Frost & Sullivan award for General Cable
Frost & Sullivan has presented General Cable with the 2008 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Excellence in the Energy Cables market.
Shell and Iogen team up for major biofuel project
Shell and Iogen Corporation have announced an extended commercial alliance to accelerate development and deployment of cellulosic ethanol.
ExxonMobil awards contracts to Alaskan companies for work to put Point Thomson field on production
ExxonMobil Production Company has announced this week that it has awarded contracts for work in support of the first well of a multi-well drilling program at Point Thomson.
Bush lifts ban on offshore drilling
Despite George W Bush lifting the executive ban on offshore drilling today, July 15, drilling will not start until Congress also lifts its ban.
Texas companies bid for drilling rights off Nova Scotia
Two Texas-based companies have bid US$216 million for the rights to develop several islands off the coast of Nova Scotia.
OPEC chief: Biofuels responsible for 40% of crisis
The price of petroleum will continue to rise because of ethanol, the weak dollar and political tensions, according to an oil cartel's president.