Wärtsilä Norway AS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wärtsilä Corporation in Finland. Wärtsilä enhances the business of its customers by providing them with complete lifecycle power solutions. When creating better and environmentally compatible technologies, Wärtsilä focuses on the marine and energy markets with products and solutions as well as services. Through innovative products and services, Wärtsilä sets out to be the most valued business partner of all its customers. This is achieved by the dedication of more than 18,000 professionals manning 160 Wärtsilä locations in 70 countries around the world.
Thorvik International Consulting AS provides services for European energy and environment industries, in recruitment, strategy and government affairs work.
Maersk Oil is aiming to grow by exploration and new business activities in Norway and is looking for a skilled and committed geoscientist (5 to 12 years of experience) for the office in Stavanger, Norway.
Thorvik International Consulting AS provides services for European energy and environment industries, in recruitment, strategy and government affairs work.
Chevron said today it has formed a biofuels business unit to advance technology and pursue commercial opportunities related to the production and distribution of ethanol and biodiesel in the US.
Chevron will officially announce the business unit today in Galveston, Texas, where the company is participating in a groundbreaking ceremony to inaugurate construction of one of the first large-scale biodiesel plants in the US.
Participating in the ceremony will be Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Lyda Ann Thomas, mayor of Galveston, Donald Paul, vice president and chief technology officer, Chevron, and William Berger, chairman of Galveston Bay Biodiesel.
"Biofuels are a growing component of the world's energy base and will be an active part of Chevron's efforts to help diversify the world's energy supplies.
"Chevron's capabilities and experience in producing and distributing high-quality fuels make us ideally positioned to pursue opportunities in this sector as it expands," said Paul.
The biofuels business unit will operate within Chevron Technology Ventures, a corporate subsidiary dedicated to identifying, developing and commercialising emerging energy technologies.