Arch Coal Inc. (ACI) and Great Northern Properties Limited Partnership (GNP) have entered into a coal lease agreement for all of GNP’s coal resources in the Otter Creek Tracts located in southeastern Montana. Following the agreement, Arch will own the right to mine about 9,600 acres (731 million tons) of GNP-owned minerals for a consideration of 10 cents per ton or $73.1 million, payable in equal annual installments over a period of five years. The 731 million tons of high-quality, low-cost, sub-bituminous coal reserves, which are low in sulfur dioxide content, are located in the Ashland coalfield southeast of Billings, Montana.   The coal lease provides a future growth opportunity for Arch to build a significant position in the Northern Powder River Basin coal region. We believe investment in these low-ratio reserves would support the future development of a large-scale, dragline-operated surface coal mine. It will also give Arch

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Energy delivery company CenterPoint Energy Inc. (CNP) today posted net earnings of 31 cents per share, in line with Zacks Consensus Estimate of 31 cents and lower than last year’s earnings of 39 cents. The company’s core regulated operations reported strong earnings results during the quarter despite the economic downturn. Net revenues in the quarter increased 60% over a year ago to $2,515 million, driven by revenue increases at the natural gas distribution and competitive natural gas sales & services businesses. Operating income reported in the quarter was down 15% year-over-year to $287 million, due to lower natural gas and natural gas liquids prices, a decline in natural gas throughput from the traditional basins and reduced basis differentials. Operating income at CenterPoint’s electric transmission & distribution segment improved 8% over last year to $218 million, consisting of $187 million from the regulated electric transmission & distribution ...

According to ITAR-TASS, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has commented that Russia does not object to selling energy resources using domestic currencies.  How done is the Russia-China gas deal? wonders the the FT.  Gazprom will buy 500 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan next year.  The Times has a piece on the 'take-and-pay' system which is now causing friction between suppliers and buyers.  Norway's Aladdin has signed a five-year contract to provide gas from a field in the Komi republic to a Gapzrom subsidiary.  ConocoPhillips is apparently 'non-committal' on a possible sale of its 20% stake in Lukoil.  Serbia expects as much as $13.4 billion to be invested in modernizing its energy sector by 2015, and is working with Gazprom.  Iraq has given a consortium led by Eni the right to develop its ...

Given the current state of the energy markets, being a large company is not necessarily a good thing. Flexibility is a distinct advantage. Mid and larger energy companies tend to focus on larger properties where capital costs can be extreme, limiting the ability to adapt to changing conditions. As the book says, “small is beautiful.” In a variable market, a company that can adapt quickly is one that will be profitable.

Savoy Energy Corp., an oil and gas extraction company, works to extract and sell oil and gas primarily in the United States. The company recently signed agreements to explore for oil in Fiji.

Although the company is open to all potential properties, it is currently extracting and re-working existing wells in Gonzales, Texas. The company appears to be extremely structured in its operations with a particular focus on cost controls. Generally speaking,

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Incorporated in 2006, Spring Creek Capital Corporation is a Business Development Company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Their corporate focus is on portfolio investments in companies developing innovative solutions for the healthcare market. Spring Creek Capital’s business model is to locate, invest in, and provide management assistance to small public and private companies to enable those companies to undertake their own business plans and models.

The Company looks for investment in companies operating in a broad category of markets and business segments. These include alternative energy markets as well as medical devices and related markets. Spring Creek Capital intends to invest in companies in emerging markets and industries.

On July 21, 2009, Spring Creek Capital Corporation announced that Stratis Healthcare, Inc., a portfolio investment company of Spring Creek, entered into an agreement with TheraBiogen, Inc. This agreement is to provide inventory, distribution, and logistics services for the distribution of

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Today, Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc. published letters of intent outlining the plan to install and operate approximately 4 megawatts of photovoltaic systems on government buildings in several municipalities across the United States. This announcement follows the company’s plan to focus on executing on a grass roots campaign, “RENEW THE NATION”, designed to help redeploy a portion of the U.S. workforce and reduce the world`s dependence on fossil fuels by selling solar thermal and photovoltaic (PV) technologies.

Anticipating a completion date in 2010, the company will provide all solar equipment for on-site installation, and will sell the newly generated solar energy to the buildings at a discounted rate, offering competitive rates against the current provider. Additionally, Solar Energy Initiatives will recognize energy sales over a 20-year period.

The approximately 20,000 solar panels delegated for this project will reduce hazardous carbon dioxide emissions by 6,000 tons, annually. Upon completion,

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Sharjah-based Dana Gas, the Gulf’s first privately run natural gas firm, reported a 31% increase in gross profits compared to the same period last year. Concurrently, net profits grew more than eleven-fold. As usual, the firm’s Egyptian operations played a central role to its financial results; in fact, during the second quarter alone two new fields there came on stream, the firm made a new gas discovery, and it realized three successful appraisal wells–all adding to gas reserves. However, according to CEO Mr Ahmed Al-Arbeed, condensate sales stemming from its operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq were just as pivotal to the firm’s recent success. Dana Gas signed strategic partnership agreements with both an Austrian and a Hungarian-based integrated oil and gas group during the second quarter, the beginnings of the culmination of a $400 million investment in the region made in

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Sympowerco Corp.

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StocksHaven Investments analyzes one of the most undervalued alternative energy plays, which in the near future may find itself alongside the predominant players within the Fuel Cell & Hybrid Power Systems Research & Development sector.  SymPowerco is an energy technology company focused on the design and development of clean and practical power and energy solutions. Their mission is to make practical Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Systems a commercial reality. The company’s unique Flowing Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell offers a practical solution to a host of global

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