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NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CNOOC Limited, a leading Chinese oil and gas exploration and production company, took top international billing at tonight's 12th annual Platts Global Energy Awards, the industry's most recognized awards program, winning both the sought-after Energy Company of the Year honors and the Energy Producer of the Year award. Nearly 600 energy industry executives from 18 countries walked the red carpet into Cipriani Wall Street, the site of the 2010...
CHICAGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday September 23rd at the Woodlands Resort & Conference Center, Woodlands, Texas 200 IT Leaders will convene for an afternoon with two-time presidential candidate, world renowned CEO and Author Steve Forbes for lessons in enterprise leadership. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100910/CG63046) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100910/CG63046) Chief Information Officers from Texas will gain insight into the man behind the...
Largest National/Grassroots Business-Focused Effort Approaching 2,500-Member Milestone; Shared Focus: Unleashing Job Creation, Economic Revitalization of Clean Energy and Climate Action. WASHINGTON, March 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Six well-known companies -- Avista, Calpine, Deutsche Bank Asset Management, PG&E, Recycled Energy Development and Warner Music Group -- are the latest to join the fast-growing ranks of the nonpartisan and nonprofit American Businesses for Clean Energy...
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Feb. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy Storage & Power, LLC (ES&P) announced today that Robert "Bob" Kraft will become its president and chief executive officer, effective March 8, 2010. He replaces Stephen C. Byrd who left the company in January. ES&P is a joint venture between PSEG and Dr. Michael Nakhamkin. Dr. Nakhamkin is ES&P's chief technology officer and the world's leading compressed air energy storage (CAES) technology expert. He holds patents for...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced an agreement with Geysers Power Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Calpine Corporation, to increase and extend the utility's purchases of renewable geothermal power. PG&E currently has two power purchase agreements with Geysers totaling about 375 megawatts (MW) per year, with enough renewable energy to meet the needs of more than 450,000 average homes. Those agreements expire between...
Purchase will replace output previously obtained from purchased power agreement with RockGen Facility MADISON, Wis., June 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE: LNT), closed on the purchase of the Neenah Energy Facility, an existing 300 megawatt, simple cycle, natural gas-fired electric generating facility located in the Town of Neenah, Wisconsin. This purchase will replace the output previously obtained...
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) announced today that Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Mosbacher fills the position vacated by David A. Hager who was recently named Devon's executive vice president of exploration and production. Mosbacher previously served on Devon's board of directors from 1999 until his resignation in 2005. His resignation resulted from his appointment in 2005 as president and...
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Brookside Storage LLC announced today a nonbinding open season for storage services at its intrastate natural gas storage facility in Anderson County, Texas. Brookside is currently constructing the first of two solution-mined salt caverns that will provide 10 Bcf each of working gas storage capacity which have been approved for construction and operation by the Railroad Commission of the State of Texas. The first cavern is projected to go into full...
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rosetta Resources Inc. (Nasdaq:ROSE) ("Rosetta" or the "Company"), an independent oil and gas company, today announced it has received bankruptcy court approval for its settlement agreement with Calpine Corporation ("Calpine"). At the hearing on November 13, 2008, the bankruptcy court approved Calpine's request for court-approval to consummate the October 22, 2008 settlement agreement. No objections to this motion were filed with the court or raised...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Power generator Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) (San Jose, California) has posted a third-quarter profit of $136 million, down from $197 million in the second quarter and from $3.8 billion year over year. As part of our Power Tracker, Industrial Info is monitoring 31 active Calpine projects worth $2.12 billion across the United States. Included in the database is information on the 596-megawatt Otay Mesa Energy Centre, which is...
