Dell to sell with Officeworks
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Major PC player Dell is teaming up with Officeworks as its first local retail partner in Australia.
Setting the record straight on Northrop Grumman’s tanker Setting the record straight on Northrop Grumman’s tanker
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Boeing has a full-page ad in today’s Washington Post that again misrepresents the facts surrounding Northrop Grumman’s win of an Air Force contract to construct America’s next generation of aerial refueling tankers. Today, we even have video to refute Boeing’s erroneous claims.
Chavez calls for steel takeover
Thursday, May 01, 2008
President Hugo Chavez has demanded that Venezuela’s biggest steelmaker be expropriated - after government efforts to buy a majority stake failed.
Gazprom and VNG put €350 million in German storage
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Russian gas producer Gazprom and partner Verbundnetz Gas, or VNG, will invest €350 million in a gas-storage site by the German state of Saxony-Anhalt.
UAE to sign Shah deal worth US$10 billion within week
Thursday, May 01, 2008
The United Arab Emirates will sign a contract to develop sour gas reserves at the Shah field within a week, an official at state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) said today.
Sabic says liquidity abundant for sukuk
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) said on Tuesday liquidity conditions were appropriate for its upcoming Islamic bond sale, which the Arab world’s biggest publicly traded company will use to fund projects.
LyondellBasell restarts FCCU at Houston refinery
Thursday, May 01, 2008
LyondellBasell Industries announced Tuesday that its Houston refinery has returned the fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) to service. The FCCU at the 268,000 barrels per day refinery was shut down for unplanned maintenance in late March.
Coskata to build cellulose facility
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Coskata Inc. said that it will produce 40,000 gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year at a commercial demonstration plant near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The US $25 million project will be located at the Westinghouse Plasma Center, the current site of a pilot-plant gasifier owned and operated by Westinghouse Plasma Corporation.
Stena spends US$942 million on Samsung drill ship
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Samsung Heavy Industries Co, the world’s second-largest shipyard, said Thursday that it has won a US$942 million deal to build a drill ship.
Odim lands US$9.8 million Fugro gig
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Odim said today it has won a contract to supply handling equipment worth about Nkr50 million ($9.8 million) to fellow Norwegian outfit Fugro Geoteam.