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Posting ID: 3639258399Posted: 2013-02-23, 5:19PM PSTEdited: 2013-02-23, 5:19PM PSTemail to a friendSorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Gulf Coast diesel exports to rise as production hits 23-year high
By Rob Sheridan
Bloomberg News
The number of diesel cargoes booked for export to Europe from the U.S. Gulf Coast is set to climb after output of refined oil products was the highest in at least 23 years, a Bloomberg News survey showed.
Traders will charter 12 Medium Range tankers for loading to June 26, the average of estimates from seven shipbrokers specializing in the trade showed this week. That’s three more vessels, each normally carrying 38,000 metric tons of the fuel, than in a corresponding survey last week.
Up north: Canadian refineries taking more U.S. crude
Production of distillate fuel oils on the Gulf Coast was the highest since at least January 1990 in the week of May 31, according to figures from the U.S. Energy Department, which classifies the area as PADD 3. Refinery restarts in the Midwest will lift capacity by more than 300,000 barrels a day, boosting Gulf Coast distillate exports, Fotis Giannakoulis, a New York-based analyst at Morgan Stanley, said in a report June 10.
“The U.S. is producing too much diesel and has to get rid of it,” Ehsan Ul-Haq, an analyst at KBC Energy Economics in Walton-on-Thames, England, said by phone yesterday. “Demand from the Middle East is also taking diesel out of the Mediterranean, and European buyers will replace this with diesel from the U.S.”
Hire costs for tankers on the Gulf Coast-to-Europe voyage gained for a fifth session in six yesterday, climbing 4.1 percent to 89.64 industry-standard Worldscale points, according to the Baltic Exchange in London.
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Six of the projected bookings have been arranged and the rest are anticipated, the latest survey showed. Thirty tankers will be seeking cargoes, compared with 32 in the previous survey, according to the shipbrokers.
The survey is based on the Houston-to-Amsterdam route, a benchmark for the trade that takes about 17 days at 12.5 knots, according to the sea-distances.com website. The table below details numbers of ships booked, likely to be hired and available for charter for the two weeks from the stated dates.
DRILL RIG OPERATOR HELPER - Department Of The Interior - Billings, MT
Reclamation is a contemporary water management agency. Reclamation is best known for Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River and Folsom Dam on the American River. Today we are the largest wholesaler of water in the country and the second largest producer of hydroelectric power in the western United States. Visit: www.usbr.gov .
View our DVD titled "Traditions, Talent, and Teamwork" at: www.usbr.gov/pmts/hr/video/
Position is being advertised concurrently under BR-GP-IESG-13-34, for current Federal employees serving under competitive service career or career-conditional appointments, former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility, VEOA eligible veterans or persons eligible for non-competitive appointment under special appointing authorities (such as 30% disabled veterans). If you are interested in applying under both announcement numbers, you must submit application packages for each.
Reclamation is seeking a Drill Rig Operator Helper to assist with all facets of environmental, engineering, construction geology, and hydrology exploratory programs. You can make a difference in the West by assisting in meeting increasing water demands while protecting the environment.
Here is a great opportunity to join an organization with excellent growth potential!
LOCATION: Great Plains Regional Office, Infrastructure & Engineering Services Group, Geology & Exploration Services, Billings, MT.
For living conditions go to: www.usbr.gov/gp/employment/living_conditions.pdf .
Relocation expenses will not be paid by the Government. Any travel, transportation and relocation expenses associated with reporting for duty in this position will be the responsibility of the selected employee.
Additional positions may be filled from this vacancy announcement.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
U.S. Citizenship or National. Valid state drivers license. You must submit a resume and supporting documentation (See How to Apply). Travel up to 20 nights per month. Have and maintain a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL). Incumbent must live within 2 hour response time from official duty station. You MUST pass a pre-employment physical.
DUTIES: - Helps transport equipment and prepare drill sites and high-pressure water (10,000-15,000 psi) drain cleaning sites. Assists in setting up work site, setting water supply, stringing hose, and operating high pressure cleaning programs.
- Operates jackhammers, chain saws, pumps, generators, hoists, winches, and other hand and power tools. Breaks (with pipe wrenches) and tails out or lays down drill rods, drill bits, core barrels, drill collars, casings, drive barrels, drive hammers, and auger flights.
- Drives water truck pulling drill or equipment trailer behind. Loads water on water truck using a small pump. Loads and unloads all tools and materials necessary for drilling operations.
- Under the direction of the Drill Rig Operator, performs preventative maintenance on all equipment and helps with repairs.
- Retrieves, prepares, boxes, and properly labels all geologic samples for inspection and logging.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Minimum qualifications for trades and labor positions are determined by evaluation of job elements. You must meet at least 2 points on the screen-out element(s) and obtain an average of at least 2 points on all job elements in order to be considered qualified for this position.
Applicants will be further evaluated on the following Job Elements through your resume and responses to the online questions.
1. Ability to do the work of a Drill Rig Operator Helper without more than normal supervision (Screen-out)
2. Technical practices
3. Reliability and dependability
4. Ability to handle weights and loads
5. Ability to follow directions in a shop
6. Dexterity and safety
7. Ability to work as a member of a team
8. Operation of motor vehicles
SELECTIVE PLACEMENT FACTOR: This position requires a current Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with the endorsement of air brake, tanker and trailer towing in excess of 10,000 lbs GVW. Failure to provide proof of this license with your application will make you ineligible.
You must meet all qualification requirements and any selective placement factors by the closing date of this announcement.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: Category rating and selection procedures will be used for evaluating this position. If you meet the basic qualification requirements, your on-line responses to the vacancy assessment questionnaire will be used to determine the quality and extent of your experience, education, training, etc., for placement in one of the following categories: 1) Highly Qualified and 2) Qualified. Qualified candidates will be assigned a numerical score on a scale of 70-100 and Veterans with preference will be placed at the top of their respective category. The assessment questionnaire will take you approximately 30 minutes to complete.
Applicants’ answers to questions will be verified against information provided in their online resumes. Be sure that the resume clearly supports the response to all the questions by addressing experience, education and/or training relevant to this position. Applicants must make a fair and accurate assessment of their qualifications. If a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is apparent in your description of experience, competencies, skills, and/or education/training OR that your resume/application is incomplete, you may be rated ineligible or your score may be lowered.
To preview questions please click here .
BENEFITS: Working for the Bureau of Reclamation offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; life insurance, health benefits, and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System. To explore the major benefits offered to most Federal employees, visit: www.usajobs.gov/ResourceCenter/Index/Interactive/Benefits#icc
OTHER INFORMATION: - Reclamation has determined that the duties of this position are suitable for telework and the selectee may be allowed to telework with supervisory approval.
- At Government expense, the applicant selected will be required to obtain a successful pre-employment physical examination by a licensed physician certifying his/her ability to perform the duties of the position.
- Operation of a Government vehicle is required; therefore, valid State driver's license is required. Driving record will be verified prior to final selection.
- This position requires frequent travel up to 20 nights per month.
- This position requires the incumbent to live within a 2 hour response time from the official duty station.
- This position requires the incumbent to have and maintain a Class A Commercial Driver's License (CDL) with the endorsements of air brake, tanker and trailer towing in excess of 10,000 lbs GVW while occupying this position. You MUST submit a copy of your CDL license with your application.
- This position is subject to a drug test prior to entrance on duty and random drug testing while you occupy this position.
- Operation of High Pressure Water Cleaning Equipment (10,000 to 15,000 psi).
- Selective Service: If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. For more information visit: www.sss.gov .
- Equal Employment Opportunity: The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.
New Restaurant-Cooks, Cashier, Waiters - All Positions Wanted (Wilmington)
-Experienced Persian Food Cooks
-Experienced Italian Food Cooks
-Cahiers
-Experienced Waitress
-Bussboy/Dishwasher
-Drivers
Email your name, telephone number, job desired, and experience or call (310) 560-7845 and leave a message with your name and number. Posting ID: 3639726386
Posted: 2013-02-24, 1:21AM PSTEdited: 2013-02-24, 1:21AM PSTemail to a friendUsing Greek yogurt to produce power
By Michael Hill
Associated Press
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — The Greek yogurt boom in New York is being harnessed to make electricity.
More Greek yogurt production has meant more whey, a watery byproduct from the process. Yogurt makers commonly ship it back to farms for use as feed and fertilizer, but it also is being used to generate power in several places.
At the Gloversville-Johnstown wastewater plant west of Albany, it’s pipelined from the nearby Fage yogurt plant, where it goes into a 1.5 million-gallon tank filled with anaerobic bacteria, called an anaerobic digester. The resulting methane gas becomes combustible fuel that generates nearly enough electricity to power the plant.
“If the generators are off, we have a $500,000-a-year electric bill. So 90 percent of that is kind of offset by this kind of generation,” said consultant George Bevington. He said about 500,000 gallons of whey come into the plant weekly, about two-thirds of the organic waste that goes into the digester.
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New York has benefited from America’s increased craving for Greek yogurt like nowhere else. Market leader Chobani and Fage both have large production plants upstate, an area dotted with plants making different types of yogurt. The Muller Quaker Dairy plant in western New York, a joint venture of PepsiCo and Germany’s Theo Muller company, began making a variety of yogurt products this month.
It takes four gallons of milk to make one gallon of Greek yogurt, so more Greek yogurt means more acid whey (as opposed to the less acidic sweet whey associated with hard cheese making). Though not toxic, producers have to do something with it.
“It’s a profit problem for the plant. They’re buying four gallons of milk and making one gallon of yogurt. And they’ve got three gallons of this stuff. It’s mostly water but they got a bunch of volume of stuff,” said Andrew Novakovic, a professor of agricultural economics at Cornell University.
Up to 80 percent of the whey from Fage’s U.S. plant is piped directly to the wastewater treatment plant. The rest goes to farmers with anaerobic digesters for energy or feed, said company spokesman Russell Evans.
“It certainly is a cost-effective way of using whey,” he said. The plant is in the midst of nearly doubling its capacity and is working to keep a high percentage of whey in digesters.
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Chobani spokeswoman Lindsay Kos said most of the whey from its central New York plant is shipped back to farms for feed. Roughly a third of Chobani whey is used as fertilizer and a small percentage is used to produce energy, she said.
Though not an especially valuable cattle feed, it can be blended with other feeds to replace protein and energy nutrient requirements that otherwise would be met with more expensive feeds, Novakovic said.
Finger Lakes dairy farmer Neil Rejman, who keeps 3,300 cows, regularly accepts whey from Chobani. Though whey usually makes up less than 5 percent of what goes in his digester, it helps Rejman keep running his digester at maximum 1,000-kilowatt-hour capacity.
“Everyone’s talking about whey and yogurt as if it’s a new problem or a phenomenon. It’s an old story,” he said. “It’s really not a problem for the industry. It might be a little bit of a cost for yogurt manufacturers. But the processors, they’re getting a home for it on the farms, so that’s a good thing. For farmers, it’s a good thing because they’re using it for feed, electricity and fertilizer. And the consumers are getting renewable power.”
But it can be a costly solution out of reach of smaller or struggling farms. Rejman said his farm’s digester cost about $4.5 million to set up, with a $1 million grant from New York Energy Research and Development Authority.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this year that NYSERDA would double the maximum incentive to up to $2 million per installation, part of the administration’s commitment to helping the yogurt industry in New York, said authority spokeswoman Kate Muller.
There are at least a couple of municipal wastewater treatment plants that take in whey. Aside from the Johnstown-Gloversville, the plant in Ithaca takes in a smaller amount of whey from Fage. Bevington expects more treatment plants to take it in as the word spreads.
“It’s gaining momentum,” he said.
Rig Manager - PA/OH - Chesapeake Energy - Canton, OH
The Rig Manager supervises, oversees, and coordinates activities of workers engaged in drilling oil and gas wells in area consisting of one or more well sites
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Directs workers to erect, dismantle and move drilling rigs, and drilling crews in setting up and operating power units, draw works and other drilling equipment Plans delivery of drilling tools, fuel, water and other supplies for use at drill site Orders type of drilling bits to be used according to type of strata encountered Directs workers in mixing drilling mud and circulating mud in borehole and in the use of specialized drilling mud to prevent blowouts from gas pressure Orders installation of control head (valve device) to control flow when well begins to produce gas or oil. May supervise operations at producing wells to maintain and regulate flow of gas or oil Works closely with Drilling Company Man and all other third party contractors to ensure the overall operation is productive and efficient Ensure department and employees are operating within all Chesapeake, state, federal, etc. guidelines, policies, and regulations. Provide employees with guidance in handling policies, procedures, and service standards Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Knowledge of safety rules and guidelines involved with each operation of the job Knowledge of single line pull – drill pipe strengths – pump pressure liner Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair and maintenance Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it. The ability to teach and instruct others The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not necessarily involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person Able to work and communicate effectively with all levels of co-workers, clients, and other external contacts Demonstrate basic computer knowledge through effective use of a personal computer including Microsoft Office applications. Able to learn company specific applications Any associate who drives a company or personal vehicle for Company business must possess a valid driver licenses and follow all guidelines that are outlined in the Company’s Fleet Policy Education and Work Experience Required
Minimum three years related experience in the oil or natural gas industry Preferred
High school diploma or GED Blow Out Prevention (BOP) certification
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Posting ID: 3639216831Posted: 2013-02-23, 4:55PM PSTEdited: 2013-02-23, 9:04PM PSTemail to a friendSorry, I could not read the content fromt this page.
Pediatric/Orthodontic Office Manager /Marketer (Whittier)
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Study: Exports will have significant impact on US natural gas price
Tugboats pull an LNG tanker to Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass terminal in 2008. (Nick De La Torre / Houston Chronicle)Henry Hub natural gas prices will become far more volatile and influenced by global market conditions once the United States begins to export liquefied natural gas, according to a study released by the PIRA Energy Group.
The New York-based energy market consulting firm concluded that although much attention has been focused on how exports will influence pricing in other parts of the world, the impact on domestic prices also will be significant.
Other studies have suggested exports won’t have a dramatic impact on U.S. prices. In January, the Deloitte Center for Energy Solutions predicted exports of natural gas would boost domestic prices only slightly, while lowering prices for Europe and other U.S. allies.
And a separate study commissioned by the Energy Department last year concluded that the United States would glean big economic benefits — with only modest natural gas price increases — from exporting the fossil fuel.
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The Energy Department so far has granted approval to just two companies, Cheniere Energy and Freeport LNG, to export domestically produced natural gas. And only Cheniere has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build the facilities that will liquefy natural gas for overseas transport at its Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Congress Thursday the department would move quickly to process additional applications — 16 are pending to export natural gas to countries that don’t have free trade agreements with the United States, including Japan.
Moniz said those applications will be reviewed with a consideration of their cumulative impact on the market.
The PIRA Energy study, “Liquefied Henry Hub: The Repercussions of North American LNG Exports at Home and Abroad”, concludes that the more export capacity that is approved and built, the greater the pricing volatility will be.
It says U.S. liquefied natural gas exports are forecast to peak at about nine billion cubic feet per day by 2025.
“Depending on the degree to which this new form of demand is indifferent to North American market developments, the Henry Hub price ramifications will be substantial, at least in the short-term,” study author Mickey Kwong said in a written statement.
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The Henry Hub is a distribution hub on the natural gas pipeline system in Louisiana; natural gas spot and future prices set there serve as the benchmark for North America.
Traditionally, natural gas prices in North America haven’t been linked with those in the rest of the world, and natural gas here is currently far less expensive than it is in most other countries.
That’s a key driver behind the call for the United States to export natural gas. Other countries, particularly those in Asia, hope it will give them access to less expensive gas, and U.S. producers hope the new markets will drive up natural gas prices enough to make drilling more lucrative.
The PIRA study says issues ranging from Russian gas production to Japanese nuclear policy will have a direct impact on Henry Hub prices, much the way issues in the Mideast or West Africa influence crude oil prices.
“The changing dynamic in the market is that the fairly insular world of North American gas markets and Henry Hub pricing will be immediately exposed to supply, demand, inventory, and pricing issues in other parts of the world,” Ira Joseph, executive director of PIRA’s global gas group said. “These factors were previously insignificant or ignored entirely by North American gas trade.”
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