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ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Feb. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokform® LLC, manufacturer of premium protective cases, stands and accessories for the iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad2 and iPod Touch devices. Their MADE IN USA products have re-set the standard for quality in the import dependent electronics industry. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120213/LA51898) "At Rokform®, delivering the most functional cases, stands and accessories for the latest iPad, iPhone and iPod...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE: NFX) today provided an update on its ongoing sale of non-strategic assets. The program to date will generate estimated proceeds of approximately $735 million. This includes approximately $400 million of sales closed in 2011 and an additional $335 million in sales that are expected to close in early 2012. In 2011, Newfield grew its oil and liquids production more than 20%. Natural gas volumes...
TULSA, Okla., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) (the "Company" or "Laredo") today announced guidance for key operating metrics, including an expected average 2012 production increase of approximately 25% over the prior year, and detailed its annual drilling budget, of which approximately 80% will be deployed in the Permian Basin. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111214/DA23267LOGO) Laredo expects to produce approximately 10.6...
LONDON, Jan. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries' (OPEC) crude oil output averaged 30.83 million barrels per day (b/d) in December, up 230,000 b/d from estimated November output of 30.6 million b/d, a just-released Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials and analysts showed. The biggest single increase came from Libya, whose efforts to restore production toward pre-uprising levels saw output rise to 800,000 b/d from 550,000...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- JM Eagle, the world's largest manufacturer of plastic pipe, introduces its new corrugated PE product made from recycled materials, Eagle Green PE. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111215/LA23895LOGO) Combining the superior design attributes of Eagle Corr PE plus the eco-friendly and cost-effective benefits of recycled polyethylene, Eagle Green PE serves municipalities that desire high performance, good value and the...
Henley Natural is proud to offer its new and improved lavender oatmeal soap, made with Bulgarian lavender. This unique, aromatic Bulgarian lavender is the essence that makes this the perfect scent for an invigorating lavender oatmeal soap. Tampa, FL (PRWEB) December 27, 2011 The soap makers at Henley Natural have added Bulgarian lavender to create a new and improved lavender oatmeal soap. More pleasant than traditional lavender, Bulgarian lavender has a pungent floral, herbaceous, light...
Study examines impact of 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill in San Francisco Bay In a study published today in the scientific journal PNAS, NOAA scientists and their collaborators reported Pacific herring embryos in shallow waters died in unexpectedly high numbers following an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, and suggest an interaction between sunlight and the chemicals in oil might be responsible. In November 2007, the container ship Cosco Busan released 54,000 gallons of bunker fuel, a...
The 2007 Cosco Busan disaster, which spilled 54,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay, had an unexpectedly lethal impact on embryonic fish, devastating a commercially and ecologically important species for nearly two years, reports a new study by the University of California, Davis, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study, to be published the week of Dec. 26 in the early edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that...
New Ultra-Clear PET Film with Hard Coat, Designed to Broaden the Ways High-Performance Safety Glass is Made Wilmington, Del. (PRWEB) December 19, 2011 DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions today announced a new ultra-clear PET film with hard coat, designed to broaden the ways high-performance safety glass is made. The new product offering, DuPontâ„¢ Spallshield® CPET sheeting, is a durable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film made with a DuPont-proprietary hard coating for scratch...
WACO, Texas, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Waking up bright and early to remove ice from a windshield is a pain. Unfortunately, many impatient drivers discover creative ways to break the glass instead of removing the ice. "There are some creative ideas for getting ice off windshields, but they can be hazardous," Wayne Robinson of Glass Doctor® of Amarillo, Texas, said. "There is a better way to remove ice from auto glass." Here are the Glass Doctor eight do's and don'ts for...
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he mineral calcite is a calcium carbonate corresponding to the formula CaCO3 and is one of the most widely distributed minerals on the Earth's surface. It is a common constituent of sedimentary rocks, limestone in particular. It is also the primary mineral in metamorphic marble. It also occurs as a vein mineral in deposits from hot springs, and also occurs in caverns as stalactites and stalagmites. Calcite is often the primary constituent of the shells of marine organisms (e.g. plankton,...
Germanium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Ge and atomic number 32. This is a lustrous, hard, silver-white, metalloid that is chemically similar to tin. Germanium forms a large number of organometallic compounds and is an important semiconductor material used in transistors. Notable characteristics Germanium is a hard, grayish-white element that has a metallic luster and the same crystal structure as diamond. In addition, it is important to note that...
