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Tokyo, Feb 6, 2012 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu today announced that two of its initiatives to reduce environmental burden - PC server development and datacenter construction - were honored with Kanagawa Prefecture's...

Muscat projects the port of Sohar, 220 km north of Muscat, as the first anchor for a journey to make Oman a key maritime centre between three continents. Industries built there feature a...

Iraq's crude oil output in 2012 is set to average 3.4m b/d, including 175,000 b/d from Kurdistan. With oil accounting for almost all Iraqi state income, Baghdad is preparing to become the world's...

PDO produces the bulk of Oman's associated gas. Its output is being utilised for domestic consumption and re-injection into the oilfields. PDO produces non-associated gas from Yibal and Lekhwair. The government takes a...

Petroleum Development Oman: PDO is owned 60% by the Omani government, 34% by Shell which is the technical manager, 4% by Total and 2% by Partex. The Shell-led foreign partners in PDO in...

China's imports of nickel ore and concentrate declined 30.66 percent on monthly basis in December to 4.37 million tons amid soft domestic demand and high stockpiles, Antaike analyst Xu Aidong told Interfax Feb....

Approximately 80% of Canada's oil sands can be produced using in-situ technology, which involves the injection of steam to enable bitumen to be extracted through drilling versus surface mining. The ExxonMobil -patented technology...

The Exec. VP of the Dominican Electricity Corp. (CDEEE) Celso Marrranzini says 505 megawatts will be added to the electrical system next year, reports Hoy (Jan. 3, 2011). He said 27% of power...

The Salvadoran consortium PetroGolfo announced plans to invest $600 million in the construction of a refinery in the port of Acajutla, reports Elfinancierocr.com (Jan. 2, 2012) Jose Rivas, general manager of PetroGolfo said...

The first two months of the year could see the beginning of construction work on a pork processing plant, reports Elsalvador.com (Dec. 21, 2011). The plant, which already has several environmental permits, will...

The first Juan Valdez Cafe branch in Panama is the first of 10 planned to be opened over the next five years in Panama, by JV Panama SA, which owns the franchise, reports...

The spark spread represents the theoretical margin of electric power producers. Its understanding can reveal several speculative opportunities that traders can use to expand their market activity. There are several fundamental methods of...

HEADNOTE In search of higher yield, and the use of less and less water, new technology breakthroughs are beginning to emerge Dr Salali El Siddique Awadel Karim has a background in chemical engineering...

HEADNOTE According to participants in the Chicago Fed's annual Economic Outlook Symposium, the U.S. economy is forecasted to grow at a pace below its historical average in 2012, following a year with an...

HEADNOTE Companies do not need to make maintenance procedures leading to increased reliability more complicated than they already are Reliability is a term that has become more commonly used in the industry. Many...

HEADNOTE PPI jumped aboard the Golden Dragon bus with Metso for a tour around Shandong Province, China Metso is big in the Chinese paper industry, in fact me three top worldwide suppliers, Andritz,...

HEADNOTE China is now the world's second largest tissue producer and consumer, after the US One of the fastest growing areas in China in recent years has been tissue, taking advantage of improving...

Regulators have long sought to make it easier for consumers to comprehend the terms of insurance contracts by insisting that policy forms be written in language that most consumers can understand. They typically...

HEADNOTE The Klingele team now has firm control of papermaking and anaerobic wastewater treatment The Klingele recycled liner mill, near tlie North Sea in Germany, has proven that the elimination of traditional organic...