Managerial Field

Engineer: Hurricanes show offshore platforms need to be higher (KATC 3 Lafayette) NEW ORLEANS -- Offshore oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico need to be built as much as 10 feet higher than had been thought, an engineer told the National Hurricane...

Area engineer explains benefits of solar-thermal energy (Montrose Daily Press)MONTROSE ? Solar energy is not yet a commodity, but more and more people are looking toward this alternative energy. One of the least expensive forms of alternative energy is solar-thermal, and electronic engineer Dave Congour is getting the word out.

Frontier Oil in $45M Construction Pact (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Oil refiner Frontier Oil Corp. said Thursday it entered an approximately $45 million fixed-price construction contract with an affiliate of CB&I to engineer, construct and install two new coke drums and related equipment at its El Dorado, Kan., refinery.

Yemen to expel French engineer after alleged Koran abuse (EARTHtimes.org)Sana'a- Yemen said on Wednesday it would deport a French engineer involved in an alleged desecration of the Muslim holy book, the Koran, that sparked riots by workers at a giant gas-exporting project in last week. Hundreds of Yemeni workers, outraged...

EDVUF: Appoints Jeffrey Chad to Consulting Engineer (Nasdaq)Xtreme Oil & Gas, Inc. (XTOG) announces that Mr. Jeffrey Chad, as a consulting engineer, has agreed to assist the company in review, oversight, operations and due diligence of its current and future projects.

Engineer: Oil Platforms Need More Height (AP via Yahoo! Finance) Offshore oil and natural gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico need to be built as much as 10 feet higher than had been thought, an engineer told the National Hurricane Conference on Thursday.

27th Engineer Battalion returning from Afghanistan (The Herald-Sun)Nearly 250 soldiers from the 27th Engineer Battalion based at Fort Bragg will be coming home on Friday. The 27th Engineer Battalion deployed in April 2006 and provided mobility to units by constructing operational roads and conducted route clearance missions.

Engineer: Noble noise study off the mark (Huron Daily Tribune)HURON COUNTY ? Wind proponents and opponents alike packed into Wednesday?s Huron County Planning Commission meeting to hear a presentation by a noise control engineer who conducted a study to counter that which originally was submitted to the board by Noble Environmental Power, LLC.