NorthStar Engineering signs on for Oroville-area water service studyOroville Mercury RegisterOroville >> The Butte Local Agency Formation Commission study of water service providers in the Oroville area requested by the city about a year ago is in th …

NorthStar Engineering signs on for Oroville-area water service studyChico Enterprise-RecordOroville >> The Butte Local Agency Formation Commission study of water service providers in the Oroville area requested by the city about a year ago is in the …

Transport Topics OnlineCan Bridges Handle Weight of Platooning Trucks? Engineering Firm Wants to KnowTransport Topics OnlineWASHINGTON — While truck-to-truck communication, driver training and safety have advanced the effort to hasten platooning to market, …

Pamplin Media GroupEngineering study shows levee fixes costlyPamplin Media GroupRecent engineering studies have shown that the main east-west levee, which lies under Marine Drive, is mostly up to snuff. But several other costly projects are needed, some of …

Chron.comPetroleum stockpiles fall despite increase in oil inventoriesChron.comThe nation's stockpile of commercial crude oil rose by 2.2 million barrels last week, but it was more than offset by a big dip in petroleum products inventories. Overall pet …

NOLA.comOil platform fire in Gulf of Mexico injures 2NOLA.com8) in a fire on a Shell oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico, the company said. The remaining 46 workers were safely evacuated. A Shell spokesman said the fire happened at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday on it …

The HinduWatch: Converting used vegetable oil into biofuelThe HinduAt the Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering in Shivamogga, Karnataka, used vegetable oil is converted into biofuel. In this process, called trans-esterification, carboxylic acid …

Financial TimesEyes in the sky put Saudi oil storage figures in doubtFinancial TimesOrbital Insight, a California company that uses satellite images and algorithms to track above-ground oil storage in Saudi Arabia and other countries, says its analysis of …

MIT NewsA new way to mix oil and waterMIT NewsThe reluctance of oil and water to mix together and stay that way is so well-known that it has become a cliché for describing any two things that do not go together well. Now, a new finding from researchers at …

Wall Street JournalCleanup Under Way After Large Oil Spill Off Louisiana CoastWall Street JournalAn offshore pipeline fracture that has spilled as much as 9,350 barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico near Louisiana appeared to be contained, the company res …