Précis: Petrochemical Supply Chain and Logistics USA 2021 will unite the entire Petrochemical, Chemical, LNG & Refining industry. The event will see 1,500+ senior-level supply chain attendees – from the operator, rail, trucking, ocean carrier and supply chain solution & service provider communities – join to benefit from business-critical learning, innovations, and solutions.
Read More...The Petroleum Equipment & Services Association (PESA) and the Association of Energy Service Companies (AESC) announced Feb. 1 they will combine to create a new organization—the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. Where will the new combined organization focus? What are the advantages for members of both associations? What will be different? Will the merger strengthen
Read More...Shintech is investing $1.3 billion to expand PVC production in Louisiana; Eastman Chemical plans to break ground on a $250 million project in Kingsport, Tenn.; and resin prices see more boosts in January. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...The following information is provided by EnergyNet. All inquiries on the following listings should be directed to EnergyNet. Hart Energy is not a brokerage firm and does not endorse or facilitate any transactions. 31 Offshore LLC retained EnergyNet Indigo for the sale of nonoperated working interest in a seven well package offshore Louisiana in the Neptune Field
Read More...Oil major BP Plc agreed on Feb. 1 to sell a 20% stake in Oman’s Block 61 to Thailand’s PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) for $2.6 billion. The London-listed firm said it would continue as an operator of the block, which contains a large tight-gas development in the Middle East, with a 40% interest. “We
Read More...I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of questions and concerns about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, especially around the issue of how long it will be until we (or our loved ones) can get their shot. As reporter Sarah Kominek writes, the issue behind that question is very big. There’s the
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about electric fracking, Biden frack ban, Shell Cracker and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport
Read More...After a series of setbacks, the companies building the U.S. Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline now plan to seek individual permits to cross each stream remaining in its path, and analysts say that will delay its startup until 2022. The Mountain Valley line, a $5.8 billion-$6 billion project that stretches from West Virginia to Virginia,
Read More...[Editor’s note: A version of this story appears in the February 2021 issue of Oil and Gas Investor magazine.] Much like The Beatles’ Paul McCartney sang in 1970, U.S. oilfield services (OFS) companies have “seen this road before,’” but the climb from the bottom of the 2020 version of the historic oil patch trough feels extra daunting—a
Read More...Victor FurmanUpstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. [Editor’s Note: Victor Furman takes a look at President Xiden, his new green deal agenda and the terrible impact on families here and abroad.] You may have heard the news that China-compromised Joe Biden (a/k/a President Xiden) announced he will be converting all 650,000
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. The Cuomo Coverup: Is There FinallySome Justice for Victims of Gov. Cuorupptocrat? New York Southern Tier residents learned who Andrew Cuomo
Read More...Coronavirus vaccine distribution is taking longer than expected, but the medical and plastics industries both are putting in overtime to get the shots into arms. The pressure is on manufacturers of syringes, safety seals for vaccine doses and the vaccine production and delivery pipeline. “One of the challenges is how fast [processors] can transfer what
Read More...The Mountain Valley Pipeline will abandon its plan to use a blanket permit to cross nearly 500 streams and wetlands and instead seek individual approvals for each crossing, according to CBS 19 News. The decision is expected to make the project, which has already been plagued by regulatory and legal delays, more costly and time-consuming.
Read More...U.S. auto safety regulators picked up the pace this month, with NHTSA hastening efforts to finish projects, finalize rules and tie up loose ends in anticipation of President Joe Biden taking office. Since early January, the agency has issued long-awaited revisions to modernize certain federal safety standards for automated vehicles, proposed updates to its new-vehicle
Read More...Northwestern University nanotech researcher and entrepreneur Chad Mirkin has raised $5 million for a new startup. Stoicheia aims to do for materials science what human genomics has done for drug discovery. It plans to build libraries of materials that would allow companies in industries from chemicals to automobiles to quickly identify candidates for new or better
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