
PennEnergy Statoil compliance ends US bribery charges: http://tinyurl.com/ydncsmp
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The US Department of Justice dismissed bribery charges against Statoil ASA after the company satisfied conditions under a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for 3 years.

PennEnergy Applying life cycle analysis to PV manufacturing: http://tinyurl.com/y97vdgf
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology -- assessing a product's impact from "cradle to grave" -- can help companies forecast where hidden risks may lie and take steps to address these risks before they become impacts, writes W. Kenneth Lynch from EORM.

PennEnergy California PUC approves transmission project: http://tinyurl.com/yhuwgaz
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The California Public Utilities Commission approved a Southern California Edison $537 million transmission project

PennEnergy Yikes! Senate committee members trade barbs at OCS technology hearing: http://tinyurl.com/yavq4kx
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Nick SnowOGJ Washington EditorWASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 20 -- A US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing which chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) hoped would “move away from rhetoric and focus ...

PennEnergy Lots of big refining news this week. Check out PennEnergy's exclusive Refining and Petrochem topic center: http://tinyurl.com/y9dt2ou

PennEnergy Work in the Power industry? Please take a minute to complete our short survey: http://tinyurl.com/yjtpgk6

PennEnergy When it's cheaper to buy PV than manufacture ... what do you do? http://tinyurl.com/yhyefgc
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Sizing up the PV market in 2009 including shipments, production, and installations is made difficult by the availability of extremely low prices and product changing hands at an accelerated rate. ...

PennEnergy Smart grid success factors: http://tinyurl.com/yharg32
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KEMA is offering insight on and solutions for keeping smart projects on track in the post stimulus award era

PennEnergy A proposed greenhouse-gas tailoring rule for large industrial facilities could cause more problems than it solves: http://tinyurl.com/yz7vc6y
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A proposed greenhouse-gas tailoring rule for large industrial facilities could cause more problems than it solves, a National Petrochemical & Refiners Association official told the US Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 18.

PennEnergy Crude price climbs; gas declines: http://tinyurl.com/ylpav7d
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Crude prices continued climbing Nov. 17 despite a strengthening US dollar, but the front-month natural gas contract gave up some of its gain from the previous session of the New York market on weaker US manufacturing and mixed weather forecasts.

PennEnergy OPEC's forecast on world oil demand: http://tinyurl.com/yzotabf
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The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reported that the world’s economic recovery will drive global oil demand to 85.07 million b/d in 2010, an increase of 0.9%.

PennEnergy EPA proposes new SO2 standard. What do you think? http://tinyurl.com/yap89ov
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to establish a new national one-hour sulfur dioxide (SO2) standard, between 50 and 100 parts per billion (ppb).

PennEnergy Global oil production to grow steadily thru 2030 (whew!): http://tinyurl.com/yjeouso
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Global oil productive capacity will grow through 2030 with no evidence of a peak of supply, according IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates’ The Future of Global Oil Supply: Understanding the Building Blocks report.

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Sens. reveal plan for more nuclear power plants, R&D funds:
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Two U.S. Senators unveiled legislation aimed at building 100 nuclear power plants in 20 years and providing an additional $100 billion in loan guarantees.

PennEnergy Keeping it clean--Scrubbers reducing emissions at coal-fired plant: http://tinyurl.com/yfgsjo5
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Detroit Edison's Monroe Power Plant has begun operating two flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems.










