My name is Alex Becerra, I’m married with two kids, I live in Houston, I’m an engineer, a computer geek, an avid golfer and the owner of PetroPages.
On February 23, 2011 Google released the latest change to their ranking algorithm. Google said that this change impacts approximately 12% of its search results in the US. This is a fairly significant change. What’s the objective of this change and if your business benefits from search engine traffic (just about everyone)how should you react.
October 6, 2010 – 5:28 PM
EagleBurgmann Industries L.P. — a global manufacturer of mechanical seals, systems, packing and expansion joints – will announce tomorrow their intent to break ground on a new facility designed to meet increasing demand from their ever increasing U.S. customer base. The announcement will be made at the 39th annual Turbomachinery Symposium, held at the George [...]
4 big EPC contracts were recently awarded to Sinopec, J. Ray McDermott, ICA Fluor and SNC-Lavalin. Sinopec Awarded $1.3B Polypropylene Plant J. Ray McDermott Awarded Saudi Aramco EPC Project ICA Flour Wins $622M Clean Fuels Projects from PEMEX SNC-Lavalin gets new contract in Venezuela Sinopec Awarded $1.3 bln Polypropylene Plant Estimated Cost: $1.26 billion Engineering [...]
February 22, 2010 – 9:10 PM
HOUSTON, Feb. 22 — Oil and gas services provider Schlumberger Ltd. announced plans to acquire Smith International Inc. in a stock-for-stock transaction worth an estimated $11 billion. Both companies’ boards unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement. Smith, based in Houston, provides products and engineering services used during oil and gas drilling, completions, and production. Among [...]
February 1, 2010 – 4:10 PM
You have just started your new job as senior rotating equipment reliability engineer at a major production facility that involves rotating equipment. You have just joined the morning meeting on your first day and all you hear about is that the TE-101 is up and running, and everyone is hopeful that this time it will [...]