Engineering and construction firms have come to the forefront in the efforts of the U.S. oil and gas industry to optimize and accelerate shale development and delivery, according to a new PwC US report released today entitled, Shale Gas: ...
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Google has announced plans to continue its rollout of solar energy plants in the U.S. with an $80million investment for six new facilities; its second largest ?to date. So far, Google has committed over $1 billion to wind and solar power ...
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Changyi Petrochemical's ERP project for its 1-million-to-per-year reforming integrated unit and diesel hydrogenation unit recently went into operation ahead of schedule, providing for trial material feedings for new projects. The company ...
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Firms that are involved in construction & general contracting are hired to oversee various kinds of building projects. Traditionally, contractors used to handle virtually all aspects of the project thus; they could have a concrete team that ...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. Accreditation requires a program to complete the six step EMAP process, including a self-assessment, an ...
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When the world was digesting news of Detroit’s bankruptcy in July, the biggest ever by a municipality in the US, attention in China turned to the highly indebted government of Jiangsu province. Provincial, city and county authorities ...
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Petrobras, in compliance with the provision set forth in CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, has approved the following merger proposals, which will be voted by shareholders in a Special ...
According to the data released by China Iron and Steel Association that the country's daily production of large and medium-sized steel mills totaled 1.7033 million tons in the last ten days of October, decreasing 0.5% from mid October, In ...
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China is expected to unveil new subsidy rules involving the demolition of ships this year, according to China Securities Journal. The draft is currently in the approval process from related ministries, including the Ministry of Finance ...
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Philips, the global leader in LED lighting systems was recently awarded a 10-year performance lighting contract with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) that will upgrade the lighting in WMATA 25 parking garages. Over ...
Harvard Engineering has sold a minority shareholding for an undisclosed sum to private equity company ECI Partners to fund its future growth strategy. The Wakefield company says the investment will allow it to further build on its ...
The state of the oil and gas markets in 2013 is markedly different to what it was just a few short years ago, and somewhat different to the predictions of many industry analysts. In 2009, the price of a single barrel of oil stood at $40, ...
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Emerson Process Management, a business of Emerson, has opened its new $25 million global headquarters for the design, testing and manufacture of regulator technologies, including pressure regulator and relief valve solutions to help oil and ...
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The American Institute for International Steel (AIIS) announced Tuesday the selection of Richard Chriss as its new Executive Director, replacing David Phelps, who is retiring. Phelps served as the Institute's Executive Director and later ...
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US-based Inventure Foods has acquired all of the assets of Fresh Frozen Foods, a branded frozen vegetable processor, for about $38.4m. Based in Jefferson, Georgia, Fresh Frozen is a processor and supplier of over 60 varieties of frozen ...
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