PRB Energy Inc. of Denver announced Wednesday the acquisition of about 630 coal- bed methane wells on 29,500 acres in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin from Pennaco Energy Inc. Of the 630 wells, fewer than 200 are producing at a rate of 2.5 million to 3 million cubic feet per day. PRB plans to bring the shut-in wells back to production.
Qwest last week signed a five-year, multimillion-dollar deal with U.S. Bancorp for QWave, an optical wavelength private-line product that transmits data at speeds up to 10 gigabits per second.
Quiznos Subs opened a new location last week at the Marketplace at Centerra in Loveland. The store is part of McWhinney Enterprises’ 240,000-square-foot Phase II expansion that began in 2005.
Teresa Farnum & Associates Inc., a Douglas County-based provider of retention services, has expanded its offerings to include a full range of recruitment consultations.
Arnold Leitner, chief executive and president of SkyFuel, will lecture on the opportunities for solar energy in the Southwest at 7 tonight at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Duane Physics Building, Room G-1B20. A reception will follow in the Gamow Tower’s 11th-floor commons room.
Festival Italiano is accepting applications from Italian food and artisan vendors to participate in an Italian Food & Wine Festival on Sept. 23 and 24 at Belmar in Lakewood. For information, call 303-282- 5073 or apply online at www.belmarcolorado.com.
The Better Business Bureau of Southern Colorado, based in Colorado Springs, has created a program to get feedback about the bureau’s services from member and nonmember companies.
Broomfield-based Knudson Mfg. Inc., a manufacturer of on-site metal-roll-forming equipment, has signed a deal with Virginia-based Service Partners LLC to become the preferred vendor for gutter- forming equipment.
Centennial-based Big O Tires, with more than 540 stores in 21 states, is partnering with the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to help raise funds to battle pediatric cancer. Franchise stores will host lemonade stands in their customer waiting areas between Monday and Friday and provide information about the foundation.
Colorado Springs-based Century Casinos Inc., which trades on Nasdaq and the Vienna Stock Exchange, was selected to join the Russell 2000 Index as of Monday. Gaiam Inc. of Broomfield also announced that it was added to the Russell 3000 Index.
ICAT Specialty Insurance Co. of Boulder announced Wednesday it is offering hurricane insurance for dwellings, apartments, townhomes and condominiums in Hawaii.
Audubon Colorado announced Wednesday its designation of the reservoirs at Xcel Energy’s Valmont Generating Station in Boulder County as an Important Bird Area. The designation is based on the use of the site by large concentrations of numerous species of waterfowl.
