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Quicksilver resources enters coal bed methane join

MGV Energy Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of Quicksilver Resources Inc. (Amex: KWK), announced today the formation of a joint venture with Gulf Canada Resources Limited to explore for and develop coal bed methane (CBM) reserves

Hang Yang Air Liquide in China contract for Kvaern

Kvaerner, the Anglo-Norwegian engineering and construction Group, today announced that it's E&C business area has been awarded a contract by Hang Yang Air Liquide Co. Ltd. for the engineering, procurement and construction of an air separation unit and liquefier plant at Wuxi

China to invest in clean energy

With an increasing demand for clean energy, China will head more boldly into international energy exploration and co-operation projects to tap its abundant new and renewable energy resources.

Gulf Arabs study plan to build gas grid

Senior oil officials from six Gulf Arab states approved on Tuesday the first phase of a feasibility study on a long-standing project to link their countries' gas networks at a cost of more than USD 1 billion.

Lincoln Electric introduces pulsed mig-welding

The Lincoln Electric Company introduces its news Invertec V350-PRO an advanced process model equipped with pulse MIG welding capability.

Duke/Fluor Daniel wins contract for Texas project

Duke/Fluor Daniel has been awarded a contract by FPL Energy to provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services for the 1789mw Forney Power Project in Forney, Texas, near Dallas.

Kvaerner in new bio-pharmaceutical project

Kvaerner has secured two contracts with a combined value in excess of USD 55 million, from two customers, for two new bio-pharmaceutical manufacturing projects in the NE U.S.A.

Ferronickel shipments

Japan's major ferronickel producer, Pacific Metals Co., has been negotiating with one of its major nickel concentrate suppliers, New Caledonia's Societe Minere du Sud Pacifique (SMSP), to obtain a resumption of concentrate shipment that has been halted since the beginning of this year

Project in Pakistan

Pakistan's Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd has received government approval for its USD 250 million "Gas Infrastructure Development Project," a company spokesman said Tuesday.

New projects in Malaysia

Exxon Mobil Corporation's wholly-owned subsidiary Esso Production Malaysia Inc. (EPMI) is investing 2.2 billion ringgit in two new oil and gas projects with Malaysia's Petronas Carigali.