Construction Builder

ENCAP, LLC, innovator of advanced soil technology products, today announced that after two years of testing, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) has added ENCAP's PAM-12™ soil conditioner, fueled by ENCAP's Advanced Soil Technology™ (AST™) to the "Soil Stabilizer Type B" category of Wisconsin's Product Acceptability List.

In order to obtain this approval, ENCAP's PAM-12™ was subjected to a "blanket test." This test was conducted at an approved third-party facility through the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). To pass a blanket test, the product being reviewed must be at or below a "C Factor" of 0.2 (This number refers to the amount of soil loss that 2000/lbs. of straw allows at a three to one slope.). At only 600 lbs. per acre, PAM-12™ had a C Factor of .12, surpassing all requirements set forth by the National Transportation Product Evaluation Programs (NTPEP), Erosion Control Products Panel.

Cross-oceanic arbitrage has been highly profitable for such firms as BG Group, Suez, and BP. They have worked during the past two decades to develop LNG supplies that can access both European and North American markets.

Last winter, their traders made as much as $15 million per cargo when European prices surged well above those in the United States. Firms with access to both markets bought pipeline gas to serve one customer while sending extra cargoes to serve the other. This year, the reverse might happen if North America's winter proves colder. Both BG and Suez stock prices climbed more than 50% between November and April, nearly $40 billion in equity value, as profits mounted.

"Companies that have established both U.S. and European access have become legends of international gas trade," said Bob Nimocks, president of Zeus Development Corp, a research firm that follows LNG. "Competitors would expand trade if they could, but NIMBYism, construction delays, and difficult reg...