News Briefs × Mexican Senate to evaluate proposals to reduce impact of bag bans The Mexican association of chemical producers known for its acronym Aniq said on Jan. 24 it planned to voice concerns in late January as part of efforts to introduce legislative changes to try to reduce the impact of plastic bans. The
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Bryce Custer from NAI Ohio River Corridor joins Peter Holloway this week to discuss petrochemical and economic development in the Ohio Valley. https://topperstation.com/watch/money-january-17-2020
Read More...A wave of bans on plastic bags, and sometimes on plastic straws, has greatly expanded in 2020 when legislation will slash millions of dollars worth of resin sold and dent industry employment. × In Mexico, where a plastic bag ban went into effect in 2020, producers have warned thousands of jobs and millions of dollars
Read More...News Briefs × Formosa to give status of new cracker, LDPE Formosa Plastics didn´t start its new cracker Point Comfort, Texas nor its new low-density polyethylene production line in 2019, as had been anticipated. “We will be posting an update on the status of our expansion units by the end of January,” a Formosa spokesperson
Read More...The industry will be slowing down in 2020, that’s plain to see. It’s probably a good thing, although not an exciting situation that will generate splashy headlines; it may not get investors’ hearts to beat faster and open their wallets yet either. Third-quarter conference calls indicated prudence reigns among the E&Ps, and most people would
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Read More...Colonial Pipeline Co. named Wes Dunbar as vice president of operations, making Dunbar responsible for all the Alpharetta, Ga.-based company’s operations activity. Dunbar will join Colonial Pipeline, effective Jan. 6, from ONEOK, a midstream service provider connecting NGL supply in the Midcontinent, Permian Basin and Rocky Mountain regions. Joe Blount, president and CEO of Colonial
Read More...U.S. exporters of LNG head into 2020 after a record year that saw exports soar by more than 60%, but growing concerns about weakened demand and heavy competition could act as headwinds in the coming year. Four new liquefaction trains—the common term for a shipping facility—entered service this year in the U.S. The U.S. is
Read More...Here are the top news stories covering Canada’s energy landscape: Canada Has Huge Opportunity for Energy Growth As 2019 ends and 2020 begins, the global demand for energy is only set to increase over the next two decades. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2019, global energy demand will increase by 24
Read More...Exxon Mobil Corp. said Dec. 30 it had secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt, strengthening its upstream portfolio in the eastern Mediterranean. The discovery of the giant Zohr Field in 2015 by Italy’s Eni SpA is believed to have ignited a growing interest in exploration in Egypt. The Zohr discovery is the
Read More...Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. .… … Fossil fuel divestment is a cruel joke, perpetrated by the self-righteous Rockfeller lackey and phony, Bill McKibben, who has done the family’s dirty work. Under the banner STOP FOSSIL FUELS. BUILD 100% RENEWABLES, the group 350.org last month announced “a new fossil free
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 and Sundays on YesFM, talked about New England, Fair Shake Environmental, global warming and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station!
Read More...With the Christmas and New Year’s holidays upcoming, here are the days Kallanish Energy is publishing: * Dec. 23, 27, 30 and 31, along with Jan. 2 and 3. Our normal Monday through Friday publishing schedule resumes Jan. 6. This post appeared first on Kallanish Energy News.
Read More...Oil supermajor ExxonMobil said Monday it’s secured more than 1.7 million acres for exploration offshore Egypt from an undisclosed buyer, Kallanish Energy reports. “These awards strengthen our exploration portfolio in the Eastern Mediterranean,” said Mike Cousins, senior vice president of Exploration and New Ventures at ExxonMobil. The acquisition includes acreage in the 1.2-million-acre North Marakia
Read More...Marcellus and Utica shale gas producers had a record year in 2019, as Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia accounted for one-third of U.S. natural gas production, according to WSKG. However, a slowdown is being predicted for 2020. As Marcellus and Utica shale drillers produced 30 billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2019, they drove
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