Hydrocarbons

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Hydrocarbons - Strictly, any of a large class of organic compounds containing only carbon and hydrogen; often used to include substituted hydrocarbons (e.g., alcohols, chlorinated solvents).
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Gulf Onshore, Inc. Increases Oil Production by Over 40%  -  04 Aug 2008
CNNMoney.comGulf Onshore, Inc. (OTCBB: GFON) increased its oil production by over 40% from June to July as a result of its Re-Work/Development Program on leases in

Caza Oil & Gas says Glass Ranch B1 well encountered hydrocarbons  -  04 Aug 2008
Hemscott,...the Glass Ranch B1 well in Texas has encountered hydrocarbons and it is planning a fracture stimulation at the same well in the near future.

US raised issues of warming with India  -  04 Aug 2008
Times of India,WASHINGTON: Describing the rapid economic growth of India and China based on coal and other hydrocarbons as "a problem", US Secretary of State Condoleezza

Deputy natural resources and environment minister/Natural ...  -  04 Aug 2008
Business News Americas,Gutiérrez: Work is underway to draft the contract model and update the hydrocarbons law. These processes are going to be carried out with some World Bank

Save Research Ships!  -  04 Aug 2008
Russia-InfoCenter,Successful solution of this problem allows development of new technology for exploration of oceanic shelf, where great deposits of hydrocarbons are expected

Ventura County forecast: 800 degrees  -  04 Aug 2008
Los Angeles Times,The area is considered an active landslide that in the last 60 years has moved and trapped hydrocarbons, found in petroleum products, natural gas and coal,

The Rewards Of Wisdom  -  04 Aug 2008
CBS News,The Iraqi government has met almost all of the "benchmarks" the US Congress set for it, and, although a national hydrocarbons law remains elusive,

No Clampetts in NEPA  -  04 Aug 2008
RedOrbit,Philip Pass, partner in Conservation Services LLC, a regional agent, explains that a 1970s study confirmed that usable hydrocarbons are locked within the

Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. Solidifies Board of ...  -  04 Aug 2008
MarketWatch...which facilitate the prediction and location of commercially viable deposits of hydrocarbons, gold, diamonds, and other natural resources and assesses

Companies queue up for nuclear power play  -  04 Aug 2008
Economic Times,The collaboration will leverage ONGC’s expertise in exploration of hydrocarbons to commercially exploit uranium. Engineering and constructions major L&T is

Boracay transportation may go electric  -  04 Aug 2008
Inquirer.net,Two-stroke engines have been found to produce substantial amounts of hydrocarbons, which contribute to the smog that causes air pollution.

MCX hopes airlines will use its ATF futures  -  04 Aug 2008
Hindu Business Line,It is a blend of hydrocarbons that belongs to the middle distillate group. In some regions, lower quality specification kerosene or a dual-purpose grade is

Scientists Confirm Liquid Lake, Beach on Saturn's Moon Titan  -  Jul 30, 2008
Scientific AmericanThe foot-shaped lake is the first verified extraterrestrial body of liquid, and is likely filled with hydrocarbons, simple compounds also common on Earth.

Saturn Titan Moon Appears To Have Liquid  -  Aug 1, 2008
Ontario Now,Investigators and NASA scientists further believe that these lakes with the hydrocarbons have been observable for some time now, but until the pass by with

Ice confirmed in Martian soil  -  Aug 1, 2008
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette,Over on Titan, at least one of its many large, lake-like features studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons, NASA said.

Liquid lake indentified on Saturn moon Titan  -  Jul 30, 2008
Telegraph.co.uk,Before the Cassini mission, several scientists thought that Titan would be awash in global oceans of ethane and other light hydrocarbons, the byproducts of

Update: Saturn’s Moon Titan Offers Liquid Lake And Hopes For Life  -  Jul 31, 2008
eFluxMediaBefore the Cassini mission, scientists believed Titan to be covered by oceans of methane, ethane and other light hydrocarbons, but with the help of an

Planetary Science  -  Aug 1, 2008
Chemical & Engineering NewsAlthough there's been ample evidence that Titan's surface and atmosphere are impregnated with methane, ethane, and other hydrocarbons, this is the first

Saturn’s moon Titan: streams and lakes of liquid hydrocarbons  -  Jul 30, 2008
German Aerospace Centre,It is likely that the ethane is mixed with other liquids, such as methane or other light hydrocarbons from the alkane series. The newly-discovered lake is

Mystified firefighters monitoring patch of ground where temperature  -  Aug 2, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Possible theories include that natural hydrocarbons such as oil or gas are burning deep in the earth. But nobody knows for sure what might have ignited the

Noble Hydrocarbons Alta Ltd. ("NHA"): News Release  -  Jul 30, 2008
MarketWatchEighteen licenses for core holes have been issued to Noble Hydrocarbons Alta Ltd. by the Saskatchewan Petroleum Energy, Mines and Lands Branch.

Hydrocarbons Daily Record Thursday, 31 July 2008  -  Jul 31, 2008
SARTMA.com,Here in the Falkland Islands the cost of hydrocarbons products have gone up again, with regular price increases throughout the winter.

Tullow's C1 exploration well offshore India fails to encounter ...  -  Aug 2, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),Tullow Oil has announced that its C1 well, located in Block CB-ON-1 in the Cambay Rift Basin offshore India, has failed to encounter hydrocarbons.

Tower Resources completes Uganda seismic studies; tests confirm ...  -  Aug 1, 2008
Hemscott,...independent laboratory analyses have confirmed the presence of natural hydrocarbons and the existence of an active oil source and migration system.

Tower Resources sees Uganda drilling before year end  -  Aug 1, 2008
SmallCapNews.co.uk,Independent laboratory analyses of the geochemical sampling have confirmed the presence of natural hydrocarbons and the existence of an active oil source

Peru June Mining/Hydrocarbons Output Expanded 12.53% -Govt  -  Aug 1, 2008
FXstreet.com The Foreign Exchange Market,LIMA (Dow Jones)--Production in Peru's mining and hydrocarbons sector rose 12.53% in June, as the mining subsector increased 13.46%, the government said

Huge Space Lake Confirmed on Saturn's Moon Titan  -  Jul 31, 2008
National Geographic,And now scientists know the hydrocarbons collect in black lakes with surfaces as smooth as glass—perhaps as many as a hundred lakes and seas in the north

Pdvsa to explore 12 hydrocarbons blocks in Bolivia  -  Jul 30, 2008
El Universal,About USD 887 million will be spent over the next few months in prospecting of 12 hydrocarbons blocks in order to increase Bolivia's gas reserves,

CalStar Oil & Gas Ltd. Announces Sale of Nomad Hydrocarbons Ltd ...  -  Jul 29, 2008
Baystreet.ca,Nomad Hydrocarbons Ltd. is the holding Company for an interest in Nomad Hydrocarbons LLC, which has oil leases in the East Slopes region of the San Joaquin

No economic hydrocarbons in Newfoundland well: Canadian Imperial ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
The Canadian Press,...of the final section of a well off the Port au Port Peninsula in western Newfoundland "did not identify the presence of any economic hydrocarbons.

OPINION-The 2012 Gap and the Hydrocarbons Market Paradox: Miller  -  Jul 23, 2008
Reuters UK,...(Alexei Miller is the chief executive of Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom (GAZP.MM: Quote, Profile, Research), the world's largest gas producer,

NASA spies liquid in Titanic lake  -  Jul 31, 2008
Register,Investigators further suspected these features would be filled with methane, ethane and other light hydrocarbons, but Titan's hazy atmosphere - 95 per cent

Liquid Lakes On Saturn's Moon Confirmed  -  Jul 31, 2008
SlashdotRiding with Robots writes "Scientists have been using the robotic spacecraft Cassini to explore what looked to be large lakes of hydrocarbons on the surface

Total boosts profit 15%, warns of tight global oil capacity  -  Aug 1, 2008
AFPThe group said its production of hydrocarbons had risen slightly, by 1.0 percent, to 2.39 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first half and by

Mammoth Energy Group, Inc. Announces Drilling Success in Oklahoma  -  Jul 31, 2008
MarketWatchThe well was logged and appears to have a 25-foot thick formation with the potential presence of hydrocarbons from approximately 430 feet to 445 feet.

Michael Yonkers and the Blind Shake, Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons  -  Jul 17, 2008
guardian.co.uk,Michael Yonkers is a 60-year-old noise-merchant from Minneapolis who once attacked a guitar with a saw. The Blind Shake are a more youthful trio of

OIL DOESN’T COME FROM DEAD DINOSAURS.  -  Jul 31, 2008
Green Energy News,Now that NASA has discovered liquid hydrocarbons – black gold – on Titan, a moon orbiting Saturn, scientists may have to rethink how hydrocarbons,

Noble Hydrocarbons Alta Ltd. ("NHA"): Exploration Agreement  -  Jul 16, 2008
FOXBusinessThe Company announces that it has today entered into an exploration agreement with Cougar Minerals Corporation ("Cougar") of Vancouver for the exploration

Hydrocarbons Daily Record Thursday, 24 July 2008  -  Jul 24, 2008
SARTMA.com,Hopefully this will only be a temporary set-back for people who need crude prices and those of resulting hydrocarbons products to come down significantly.

NASA says liquid confirmed on Saturn's moon Titan  -  Jul 31, 2008
The Associated Press...(AP) — At least one of many large, lake-like features on Saturn's moon Titan studied by the international Cassini spacecraft contains liquid hydrocarbons,

Spitzer Reveals 'No Organics' Zone Around Pinwheel Galaxy  -  Jul 21, 2008
Science Daily (press release)According to the authors, the red color highlights a zone where organic molecules called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are present throughout most

Cougar & Noble Metals to explore  -  Aug 2, 2008
SteelGuru,Cougar Minerals Corporation recently announced that it has entered into an exploration agreement with Noble Hydrocarbons Alta Limited for the exploration of

Hansa Hydrocarbons Receives $100 Million Backing For Acquiring and ...  -  Jul 21, 2008
OilVoice (press release),Hansa Hydrocarbons, LP, a London-based exploration and production company, today announced it has received a $100 million funding commitment from Avista

Hydrocarbons Daily Record Wednesday, 16 July 2008  -  Jul 16, 2008
Falkland Islands News Network,Refinery capacity – the ability to produce products from hydrocarbons – is also up by 0.3% but standard optimal refinery usage should be between 93 and 97%

India to Auction More Oil and Gas Blocks by 2010 and Introduce ...  -  Jul 31, 2008
MarketWatchTexas) -- India's Directorate General of Hydrocarbons has announced that it is compiling a national data repository comprising geological information of

Irvine Energy says no commercial hydrocarbons found in Rock 1-29 well  -  Jul 14, 2008
Hemscott,LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Irvine Energy Plc. said its Rock 1-29 well has encountered no commercial hydrocarbons in the Arbuckle formation in Kansas,

Report says BP plant in danger of another accident  -  Jul 28, 2008
The Associated PressThe excess liquid and vapor hydrocarbons then were vented from the drum and ignited at the startup of the isomerization unit — a device that boosts the

‘Next round of bidding for CBM by year-end’  -  Jul 14, 2008
Hindu Business Line,NEW DELHI: The oil regulator Directorate-General of Hydrocarbons on Tuesday said the next round of bidding for coal bed methane (CBM) will take place by

Hydrocarbons Daily Record Wednesday, 09 July 2008  -  Jul 9, 2008
SARTMA.com,Winter in the Northern Hemisphere is approaching and if hydrocarbons products are priced too high there will be more cold people living in places with no

Spacecraft identifies liquid surface on Titan  -  Jul 31, 2008
The Tech Herald,Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The lake has been identified by instruments aboard the orbiting Cassini as containing liquid hydrocarbons,




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