News - Houston Ship Channel
To protect Houston and Galveston from future hurricanes, a Rice University-led team of experts recommends building a floodgate across the Houston Ship Channel adding new levees to protect densely populated areas on Galveston Island and the developed west side of Galveston Bay.
BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC ("ArcLight") announced today that it closed on financing for its latest facilities' expansion at the Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company complex in the Houston Ship Channel ("HFOTCO" or the "Company").
With the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season less than a week away, a new analysis from experts at several Texas universities is warning that a major hurricane could devastate the Houston/Galveston region.
HOUSTON, May 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- GreenHunter Energy opens the taps on the nation's single largest biodiesel refinery to date on Monday, June 2, at 10 a.m. The facility will produce 105 million gallons of "white-water" B100 biodiesel per year.
