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caprock

(ˈkæpˌrɒk)
n
(Geological Science) a layer of relatively impervious rock overlying an oil- or gas-bearing rock
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Royal Caribbean selects Harris CapRock for onboard internet and telephone Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., parent of Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Club Cruises, has signed a five-year pact with Harris CapRock Communications, a global provider of managed communications for remote and harsh environments, provide communications services onboard its fleet of 34 ships.
Additional investors in SJF Ventures III, LP include Deutsche Bank, Calvert Equity Portfolio, Armonia, Abacus Sustainable Fund, Trillium Asset Management LLC, The CAPROCK Group, OpenBox, ImpactAssets, and multiple family and individual investors.
"Today's EIA data was bearish across the board as both crude and gasoline stocks generated a much larger build versus the consensus," said Chris Jarvis, senior analyst with Caprock Risk Management.
Caprock Wind Farms recently donated $2,300 to the Wind Energy Technology Program at Mesalands Community College in New Mexico.
An independent audit of USEI's IA posture, as conducted by CapRock Government Solutions, shows USEI's compliance with the highest mission assurance category and confidentiality level required by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) criteria for assessing the security posture of commercial satellite offerings to DoD and other federal agency customers under the Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition contract vehicle.
In total, 42 tonnes of caprock stones, a naturally occurring rock of cemented sand, will be transported from Ghantoot by barge and placed at the new reef site that lies at a five-metre depth and over 100 metres from the ladies club beach.
Thick sequences of Permian age sands and hydrocarbon-generating coals sealed by impermeable caprock shales
BANKING AND CREDIT NEWS-25 May 2010-Moody's says Harris ratings unchanged by planned CapRock buy(C)1994-2010 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com
Earlier, Kowalishin was a vice president at Caprock Communications of Houston for four years and before that was with DataGuard, Computer Sciences Corp., JPMorgan and Gemini Consulting.
This well was drilled into the caprock of the underlying reservoir system and therefore did not encounter producible hydrocarbons.
"Higher prices for gasoline and heating oil may have finally reached a level where consumers have altered their energy consumption habits," said Chris Jarvis, senior analyst at Caprock Risk Management.
"Total product demand continues to take it on the chin with prices at lofty levels," said Chris Jarvis of Caprock Risk Management.