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BY NAUREEN S. MALIK Valero Energy Co. is permanently closing a major gasoline refinery in Delaware and laying off 550 workers in the clearest sign yet of financial stress in the U.S. fuel-refining industry. The move comes as...
Iran's largest refinery will start issuing bonds on Sunday worth a total of 2.5 trillion rials (about $250 million) to help finance expansion of gasoline production, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Saturday. Iran is the...
GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY -- In this nation that embraced one of the world's most aggressive campaigns against global warming, the Pokropp family can almost hear the cha-ching when switching off their lights.
An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early Saturday killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua said, citing emergency services. The blast happened at 2:30 am (1830 GMT Friday) at a mine in Heilongjiang...
21 Nov 2009, 0853 hrs IST, George Smith Alexander , MUMBAI: Royal Dutch Shell is in advanced talks to acquire a 10% stake in Essar Oil as part-payment for selling three of its European refineries to the Indian company , persons...
The workhorse of renewable fuels in Missouri may be found in its forests, farms and pastures. Among them is a ballot initiative approved by Missouri voters last fall that requires investor-owned utilities to use renewable...
Reliance Industries Ltd, which is eyeing multi-fold growth and a more widespread global footprint, is targeting US oil refining & marketing companies like Tesoro Corp, Delek US Holdings, Sunoco Inc and Valero Energy Corp for...
By The Nation Published on November 20, 2009 Coal distributor Lanna Resources has set a five-year, US$7.5-million (Bt249 million) plan to increase annual production from its existing mines to 6 million tonnes. The plan will be...
For the Tahoe National Forest, our highest priority is hazardous fuels reduction throughout the forest and adjacent to communities. A recent article in The Union seemed to imply that fuel reduction was not important to the...
Higher power output from smaller engines is the mantra for lower CO2 emissions and improved fuel economy. Federal-Mogul Corporation (FMC) has developed an aluminium piston called DuraBowl whose crown is strengthened by locally...
