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A commercial building conservation company enters the fuel efficiency arena. National Energy Technologies LLC combines multiple technologies for maximum vehicle benefit and fuel reduction. Bucks County, PA (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 Owners and operators of fleet vehicles commit large budgets to fuel, vehicle maintenance and replacement. In many American businesses fuel is the number one expense, and fuel price fluctuations are a serious concern. In fact, new fuel regulations and other...

Company Doubles Original Target, Will Aim to Provide Total of Six Million People with Access to Safe Water by 2015 PURCHASE, N.Y., March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) today announced that the company has achieved its previously stated goal of partnering to provide access to safe water to three million people in developing countries by the end of 2015. Given the company's strong progress to date, PepsiCo also announced a new commitment to provide access to safe...

CALGARY, Alberta, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Oando Energy Resources Inc. ("OER" or the "Company") (TSX: OER) is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated September 17, 2012, it has signed binding documentation ("Final Agreements") with Oando Plc ("Oando"), to indirectly acquire, from Oando, equity interests in Oando Qua Ibo Limited ("OQI"), a Nigerian company established to hold a 40% participating interest in the Qua Ibo Marginal Field within Oil Mining...

NORWALK, Conn., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MOAB Oil, a market leader in gasoline, ethanol and refined products brokerage, market information and commentary, today announced establishment of two new brokerage desks: Distillates/Refined Products - Led by Phil Clifford, the new desk will focus on both cash and financial markets for a variety of products, including physical distillates and refined products swaps, options and futures blocks. Phil brings an impressive brokerage...

Power Up with Arnold Palmer Drive WOODBURY, N.Y., March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AriZona Beverages' Arnold Palmer line is picking up speed by expanding into the energy + recovery category. DRIVE is a cutting edge formula created for the active, health conscious consumer looking for a natural boost and enhanced hydration. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121011/NY91315LOGO ) DRIVE contains all the essential elements that our bodies need to play harder, perform stronger and...

Chinese Lunar New Year Slowed Industrial, Manufacturing Fuel Demand SINGAPORE, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- China's apparent oil demand* in February rose 1.9% compared with the same month last year to an average 10.19 million barrels per day (b/d), a just-released Platts analysis of Chinese government data showed. This followed a year-over-year rise of 6.7% in January to 10.49 million b/d. On a month-over-month basis, China's apparent oil demand in February was down 2.9%,...

Company will donate $1 for every new follower and retweet on March 22 to provide water for a community in need Delta, British Columbia (PRWEB) March 22, 2013 What is World Water Day? It's a time to reflect on just how vital access to healthy, clean drinking water is, and ways we can ensure everyone on the planet has the same access to this precious commodity. Santevia Water Systems is pitching in to support the cause through social media, said Santevia marketing manager Lindsay...

Cities flip-flop on notifying residents about water rates LAKEWOOD, Calif., March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, three cities and a private water agency went to court in an attempt to stop the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) from notifying the public about the rate setting process and scheduled public hearing. The cities of Signal Hill, Downey and Cerritos asked the court to enjoin WRD from sending notices to approximately 800,000 property...

LAS VEGAS, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bayport International Holdings, Inc. PINKSHEETS: EXTO. Today we are pleased to announce the signing of a contract to purchase 5.0% working interest and 3.75 net revenue interest in each well number 44 and well number 45 located in the Milford Lease, Forest County, Pennsylvania. Wells number 44 and 45 are to be drilled 3/22/2013 and production log reports will become available to our shareholders as soon as we get them. We would like to report...

FUND WILL HELP THE NEARLY 1 BILLION WITHOUT ACCESS TO CLEAN AND SAFE DRINKING WATER TODAY NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVREAU North America (www.vivreau.com), the industry leader in sustainably focused, on-site water bottling systems, will aid in the efforts to not only eliminate plastic water bottles and reduce their client's carbon footprint, but work to provide clean drinking water to the nearly one billion people world-wide that go without. Supporting WHOLE WORLD...