In its latest sustainability report, LyondellBasell Industries said that “plastics make modern society possible.” But plastics are also a huge source of controversy and pollution. Sustainable Plastics talked with Jim Seward, senior vice president of research and development, technology and sustainability, at LyondellBasell about the company’s efforts to address this issue, and its ambitions for
Read More...Brenda Matias-Falco Week after week and month after month anti-fossil fuel “environmental” groups, aided and abetted by their willing accomplices in mainstream “media”, bash away at Energy Transfer’s Mariner East (ME) pipeline projects, particularly in the southeast PA region near Philadelphia. What you don’t hear are stories of how ME has transformed and benefited individuals
Read More...Last week Pennsylvania issued 25 new shale well drilling permits in both northeast and southwest PA, although most of the permits for SWPA. Ohio issued 4 new shale well permits, all of them to the same company (Encino Energy) and the same well pad (in Harrison County). West Virginia issued 6 new shale well permits,
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: WV Gov. Jim Justice acknowledges Biden presidency, says U.S. is not ready to move away from coal and gas; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Broadway Mill kicks coal after transition to natural gas completed; NATIONAL: The worst may be over for U.S. oil; U.S. shale oil just had its worst year and the pain could
Read More...Eni has made a new oil discovery, in Meleiha Concession, in the Western Desert of Egypt, the company said on Dec. 23. The discovery was achieved through the Arcadia 9 well, drilled on the Arcadia South structure, which is located 1.5 km south of the main Arcadia field already in production. The well encountered 85
Read More...Financially speaking, 2020 has been a good year for Berry Global Inc. The company posted strong sales and profit despite the pandemic, thanks to organic growth, even as it wrapped up the integration of its largest-ever acquisition. Tom Salmon, chairman and CEO of the Evansville, Ind.-based company, is optimistic that 2021 will be even better.
Read More...Winchester, Ky. — Taica Cubic Printing Kentucky LLC, an automotive supplier that specializes in decorating 3D objects, is investing $4.4 million in a project that includes injection molding capacity. The company, a unit of Tokyo-based Taica Corp., will add 25,000 square feet to its Winchester plant and purchase five injection molding machines over two phases,
Read More...Bardstown, Ky. — Label and pouch converter American Fuji Seal Inc. is investing $52 million in a new plant in Hickory, N.C. The plant will employ up to 101 workers, according to a news release from Gov. Roy Cooper. American Fuji Seal is based in Bardstown and makes shrink-sleeve labels, self-adhesive labels, spouted pouches and
Read More...Blueknight Energy Partners LP has entered into multiple definitive agreements on Dec. 21 to sell its crude oil terminalling, pipeline, and trucking business segments for approximately $162 million in total cash consideration, including estimated crude oil linefill and inventory. Net proceeds, after transaction costs, will be used initially to reduce borrowings outstanding under the Partnership’s
Read More...Energy companies Eni and Snam are joining forces with Italian state-lender CDP to work on energy transition projects aimed at cutting carbon emissions. The three groups said in a joint statement on Dec. 23 that they would team up to produce, transport and market green hydrogen as well as to use the gas for rail
Read More...Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has started the process to sell its 51% stake in the Brazil-Bolivia gas pipeline as part of a divestment program, the company said in a securities filing on Dec. 23. Petrobras, as the Rio de Janeiro-based company is known, is selling its stake in the Bolivia pipeline, called
Read More...Woodside Petroleum and its North West Shelf LNG venture partners executed two agreements to process gas through the project’s facilities in Western Australia, the gas producer said on Dec. 23. The Perth-based firm said the North West Shelf facilities will process about 7.5 million tonnes of LNG over five years from the Waitsia Gas Project
Read More...ADDIPEL LLC — The custom additive blends manufacturer in Avon Lake, Ohio, named Jason Lee plant manager. AGILYX CORP. — The chemical recycler in Portland, Ore., named Mark Barranco senior vice president of engineering and execution. AMERICAN COMPOSITES MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION — The trade group in Arlington, Va., named Lucy Houchin, corporate marketing for IDI Composites
Read More...Oh, 2020. What will you think of next? A pandemic, murder hornets, Supreme Court battles, civil unrest and a disputed election. It was a year where everyone learned to use Zoom, Skype, Teams or Slack. Or maybe all of the above. Heaven help the non-tech-savvy among us. This is our 33rd edition of the Plastic
Read More...‘First movers’ have already integrated self-generating power solutions to help meet ESG goals. Emily Easley, NOVUS Clean Energy Wed, 12/23/2020 – 08:00 AM This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
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