Novelty Manufacturing Co., a 98-year-old molder of planters and container gardening products, is expanding thanks to a booming business from people planting vegetable gardens. “We’re adding capacity. With the COVID experience, it’s become a little bit of a wild market for us,” majority owner and President Joe DiMeo said in a telephone interview. Retailers and
Read More...DALLAS—Energy Transfer Sept. 1 announced the completion of its Lone Star Express Pipeline expansion project, which was a major part of Energy Transfer’s 2020 capital program. The project, delivered on budget and ahead of schedule adds over 400,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of NGL capacity to Energy Transfer’s existing Lone Star NGL pipeline system in
Read More...WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is looking to tighten oil sanctions on Venezuela in the near future, the top U.S. envoy for the country told Reuters on Aug. 31, by potentially removing exemptions that allow some oil companies to exchange Venezuelan crude for fuel from the OPEC member. President Donald Trump has ramped up sanctions on Venezuela’s
Read More...Schlumberger Ltd. is selling its North America fracking business to Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. as the Houston-based oilfield services giant shifts its focus away from the U.S. shale business. Alongside peers Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Co., Schlumberger has begun planning for a significantly leaner future following the worst price cash in decades, leading the
Read More...Turkey said Sept. 1 that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will carry out seismic surveys in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Sept. 12, provoking an angry response from neighboring Greece. Turkey and Greece, NATO allies, disagree over claims to hydrocarbon resources in the area based on conflicting views on the extent of
Read More...Materials maker Americhem Inc. has acquired Controlled Polymers A/S, a compounder and concentrates maker based in Ribe, Denmark. In a Sept. 1 news release, officials with Americhem in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, said that Controlled has been supplying “sustainable polymeric solutions” to some of the largest health care OEMs in the world for more than 30
Read More...Organizers of Poland’s Plastpol trade show for rubber and plastics processing says it is ready to go Oct. 6-8 in Kielce, with modifications. Those modifications begin with the dates. The event usually takes place over four days in May. For 2020, it was delayed to October and cut back to three days. “The fact that the
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … A Children’s Horse Show is set for Saturday at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds; hosted by the Endless Mountains Riding Club with Cabot’s help. The Endless Mountains Riding Club (EMRC) will host a Children’s Horse Show at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 29. This is just another
Read More...The use of renewables for electricity generation rose 32% year-on-year during second quarter according to a new report, Kallanish Energy reports. The Drax Electrical Insights Q2 report, published on Monday by UK power generator Drax and compiled from analysis by Imperial Consultants, found that the share of renewables in the UK energy mix increased to
Read More...The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period for a proposed conveyor system on public lands to move sand for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, Kallanish Energy reports. The Kermit Overland Conveyor Project is being developed by Texas-based OLC Kermit LLC, a subsidiary of
Read More...Construction is expected to begin in late fall 2020 on a new wind farm in north-central Oklahoma, Kallanish Energy has learned. The 288-megawatt Maverick Wind Center will be built by Invenergy LLC, officials told the Enid News and Eagle newspaper. The $402 million facility in Major County is expected to begin service in December 2021.
Read More...Chesapeake Energy wants to terminate a $300 million pipeline contract in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, Kallanish Energy reports. That request has been opposed by pipeline giant Texas-based Energy Transfer. Now the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is supporting Energy Transfer and is getting involved in the ongoing legal fight, Reuters reported. FERC has argued in
Read More...Polish oil and gas company PGNiG has expanded its hydrogen development project through a new partnership with Toyota Motor Poland, Kallanish Energy reports. The two companies will cooperate on the advancement of hydrogen technologies in Poland, including the construction of a new pilot hydrogen refuelling station. PGNiG’s hydrogen research programme, which was launched in May
Read More...Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC recently asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a two-year extension to complete the 303-mile natural gas pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, according to Kallanish Energy. The company asked for its deadline to be extended to complete the project from Oct. 13, 2020, to Oct. 13, 2022. The project has
Read More...California lawmakers have adopted what would be the world’s toughest requirements for recycled content in plastic beverage bottles, requiring them to reach 50 percent by 2030. The bill, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, would put California ahead of the European Union and its requirement for 30 percent recycled content by 2030. Newsom vetoed an
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