Energy

BP asks Halliburton to pay for oil spill damages Tue, 01/03/2012 - 15:20 by Sam Ross Oil giant BP has asked Halliburton to pay for the damages that occurred from oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Comments Read more	Chevron Q3 profit more than doubles Sat, 10/29/2011 - 19:53 by Neka Sehgal Thanks to the rising crude prices and sale of a refinery, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) third quarter profit more than doubled this year, even as company’s production failed to meet expectations. Comments Read more	Anadarko to pay BP $4bn to settle oil spill claims Mon, 10/17/2011 - 16:32 by amiteshwar Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) is set to pay BP PLC (NYSE: BP) $4 billion under an agreement struck between the two to settle all claims among them relating to last year's Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Comments Read more
Calpine to announce Q3 result on Oct. 28 Fri, 10/07/2011 - 17:37 by MT Bureau Calpine Corporation, a U.S. power company will be declaring its third quarter 2011 financial results on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, the company announced Thursday. The results will be presented during the investor call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. Comments Read more	Fluor, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy collaborate for nuclear projects in Poland Thu, 09/15/2011 - 17:46 by MT Bureau Fluor Corporation has inked deal with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy for nuclear new-build projects in Poland, the company announced Thursday. Together the two companies are looking forward to serve Polska Grupa Energetyczna's (PGE) upcoming n Comments Read more	HollyFrontier to repurchase $100mn worth of shares Fri, 09/09/2011 - 17:48 by Jaspreet Virk HollyFrontier Corporation, a petroleum refiner and distributor of petroleum products, announced Thursday that its board has approved stock repurchases of up to $100 million. The refiner will repurchase common stock in the open market or through privately negotiated transact Comments Read more
US-aided Solyndra goes bankrupt Thu, 09/01/2011 - 13:00 by Jamie Anderson Starting with about $1 billion in venture capital and a $535-million federal government loan guarantee, the high-profile solar-panel maker Solyndra Inc. finally shut doors Wednesday. Comments Read more	North Sea oil spill stopped -- Shell Sat, 08/20/2011 - 15:59 by Dipankar Roy Royal Dutch Shell PLC has announced that it has managed to stop the leak from its faulty pipeline at the Gannet Alpha platform in worst North Sea oil spill in more than a decade. Comments Read more	Environment-wise: Thomson Airways to fly planes on cooking oil Mon, 07/04/2011 - 15:23 by Jaspreet Virk Cooking oil is no more only a kitchen product. The common food staple has found its place in the airline industry as an unusual new fuel. Comments Read more
NJ's 2 nuclear plants get 20-year extension Mon, 07/04/2011 - 11:41 by Anter Prakash Singh Amid the nuclear power plants coming under scanner after the mishap at the nuclear plant in Japan, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has renewed the license of two nuclear plants in southern New Jersey for 20 years. Comments Read more	Google to shut down health, power services Mon, 06/27/2011 - 12:55 by Dipankar Roy After being online for three years, curtains are now falling on the Google's Health and PowerMeter services. Lack of public interest has prompted the closure, said the company. Comments Read more	Xcel Energy phone poll deceptive: Residents Tue, 06/21/2011 - 14:28 by Dipankar Roy Xcel Energy is facing criticism over a phone survey from officials and residents of Boulder, who say the poll had misleading information about the ‘Energy Future’ campaign of the city. Comments Read more