Frontier Airlines cuts second-quarter capacity plans
Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings Inc. said Monday that it is reducing growth plans for its Frontier Airlines unit because of uncertainty about future oil prices.
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Indy-based cooperative strikes oil at Terre Haute well
Indianapolis-based oil cooperative says it has made a "significant" oil find at a well site in western Indiana on property owned by the Hulman family.
Hulman family plans oil drilling near Terre Haute
The Vigo County planning commission on Wednesday approved zoning changes to allow drilling on about six acres owned by the Grace Hulman Real Estate Trust and Anton Hulman Jr. Real Estate Trust.
Oil, gas investment firm targets downstate potential
Midwest Energy Partners will back two oil/gas producers. New technologies could stoke investor returns from wells in Illinois
Basin, where production peaked decades ago.
BP: Hayward out as CEO
BP PLC says Tony Hayward will step down as chief executive officer on Oct. 1, to be succeeded by American Robert Dudley.
American could take over Britain’s BP in wake of Gulf oil spill
The man overseeing the much-maligned response by BP PLC to the Gulf oil spill crisis is the likely choice to replace gaffe-prone
Tony Hayward to run the company and would become the first American to ever head the oil giant.
Illinois firm to build used oil plant in Speedway
The $40 million project along West 10th Street could create 75 jobs by 2013.
Environmental services firm to build $40M refinery
Heritage-Crystal Clean Inc. plans to build an oil re-refinery in Speedway, creating as many as 75 new jobs by 2013.
CountryMark acquires oil wells in southern Indiana
Indianapolis-based CountryMark, a co-op that provides fuel to farmers, has acquired 600 oil wells and other assets in the
Illinois basin.
Reduced production drives Calumet to a loss
High crude oil prices and lower production hurt the bottom line at Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP, which Wednesday
reported a $13.1 million first-quarter loss. It posted a $75.6 million profit in the first three months of 2009.
Oil companies drill in Indiana fields thought to be ‘played out’ a century ago
Sky-high oil prices have rekindled an industry in east-central Indiana that many thought had run its course a century ago.
A handful of wily prospectors motivated by oil prices approaching $150 a barrel are betting that’s not the case.
Franklin manufacturer benefits from high petroleum costs
Increased oil and natural gas prices are hammering many manufacturers, but Franklin-based Grimmer Industries Inc. is flying high. Grimmer specializes in making Hurricane brand air compressors and compressor boosters used in oil and natural gas well drilling and aggregate mining.