Aramco awards contracts for Yanbu refinery
Saudi Aramco has signed contracts with international firms to build a multi-billion dollar refinery at Yanbu on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, Reuters has reported. South Korean firms Daelim and SK Engineering and Construction Co won deals to build three of the main processing units at the 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery. Other winners included Spain's Tecnicas Reunidas , Dayim Punj Lloyd (Saudi Arabia), a unit of Punj Lloyd, and Egypt's Engineering for the Petroleum and Process Industries (ENPPI), the company said in a statement. The complex refinery is slated to process heavy crude from Saudi Arabia's project to pump 900,000 barrels per day from the Moneefa oilfield. [AMEInfo.com]
WattBusters Slashes Prices
Good news people. We've cut the price of many products on our website. Due to volume purchasing, WattBusters can now offer the same great products at lower prices and pass the savings on to you.
As products come to market, we are able to work with manufacturers to acquire
larger lots of new and current items. With an eye toward cutting energy usage and the resulting reduction of pollutants in the air and water, we're excited by the positive impact each item brings to the environment. Changing a light bulb seems like such a small thing but when you add up all the energy-saving light bulbs being installed all over the country, we're making BIG changes.
Winter Static - Humidity in Your Home
I don't need a groundhog to tell me that it's still winter. I keep waking up to new blankets of snow and my natural gas bills look like they are for two months instead of one. What's with that? I caulked, sealed the cracks underneath my doors and generally try to keep my thermostat down.
One thing I hadn't given much thought to this season is the lack of humidity in my house. The first giveaway that something wasn't quite right is major static-electricity.
BP sends Hayward to Siberia
BP sends Hayward to Siberia Mail & Guardian - Business - 2010/07/30 - page 6 - Clark, Andrew BP has stunned the City of London by nominating Tony Hayward to
Microbes vs Man: The ultimate war
And the winner is? http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38495130/ns/health-infectious_diseases  As we divert money away from domestic issues of health and safety to
Super Bowl 2006 Products
WattBusters would like to announce that we are carrying two products approved for sale by the NFL for Super Bowl XL. The 40th matchup will be held at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan on February 5, 2006. The $300 million Ford Field, which opened in 2002, is carved into the famous Hudson's warehouse and offers a spectacular view of downtown Detroit through its steel, glass and brick structure. The stadium is located in the city's "Foxtown" entertainment district adjacent to Comerica Park, the home of the Detroit Tigers. The 1.3 million square foot facility has 65,000 seats and 113 luxury suites and promises the best site lines of any NFL stadium.
Technology and Safer Chimneys
(ARA) - While new hearth products have made fireplace ownership much more convenient, maintenance requirements have remained steady.
Many American homeowners assume that their chimneys only need to be cleaned and inspected if they burn wood in their fireplaces or wood stoves. But almost all heating appliances, whether fueled by gas, oil, wood or coal, rely on chimneys and vents to safely carry toxic gases, like carbon monoxide (CO), out of the home.