Truck Order Predictions Pretty Well Laid Out Through 2010
November 19, 2009
Truck orders indicate pre-2010 surge | www.etrucker.com
In the midst of the optimism with the recent surge in truck orders, reality is setting back in that 2010 truck orders will be slow due to the mew emissions rules - again! We have written several articles over the last 6-months about the slow truck sales marketplace leading into the current prebuy. So here’s a look ahead....
Integrated Fuel Technologies Non-Urea SCR Option Hits A Speed-Bump
November 16, 2009
Cover Story: Pipe Schemes | www.seattleweekly.com
One of the two non-urea Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) developers as noted in GLG articles has legal problems prompting potential major users to steer clear for now. The referenced article by Laura Onstot for the Seattle Weekly is an interesting read including alleged money, fraud, religion, mistresses and other sorted issues - but more about business issues than the technology.
Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia
November 16, 2009
Qatar Petroleum buys assets from Shell Singapore | www.shell.com
Shell had to sell downstream petrochemical assets in Singapore to Qatar Petroleum to compete with Exxon.
JB Hunt Intermodal Will Do Well For A Couple of BIG Reasons
November 11, 2009
J B Hunt (JBHT) Gets S&P 4 Star Buy Rating But Showing Bearish Technicals | www.marketintelligencecenter.com
After 20-years, Intermodal as pioneered by JB Hunt and United Parcel Service is even more of a bright spot. I share our colleague Mr. Williams’ optimism regarding Intermodal - and that for JB Hunt’s continued success therein. There are idiosyncrasies in the numbers discussed that offers an opportunity for a different look.
ENI and U.S. natural gas players deserve more recognition
November 10, 2009
Eni Faces Threat to Lucrative Gas Network | online.wsj.com
ENI is a major natural gas supplier to the EU. However, the EU bureaucrates threaten to force separation of upstream and downstream oil& gas activities of ENI in order to generate more competition for gas delivery to the EU.
November 9, 2009
Contract let for coal gasification plant | www.ogj.com
Siemens Energy secured a licensing and equipment contract from Tenaska Energy Inc. , Omaha for a commercial-scale coal gasification plant with CCS features to be located in Taylorville , Illinois. The plant output is synthetic natural gas ("SNG"). The project budget is $3.5 billion with a potential gross capacity of 730 MW.
3Q2009 An Ugly One For Refiners
November 7, 2009
Frontier Oil, Holly Hit By Weak Refining Margins | www.reuters.com
Weak demand has hurt the profitability of refiners.
Class 8 Truck Prebuy Is Coming To An End - 2010 Skepticism Here!
November 6, 2009
Class 8 Orders See Sharp Rise From September | www.truckinginfo.com
FTR Associates President Eric Starks shows North America Class 8 October order numbers at 21,792 trucks. This is a rate more triple than we were seeing February through July of this year - ranging 6,000-8,000 per month and double the August and September numbers. My friend Eric knows the numbers better than most, so we’ll offer some customer comments as to why.
Fertilizer Musical Chairs Coming to Sad End- Agrium & CF Industries Last Offers
November 6, 2009
Agrium increases cash portion of bid in final attempt to buy CF Industries | www.chicagotribune.com
Since the beginning of the year Agrium Inc. and CF Industries Holdings Inc. have been seeking to make a major acquisition in consolidation effort after drop in sector share prices. This week new offers went out and we might be reaching an end to this round of efforts as the outlook for the sector finally appears to be touching bottom.
Biofuels from nonfood chain feedstock sources are viable alternative fuels
November 4, 2009
Biofuels do harm, aren't they? | pellets-wood.com
The biofuels and alternative energy project models that were originally based on feedstock materials from the food chain commodities have been shown to a failure, something many already knew.Not only did they add to the upward pressures on food chain commodities, especially corn and soyoil, they brought added deforestation pressures in several developing economies.Additional fertilizers and pressures on already low water supplies in some areas were additional exacerbations to the equation.The new generation of feedstock for biofuel production will be from nonfood chain sources and will add new benefits into the biofuel equation.
Big-Foot YRC Drops the Other Shoe on Shareholders
November 3, 2009
Bombardier Barbs Shows CSeries Can't Cut The Mustard
November 2, 2009
New 777 Depends On 787 Success
October 13, 2009
Airbus Lost $7.5bn+ Trying to Flog the A350XWB
August 28, 2009
Airbus A380 Struggling To Cut The Mustard?
August 24, 2009