Market Wire - Energy and Utilities

Industrial Info Resources: Valero Energy Selects Contractors for $200 Million Hydrogen Project at California Refinery, an Industrial Info News Alert - July 2, 2008

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) (San Antonio, Texas) has selected contractors to construct a $200 million, 100-million-standard-cubic-feet-per-day hydrogen plant at the company's refinery in California. SNC-Lavalin (TSX: SNC) (Montreal, Quebec) is one of several companies that were selected.
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Friendly Energy Exploration: Friendly Energy Advances Initial Payment Toward Infield Development Plan - July 2, 2008

CARSON CITY, NV (MARKET WIRE) Friendly Energy Exploration (PINKSHEETS: FEGR) announces today that it has advanced the initial payment required under the terms of the Letter of Intent with Southwest Talpa L.L.C. for the development of certain leases totaling 1,300 acres located in Runnels County, Texas.
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PureSpectrum, Inc. : PureSpectrum, Inc. Continues Patenting Process for Multiple Technologies - July 2, 2008

SAVANNAH, GA (MARKET WIRE) PureSpectrum, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: PSPM) will further solidify its intellectual property portfolio by filing patent applications for three provisional patents to be upgraded to patent applications by the end of July.
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Industrial Info Resources: Nuclear Station in Connecticut Forced Offline After Steam Leakage in Stop Valves, an Industrial Info News Alert - July 2, 2008

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Dominion Resources Incorporated (NYSE: D) (Richmond, Virginia) was forced to take a large unit offline at the Millstone nuclear plant over the weekend after a mechanical failure.
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Quest Resource Corp.: Quest Resource Corporation Announces Pricing of Public Offering - July 2, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (MARKET WIRE) Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ: QRCP) ("Quest") announced today the pricing of a follow-on public offering of 8,800,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $10.25 per share. Quest has also granted the underwriters a 30-day over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 1,320,000 shares of its common stock. The offering is expected to close on or about July 8, 2008. Quest expects to receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $84.2.
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Industrial Info Resources: Clean Coal and Renewable Energy Projects Underway in the U.K., an Industrial Info News Alert - July 2, 2008

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A coal-fired power project that promises "near-zero emissions" under way in the U.K. at Hatfield in South Yorkshire will contribute to carbon-saving by using integrated gasification combined-cycle technology and carbon capture and storage. Developed on the site of a former coal mine, Powerfuel Power Limited (Doncaster, U.K.), following an agreement signed in 2007, will use Shell's (NYSE:...
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Industrial Info Resources: Northeast Regional Plant Watch: Companies to Pull the Plug on 25 Facilities by Year's End, an Industrial Info News Alert - July 2, 2008

SUGAR LAND, TX (MARKET WIRE) Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Looking forward from January 2008 through the end of the year, a recent analysis of Industrial Info's Industrial Plant Database coverage reveals that the Northeast has 25 plants that have either already closed or are scheduled to do so. General Motors (NYSE: GM) (Detroit, Michigan), is closing an aluminum powertrain casting plant in Massena, New York, and Pharma giant Pfizer (NYSE: PFE)...
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Industrial Info Resources: TransAsia to Relocate 100,000-Barrel Refinery From Italy to Pakistan, an Industrial Info News Alert - July 2, 2008

BANGALORE, INDIA (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- TransAsia Gas International LLC (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), a subsidiary of the Al Ghurair Group of Companies LLC, has firmed up plans to relocate a $600 million refinery project from Italy to Pakistan. TransAsia's project follows close on the heels of an earlier initiative taken by the Indus Refinery Limited (Karachi), a joint venture between investors from the U.S., the U.K., and the Middle East,.
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EnergySolutions, Inc.: EnergySolutions Ranked 1 All-Environmental Firm by Engineering News Record - July 1, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (MARKET WIRE) EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE: ES) has been ranked as the 1 All-Environmental Firm by Engineering News Record.
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Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company: Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company Announces Its Net Asset Value at June 30, 2008 - July 1, 2008

LOS ANGELES, CA (MARKET WIRE) Kayne Anderson MLP Investment Company (the "Company") (NYSE: KYN) today announced its net asset value as of June 30, 2008.
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