Oil Patch Bits: ExxonMobil grants $500,000 to Teach for America 01/17/2010
ExxonMobil said Jan. 6 that its $500,000 grant to Teach for America will be used to recruit more than 1,500 top college graduates from across the United States to teach middle-school math and science....

Oil Patch Bits: Air Liquide to double its production capacity 01/17/2010
Air Liquide said Jan. 4 that it has begun building a new production unit in Anchorage to double its liquid oxygen and nitrogen capacity in Alaska. Air Liquide has been a leading provider of industrial...

Oil Patch Bits: Crowley restructures senior management team 01/17/2010
Crowley Maritime Corp. said Jan. 11 that it is restructuring its senior management team with John Douglas taking over as senior vice president and general manager of Crowley's Puerto Rico/Caribbean li...

Action on six B.C. gas-related bombings 01/17/2010
Royal Canadian Mounted Police search property, interrogate and release; say new evidence will be submitted to prosecutors
An arrest, 10 hours of interrogation, about 150 officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police scouring a 750-acre property in northwestern Alberta, talk of a possible extortion charge - everything p...

Oil Patch Bits: ExxonMobil contributes $1.8 million to schools 01/10/2010
ExxonMobil said Dec. 30 that through its Educational Alliance Program it has awarded $1.8 million in grants this year to 2,400 schools to enhance math and science programs across the United States. It...

Oil Patch Bits: Rain for Rent's PWQMS designed to be versatile 01/10/2010
Rain for Rent said Dec. 30 that its Portable Water Quality Monitoring System is designed to help keep remote watch over discharge flow, and to ensure that the flow meets discharge requirements. The co...

Oil Patch Bits: Stoel Rives expands corporate services in Alaska 01/10/2010
Stoel Rives LLP said Dec. 14 that corporate attorneys William H. Timme and John D. Kauffman have joined the firm's Anchorage office. Timme has spent more than 35 years counseling mostly Alaska Native...

Canada clears Chinese oil sands purchase 01/10/2010
Applies stiff conditions to large stake by state-run PetroChina; makes clear Canada eager to allow 2-way trade, resource investment
The Canadian government is opening the door to investment in its energy and mining sector by Asia's resource-hungry, state-run companies, but has left no doubt that the welcome mat does not constitute...

Oil Patch Insider: Gazprom CEO: U.S. firms lack knowledge for Arctic projects 01/10/2010
Alaskans need help from Russians with projects in the Arctic, the CEO of Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexei Miller, has told Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, Gazprom said in a release Dec. 25. Mil...

Oil Patch Bits: Schlumberger introduces MaxCOand#1079; Acid system 01/03/2010
Schlumberger said Dec. 7 that it has released its new MaxCOand#1079; Acid degradable diversion acid system. This new polymer-free, non-damaging acidizing system can be used for both matrix and fracture...

Oil Patch Bits: Crowley ATB is largest to transit Alaska waters 01/03/2010
Crowley Maritime Corp. said Dec. 15 that its petroleum transportation group recently made history, as its 155,000-barrel Articulated Tug Barge, Sea Reliance/550-1, became the largest of its kind to ha...

Oil Patch Bits: John Parrott named new TOTE president 01/03/2010
Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc. said Dec. 16 that John Parrott has been promoted to company president, replacing TOTE's former president, Bill Deaver, who had been with the company since 2002. Parrot...

Industry revival on Canada's horizon 01/03/2010
Firming of commodity prices points to resumption of oil sands growth; natural gas expected to remain weak; consolidation predicted
One of the strongest oil patch forecasts for 2010 has come from a leading Canadian law firm, which is counting on an industry revival as commodity prices strengthen, opening up the investment taps in...

Oil Patch Bits: Air Liquide completes project for Shell Hydrogen 12/27/2009
Air Liquide said Dec. 16 that it has completed the installation of a fueling system for Shell Hydrogen in Bronx, N.Y. In addition to the fueling equipment, Air Liquide is also supplying the hydrogen g...

Oil Patch Bits: Alaska Frontier Constructors receives certificates 12/27/2009
Alaska Frontier Constructors Inc. said Dec. 15 that it, along with Nanuq Inc. of Anchorage and Prudhoe Bay have achieved an ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certificate, an AHSAS 18001 Health...

Oil Patch Bits: Crowley names Tessier VP of sales, chartering 12/27/2009
Crowley Maritime Corp. said Dec. 9 that Dorine Tessier has been named vice president of sales and chartering for its petroleum transportation group. In her new role, she will report to John Douglass,...

Oil Patch Insider: Banks offers Davis no state guarantees for Cook Inlet wells 12/27/2009
On Dec. 22 the top executive of Escopeta Oil and Gas received a polite, but "absolutely not" reply from the State of Alaska's oil chief in response to his Dec. 16 request that the state guarantee no "...

Oil Patch Bits: Unique Machine receives accreditations 12/20/2009
Unique Machine LLC said Dec. 11 that the American Petroleum Institute, after completing a full review of Unique Machine's quality programs, has granted API Monogram License No. 5CT-1163 and API Monogr...

Oil Patch Bits: Schlumberger launches temperature sensing service 12/20/2009
Schlumberger said Dec. 8 that it has released its OPTICall thermal profile and investigation service. This new distributed temperature sensing service tracks fluid movements in real time along the wel...

Oil Patch Bits: Crowley takes delivery of 'Sunshine State' tanker 12/20/2009
Crowley Maritime Corp. said Dec. 4, that it has taken delivery of Sunshine State, a 331,000-barrel, double-hull oil and chemical tanker, from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, Calif., for American...

Oil Patch Bits: ACS $6.8 million gift to the University of Alaska 12/20/2009
Alaska Communications Systems said Dec. 8 that it has provided a gift to the University of Alaska worth an estimated $6.8 million, enabling service continuity of core university functions should a maj...

Oil Patch Insider: Davis asks State of Alaska for guarantee Escopeta's leases can be drilled in beluga habitat 12/20/2009
In light of the imminent creation by the federal government of a critical habitat for beluga whales in upper Cook Inlet, Escopeta Oil and Gas President Danny Davis has asked the State of Alaska for as...

Oil Patch Bits: SBC expands senior global leadership team 12/13/2009
Schlumberger said Dec. 3 that its management consultancy arm, SBC, appointed five vice president-level staff to help meet its continually growing business and coincide with the launch of four new offi...

Oil Patch Bits: HoTH's air carrier group gets new name and logo 12/13/2009
HoTH said Nov. 30 that its air carrier operations will have a new name and logo, "Era Alaska," to represent the airline brand for consumers of in-state travel, with individual carriers operating under...

Oil Patch Bits: ASG's chairman and CEO, Bob Magee, passes away 12/13/2009
American Shipping Group said Dec. 1 that its long-term chairman and CEO, Bob Magee, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. Magee joined Totem Ocean Trailer Express in May 1986 as vice pre...