UAB Works at Superconductors to Halt Electrical Spills
UAB research aims to end electrical spillage through experimental superconductor materials.
Flashback: Balky Bellefonte
The towers of the Bellefonte Nuclear Power Plant, in the foothills north of Scottsboro, could nearly qualify as a historic landmark — as one of the longest running construction projects in the U.S.
Untreated Overflow
In affluent and poor communities alike, untreated sewage overflows into streams as many as 30 times a day across Alabama. Improvements to wastewater utilities usually only follow a problem, including a trip to the hospital after a summer swim.
Flashback: Gulf Drilling Vigorous after Disaster
Drilling activity hardly blinked at the environmental disaster of the BP spill. After a modest 18-month decline in Gulf production, there began a steady rise that has continued through 2018.
Energen Corp. Bought for a Premium, $9.2 Billion
Diamondback Energy Inc., based in Midland, Texas, on August 14 agreed to buy Energen Corp. for $9.2 billion.
Pumping Oil, Fighting Raiders
Energen Corp. is feasting on a chunk of assets that could surpass Saudi Arabia’s Ghawar Field as the largest oil field in the world. The company also is being circled by some hungry activist investors.
Petroleum Company Discovers Liquidity in U.K.
Fast growing Diversified Gas & Oil pulls its petroleum from venerable fields in Appalachia and went public a year ago on a London exchange.
Black Gold
More than six decades of oil and gas production in Alabama extends from Huntsville to the Gulf of Mexico.
Coconut Purveyor Marx Brothers Goes Solar
Marx Brothers Inc., a Birmingham company that imports and distributes coconut products, recently installed a rooftop solar system that can generate 35 percent of the company’s annual energy requirements.
State Water Plan Stalled
ABOVE Roy McCauley, of the Alabama Pulp and Paper Council, worries that a state water plan might put an unnecessary layer...
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Flashback: Crazy Rich Asians
In September 2009, the third richest man on the Forbes 2001 rich list, Yung Yeung, showed up at a press conference in Montgomery with...
Spotlight on Cullman County
Lying about halfway between Birmingham and Huntsville along Interstate 65, Cullman County has long been recognized for great schools and beautiful lakefront scenery, but...
Making a Living in Crenshaw County
A photographer’s account of business life in three rural Alabama counties: Part 1, Crenshaw County.
Opelika Ponders, Plumbs, Presents Itself
Residents of Opelika eagerly dove into a citywide charrette called DesignPlace. One result morphed from sticky notes, through local history, into a logo with locomotion.
Meet the New Inductees to the Alabama Business Hall of Fame
Since 1973, the Alabama Business Hall of Fame has honored business professionals who have brought lasting acclaim or recognition to the state. This year, seven Alabama business professionals will be recognized as the latest members of the Alabama Business Hall of Fame at a celebration Nov. 15 in Birmingham.