King County penalty for sewer violations lowered
The Washington state Department of Ecology has lowered the dollar amount of the penalty that King County was assessed for sewer overflow violations earlier this year. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Green Mountain Energy to be acquired
Austin-based Green Mountain Energy plans to sell itself to Princeton, N.J.-based NRG Energy Inc. for $350 million, but that is not expected to affect North Texas operations, a company spokeswoman said Thursday. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Halliburton says BP missed 'red flags'
[at Financial Times] - A contractor on BP's ill-fated Macondo oil project cited bad well design and poor decision-making at the company as the main factors leading to the Gulf of Mexico disaster, shifting blame away from its cementing job on the rig. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Legacy Reserves LP to Present at IPAA's OGIS San Francisco
[GlobeNewswire] - MIDLAND, Texas -- Legacy Reserves LP today announced that Cary D. Brown, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Steven H. Pruett, President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at IPAA's Oil & Gas Investment Symposium in San Francisco on Thursday, October 14, 2010, at 1:35 p.m. us.rd.yahoo.com |
MIT gets $25M for energy research
Energy giant Shell will fund $25 million in research on oil and gas technologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology over the next five years, under an agreement announced Wednesday. feeds.bizjournals.com |