--(www.USEquityNews.com)-- 01/23/2008 - Alternative Energy industry alert provided by U.S. Equity News. ADA-ES, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADES) recently announced that W. Phillip Marcum, age 63, has joined the Company's Board of Directors, increasing the Board to nine members. Mr. Marcum has not yet been named to any committees of the Board, but is expected to serve on at least one Board committee, possibly more. Mr. Marcum brings approximately 40 years of extensive financial, operational and managerial experience in the energy industry to ADA-ES' Board.
Natural-gas partnership Williams Partners LP (NYSE: WPZ) said recently its Ignacio natural gas processing plant returned to service last week after a fire forced a shutdown in late November. Before the shutdown, about 470 million cubic feet per day of natural gas was flowing to the plant located near Durango, Colo. Power and natural gas provider Williams Cos. Inc., which operates the facility, rerouted more than 400 million cubic feet per day of gathered volumes to other facilities. Services at the Ignacio plant that produce propane for local sales are expected to come online by the end of this month, the company said.
Recently, Hercules Tianpu Chemicals, a 40% owned joint venture company of Hercules Incorporated (NYSE: HPC), reported an incident at one of its methylcellulose production lines in China. Damage was limited to a packaging line with a return to full operations expected by the end of the first quarter. Customer demand is expected to be met from inventory resulting from strong operating rates in the fourth quarter and from other sources, including the joint venture's other Chinese methylcellulose production lines. The financial impact of the incident on Hercules is expected to be minimal.
ALL Fuels & Energy Company (OTCBB: AFSE) President Dean Sukowatey recently expanded on his statements contained in a November 8, 2007, article (by S.P. Dinnen, http://www.allfuelsandenergy.com/web.page.desmoinesregister.110807.pdf) in the Des Moines (IA) Register, after numerous inquiries. In particular, Mr. Sukowatey discussed the ALL Fuels' slogan, "Ethanol... a Commitment to America," and how strongly committed the company is to supporting alternative fuels production. Mr. Sukowatey offered as an example ALL Fuels' ongoing investigation of opportunities relating to increased efficiencies in production through enzyme compounds and other developing technologies.
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