of $145 a ...
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November 16, 2008
Chevron Reports Third Quarter Net Income of $7.9 Billion, Up From $3.7 Billion in Third Quarter 2007
Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) today reported net income of $7.9 billion ($3.85 per share – diluted) for the third quarter 2008, compared with $3.7 billion ($1.75 per share – diluted) a year earlier. For the first nine ...
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November 1, 2008
Fluor Wins Sibur Gas Processing Expansion Project in Russia
Fluor Corporation announced today that the company was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contract by the Sibur Group, one of Russia’s leading petrochemical companies, for a ...
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October 21, 2008
Address by the President
Below is a full transcript of the President's address to the nation regarding the current energy crisis. Good morning. Before they left Washington for their August recess, Congress failed to take action on an issue that is currently of great concern to Americans: high prices at the gas pump. The fundamental reason ...
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August 25, 2008
Help Protect Florida’s Environment by Dialing #DEP
Verizon Wireless customers across Florida can now help protect the Sunshine State’s natural resources by dialing #DEP from their wireless phones when they witness environmental crimes. The calls will be automatically directed to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and law enforcement personnel for immediate response and/or further investigation. Residents ...
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August 12, 2008
$141 Million Revenue Bonds for Alternative Energy
Green Star Products announced that EcoAlgae USA has received a signed resolution from Saline County Missouri commissioners to construct a commercial Algae Production Facility in conjunction with an Integrated Biorefinery Complex. EcoAlgae USA will contract with Green Star’s Associated Consortium of Companies to construct the Algae-to-Biodiesel and Next Generation Waste-to-Energy Complex. EcoAlgae ...
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August 1, 2008
Exxon Mobil Announces $1.1 Billion Turrum Field Development
Exxon Mobil announced this week the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture, which includes its subsidiary, Esso Australia, will invest $1.1 billion to develop more than 270 million oil-equivalent barrels from the Turrum field in the Bass Strait, offshore southeast Australia. The development follows the recent announcement of $1 billion in funding to ...
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July 27, 2008
Fight Global Warming – and Turn a Profit
Every hour, areas equivalent to 300 soccer fields are cut down and burned in Indonesia’s rain forests to clear land for oil palm trees and other crops. New studies show that the devastation of these jungles has helped to make Indonesia the world’s third-largest emitter of harmful greenhouse gasses – ...
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July 16, 2008
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