To Flare or Not to Flare?
Permian midstream mismatch has consequences for the ESG-minded oil and gas industry. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Plastics in Politics Live July 2023: Can advanced recycling succeed?
Can advanced recycling help the plastics industry meet their sustainability goals? In Plastics in Politics Live, Steve Toloken looks at the current state of chemical recycling, including recent statements from brand owners about where technologies, including chemical recycling, fit into their plans to use more post-consumer content. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Coke launches India’s first 100% recycled PET water bottle
Coca-Cola India says a new 1-liter water bottle for its Kinley brand is the first to use all recycled content. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Axiom invests $12M to double manufacturing, warehouse in Mexico
Aurora, Ontario-based Axiom Group is investing $12 million in a new 80,000-square-foot building next to its existing facility in Mexico. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Pinnacle Midstream to Double Midland Basin Gas Processing Complex
Dos Picos’ Train II, targeted for commercial operation during fourth-quarter 2024, will add 220 MMcf/d of processing capacity in the Midland Basin. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Brazil-based soda and chlorine producer Unipar Carbocloro to audit bigger Braskem for a purchase; AmSty advances with efforts to have 30% recycled content in food packaging by 2030
Brazil-based soda and chlorine producer Unipar Carbocloro soda to audit bigger Braskem for a purchase Unipar Carbocloro, a company in the soda and chlorine industry with production assets in Argentina and Brazil, planned in early July a due diligence aimed at presenting an offer for much bigger Braskem, biggest polypropylene producer in North America and
Read More...Colluding 4th Circuit Judges Do It Again – MVP Halted in Jeff Forest
Three judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (i.e., clown judges from 4th Circus) yesterday Congress, the President, and the entire country the judicial equivalent of the double-barrel middle finger by illegally ruling to block the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) through 3.5 miles of Jefferson National Forest–for a…
Read More...Dominion Sells Remaining 50% Share in Cove Point LNG to Buffett
In July 2020, Dominion Energy announced it had decided to exit the natural gas pipeline business by selling it to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy (see Dominion Cancels Atlantic Coast Pipe, Sells Pipe Biz for $9.7B). Part of the deal involved selling a 25% interest in the Cove Point LNG export facility to Berkshire Hathaway,…
Read More...PA DEP Forms Ctte to Dole Out $5M in Shell Cracker Shakedown Cash
Although Shell maintains flaring and accidental emissions from its new multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA, have not violated state and federal air standards, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) says they have–on numerous occasions. Shell didn’t argue the point, and in May, the company agreed to pay nearly $10 million in fines…
Read More...Bidenistas Dispense $163 Million to Plug Old O&G Wells in OH-PA-WV
In the fall of 2021, President Biden signed into law the so-called Infrastructure bill, some $1.2 trillion in pork barrel spending, passed with the help of turncoat Republicans (see Biden So-Called $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Passes Thanks to RINOs). Only about 9% of the $1.2 trillion will go to actual infrastructure projects like roads and bridges….
Read More...Transco Seeks FERC OK to Expand Capacity in Alabama and Georgia
In April, Williams filed a formal application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to upgrade Transco pipeline’s capacity in Alabama and Georgia. The Alabama Georgia Connector Project involves upgrades to five compressor stations that will increase capacity in the region by an extra 63.8 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d). The mighty Transco pipeline…
Read More...Aluula composite sails go around the world in The Ocean Race
Aluula and Incidence Sails spent about two years testing a composite now being used on the Biotherm in an around-the-world race. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Bottled water company opens second recycling plant
CG Roxane LLC, which owns the Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring bottled water brand, has opened its second PET recycling facility. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Subsidies: The Mother’s Milk of Corporatism and Grifting
Subsidies: The Mother’s Milk of Corporatism and Grifting David Blackmon Publisher and Editor, Energy Transition Absurdities … … [Editor’s Note: The big lie is that green energy is getting cheaper all the time, but the truth is that none of these schemes are profitable all. They depend on your subsidies.] Everyone should read and think
Read More...Crescent Energy Closes Eagle Ford Acquisition
Crescent Energy’s $600 million deal adds 75,000 net acres primarily located in Dimmit and Webb counties, Texas. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
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