Verso Paper to receive $9.3 million in stimulus funds
Verso Paper Corp. is getting $9.3 million in federal funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for infrastructure improvements at its plants in Maine and Minnesota. (VRS) bizjournals.com |
Energy XXI puts chunk of stock on block
Energy XXI (Bermuda) Ltd. is unloading nearly 62 percent of its outstanding shares in a public offering to fund its recent acquisition of Gulf of Mexico oil and natural gas assets. (EXXI) bizjournals.com |
Houston sinks in water quality survey
The Environmental Working Group has compiled a database of tap water quality for U.S. utilities, and Houston’s score settled near the bottom. bizjournals.com |
Concho Resources Inc. Announces the Closing of Two Permian Basin Acquisitions and Updates 2010 Guidance (Business Wire)
MIDLAND, Texas----Concho Resources Inc. today announced that it has closed two acquisitions of interests in producing and non-producing assets in the Wolfberry trend of the Permian Basin for approximately $260 million. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Solar-Powered UAV Under Development
If UAVs starts running on the solar system, then it will save lots of expensive fossil fuel and the add-ons in the form of greenhouse effects. Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology are working on a model of a solar-powered unmanned flight system for round-the-clock surveillance. They have christened their baby as the [...]Posted in: Inventions, Solar Power, Transportation alternative-energy-news.info |