Journals

  • CenterPoint Energy to send crews to Puerto Rico in early January to help support power restoration efforts

    As logistics are finalized, the company will notify media By News Provider HOUSTON, Dec. 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — As part of a nationwide, coordinated power restoration plan involving several investor-owned electric companies, CenterPoint Energy, Inc.’s (NYSE: CNP) electric utility is sending 68 employees in early January to accelerate the ongoing power restoration efforts in Puerto Rico. CenterPoint Energy’s team…

  • Mayor Turner is Looking for Small Businesses to Help Build Up Houston

    For the past three years, the City of Houston’s Office of Business Opportunity has managed an executive education program called Build Up Houston that supports construction companies currently operating and doing business in the Greater Houston Area. Since its inception, 23 small businesses have graduated from this intense seven-month program with the most recent cohort collectively…

  • Low community college transfer rates in Texas hinder progress towards increasing diversity in engineering and computer science

    By News Provider Chicago—January 2, 2017—A report examining Texas community college transfer students by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) found that very few women and minorities pursue engineering and computer science degrees at Texas universities. The research team’s goal was to assess the progress of women and minorities transferring from community colleges to four-year…

  • Intel Issues Updates to Protect Systems from Security Exploits

    Intel and Its Partners Have Made Significant Progress in Deploying Updates as Software Patches and Firmware Updates Intel has developed and is rapidly issuing updates for all types of Intel-based computer systems — including personal computers and servers — that render those systems immune from both exploits (referred to as “Spectre” and “Meltdown”) reported by…

  • Anadarko Announces Open Season For West Texas Oil Gathering And Treating System

    By News Provider HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: APC) today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, DBM Oil Services, LLC (DBMOS), is holding a binding open season to identify interest in a new high-vapor-pressure oil-gathering and treating system serving portions of Reeves, Loving, Ward, and Winkler Counties in West Texas. The DBMOS system is expected to have a gathering capacity…

  • The University of Houston’s HUB Program Continues to Grow while Fulfilling its Mission

    By Valerie Jones In recent years, government statistics have shown an increase in Minority- (MBE) and Women-Owned Businesses (WBE) in the U.S. Much like Historically Underutilized Business (HUB), these entities have not always received the same opportunities for government contracts as other businesses in the state of Texas. This is precisely why HUB programs in…

  • Three-segment, 850-mile corridor could provide passenger rail service

    By News Provider A federally funded study to determine the feasibility of passenger rail service between Oklahoma City and South Texas recently advanced to the next phase allowing for continued exploration of the proposed route. The $7 million Texas-Oklahoma Passenger Rail Study covers an 850-mile corridor broken into three segments going from Oklahoma City to…

  • Texas Live! Bivens brings diversity to project

    Demetria Bivens always keeps her eye on the ball. By News Provider Growing up in East Texas as one of eight children being raised by a single mother, she learned early the value of hard work. “My mother was a strong-willed woman and she taught us that you had to work for the things you…

  • BridgeTex Pipeline to Further Expand, Launches Supplemental Open Season for Additional Capacity

    By News Provider TULSA, Okla. and HOUSTON, Nov. 30, 2017 — Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MMP) (“Magellan”) and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (NYSE: PAA) (“Plains”) announced today that BridgeTex Pipeline Company, LLC (“BridgeTex”), owned 50/50 by Magellan and Plains, plans to further expand the capacity of the BridgeTex pipeline and has launched a supplemental open season to…

  • Kruse Energy conducts its largest auction of 2017 in Odessa, TX

    By News Provider US$25+ million of equipment was sold in the Nov. 15 – 16 auction, incl. 180+ items for BJ Services ODESSA, TX, Nov. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – Kruse Energy Auctioneers, a Ritchie Bros. solution, conducted its largest auction of the year last week, selling more than 1,500 equipment items and trucks for US$25+ million in Odessa, TX. The…

  • Falcon Steel America Acquires Manufacturing Facility in Conroe, Texas

    New plant increases company’s production capacity by 60% annually with plans for 150 new hires By News Provider CONROE, Texas, Nov. 28, 2017 — Falcon Steel America (FSA), a leading designer, engineer and fabricator of American-made steel structures, announced today that it has acquired a 226,000-square foot manufacturing facility in Conroe, Texas.   The addition of the new plant, located at…

  • Important Downtown Dallas Restoration Project Looks Up For Green Power

    1808/GoodWork Project To Be Solar Powered by Sunfinity Solar By News Provider DALLAS, Nov. 16, 2017– A once-abandoned building on the edge of Downtown is being reincarnated as an eco-friendly, people-friendly mixed-use destination that offers coworking, loft living, green space, commercial office space and a coffee shop, and developers have been awarded a$300,000 grant to install a solar…

  • Martin Instrument now offering UAVs that can detect methane gas in natural gas lines, tanks, gas wells and landfills

    By News Provider AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 16, 2017 — Martin Instrument and Microdrones is excited to announce the release of a new professional aerial methane detection solution, the mdTector1000 CH4. It’s the newest fully integrated aerial methane inspection package for the microdrones multi-rotor UAV, built for professionals responsible for methane gas infrastructure. “For our oil and gas customers, we…

  • Honeywell To Provide Cryogenic Gas Processing Plant To EagleClaw Midstream Ventures

    Plant recovers valuable natural gas liquids from natural gas By News Provider DES PLAINES, Ill., Nov. 20, 2017– Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that EagleClaw Midstream Ventures, LLC will use UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment to process 200 million standard cubic feet per day of natural gas at its gas processing facility in the Permian Basin in Reeves County, Texas. UOP Russell customized…

  • Fort Bend Services, Inc. Offers Superior Water and Wastewater Treatment

    Water and wastewater treatment is a necessary function for municipalities, food processing plants, commercial businesses, hospitals and oil refineries, to name a few. And it’s the livelihood and backbone of Fort Bend Services, Inc., a company that devotes itself to providing customers with water and wastewater treatment solutions. With a history that dates back to…