Soldiers of the Tennessee National Guard's 775th Engineering Detachment, working in Djibouti, welcomed their commander, Brig. Gen. Robert Harris, to the Horn of Africa, who visited in late February to
IronPlanet (www.ironplanet.com), the Pleasanton, Calif.-based online auction company for used construction equipment, gained marketplace momentum in 2008, with gross auction sales of $337 million, an increase of 43 percent over
Geothermal energy is increasingly contributing to the power supply worldwide. Iceland is world-leader in expanding development of geothermal utilization: In recent years, the annual power supply there doubled to more
ITT Corp., a leading provider of pumps and systems for transporting and treating water, has been awarded a contract to supply a number of high-end water pumps for two irrigation
A new map of the Earth’s gravitational force based on satellite measurements may make it much less resource-intensive to find new oil deposits. The map could be particularly useful as
Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the
In early March, an international team of scientists will set sail aboard the drill ship JOIDES Resolution on the first of two Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) expeditions to the
Ancient ground water being tapped by Jordan, one of the 10 most water-deprived nations in the world, has been found to contain 20 times the radiation considered safe for drinking
The M-I SWACO Production Technology group won the prestigious International Platinum Award at the Energy Institute Awards held in London for its innovative technology, developed to safely extract oil trapped
Two leading organizations dedicated to the protection of the ground water resource – the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) and the Ground Water Protection Council – are holding their first-ever
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