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API continues to promote safe U.S. energy development, enhances workplace safety with Recommended Practice 54

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2/21/2019 Photo: Halliburton. WASHINGTON — The American Petroleum Institute has released Recommended Practice 54 (RP 54), Occupational Safety and Health for Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing Operations, which provides procedures for promoting and maintaining safe and healthy working conditions for personnel in drilling and well servicing operations. “The safety of oil and natural Read More

Sundance Energy Australia Limited Announces Addition of New Board Member

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DENVER, Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sundance Energy Australia Limited (ASX: SEA) (NASDAQ: SNDE) (“Sundance” or the “Company”), a U.S. onshore oil and gas exploration and production company focused in the Eagle Ford in South Texas, today announced the casual appointment of Judy D. Buie to serve as an independent non-executive director on the Read More

Essential Energy Services 2018 Fourth Quarter and Year End Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast Details

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CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Essential Energy Services Ltd. (TSX: ESN) (“Essential”) intends to release its 2018 fourth quarter and year-end financial results on March 6, 2019 and has scheduled a conference call and webcast at 10:00 am MT (12:00 pm ET) on March 7, 2019. The conference call dial in numbers Read More

Solar Krafte announces construction of Canada’s first non-subsized utility-scale solar farms

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CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 20, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Solar Krafte Utilities Inc. (Solar Krafte) announces the construction of two utility-scale solar farms in Alberta with a total capacity of 57 megawatts peak (MWp), after final investment decision (FID) was announced by Solar Krafte’s German utility partner, innogy SE, yesterday. These are the first utility-scale solar Read More

Asian millers turn to Argentina for wheat as drought hits Australian output

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(Reuters) – Asian wheat millers are snapping up cargoes of the grain from Argentina to arrive in the first-half of the year, typically peak-export season for traditional supplier Australia where a second year of drought is hitting production. FILE PHOTO – A combine harvester is used to harvest wheat in a field in the village Read More

SHARC Energy Launches PIRANHA™ in United Kingdom and European Union

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Widening the Opportunity to Recover Heat From Wastewater VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sharc International Systems Inc. (CSE: SHRC) (FSE: IWIA) (OTCQB: INTWF) (“SHARC” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the Company has widened its offering by launching the PIRANHA™ wastewater heat recovery system in the United Kingdom and the Read More

Repsol makes significant gas discovery in Indonesia

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By Andrew Harwood, Wood Mackenzie on 2/19/2019 SINGAPORE — SKK Migas has confirmed a gas discovery at the Repsol-operated Sakakemang PSC, onshore Central Sumatra, Indonesia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s research director Andrew Harwood. Repsol’s Kali Berau Dalam-2 well re-entered after well control problems in late 2018, having targeted the Pre-Tertiary fractured basement play. Prior to Read More

Environmentalists seek tougher EU curbs on Balkan coal power plants

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Environmentalists urged EU policy makers on Tuesday to take a tougher stance on air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans, blaming the fumes for 3,900 deaths across Europe each year. FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from coal-fired power plant in Obilic near Pristina, Kosovo November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Hazir Reka/File Photo Read More

Honda to shut UK car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese car maker Honda is set to announce it’s closing its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, a lawmaker told Reuters, in the latest blow to the UK car industry as Brexit approaches. A closure of Honda’s Swindon factory in southern England would be its second Read More

Honda to close UK car plant with the loss of 3,500 jobs

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LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese carmaker Honda is set to announce the closure of its only British car plant in 2022 with the loss of 3,500 jobs, a lawmaker told Reuters, in the latest blow to the UK car industry as Brexit approaches. A lorry with car carrier trailer leaves the Honda car plant in Swindon, Read More

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Pinterest confidentially files for IPO: WSJ

FILE PHOTO: A Pinterest banner hangs on the facade of the New York Stock Exchange, (NYSE) during the morning rush in the financial district in New York City, U.S., February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo (Reuters) – Online image search site Pinterest Inc has confidentially filed with t [.....]

Wall St. breaks run of gains as economic data disappoints

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Weak economic reports pressured U.S. stocks on Thursday after the market’s recent run of gains, and a drop in healthcare shares added to the bearish momentum. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan Mc [.....]

Wall Street on track to snap recent run of gains after weak data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Weak economic data pressured U.S. stocks on Thursday after a recent run of gains, while a drop in healthcare shares added to the bearish momentum. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File [.....]

IS bride Shamima Begum: I am willing to change

Islamic State bride Shamima Begum has told Sky News she is “willing to change” as she asked for “mercy” from politicians after being stripped of her UK citizenship. The 19-year-old – who wants to return to Britain from Syria – said her newborn son is unwell and she will not allow him to return to [… [.....]

Nike’s $350 ‘smart’ shoes are refusing to lace themselves following software update

It’s bad enough when your phone or laptop is having technical difficulties, but that headache has now extended to footwear, after owners of Nike’s new smart sneakers have reported shoe malfunctions following an Android update. Owners of the newly released $350 Adapt BB shoes were unimpressed to find [.....]

Actor 'staged racist attack because he was unhappy with salary'

Empire actor Jussie Smollett staged his own racist and homophobic attack because he was dissatisfied with his salary, police say. The 36-year-old, who came out as gay in 2015, has been charged with disorderly conduct and filing a false police report following an apparent assault against him in Chica [.....]

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Finnish startup Varjo rolls out $5,995 VR headset

The new VR-1 headset from Finnish startup Varjo. Courtesy Varjo/via REUTERS HELSINKI/LONDON (Reuters) – Atomico-backed Finnish startup Varjo on Tuesday launched its top-of-the-range virtual reality headset, aiming to take VR technology to the aerospace and automotive sectors. The most widely known V [...]

LendingClub forecasts bigger-than-expected first-quarter loss

(Reuters) – Online lender LendingClub Corp forecast a bigger-than-expected first-quarter loss on Tuesday, and revenue that missed Wall Street estimates, sending its shares down 5 percent in after-market trading. FILE PHOTO: A Lending Club banner hangs on the facade of the the New York Stock Exchange [...]

Musk’s ambitious new ‘Starship’ project might be undone… by bird poop

SpaceX’s new launch vehicle system, called Starship, will replace its current rockets, and may be the first craft to bring humans to Mars. The high tech ship has one potential weakness, however: bird poop. Starship will reportedly be fully reusable and extremely cheap to launch. Musk has made the ra [...]

Bitcoin is ‘brilliant, much better’ than paper money, but no use for Tesla – Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that despite the advantages and “brilliant” structure of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency, his electric car company apparently has no plans to get involved with bitcoin. Musk, who was once in hot water over a bitcoin-related tweet, touched upon the crypto topic as the [...]

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