Agilyx Corporation, a pioneer in the chemical recycling field, has created Cyclyx International, a new subsidiary that will leverage the expertise and data accumulated by Agilyx to increase the recyclability of post-use plastics with a priority for fully circular pathways. The new feedstock management company will also promote the development of new supply chains that
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 greenhouse gas emissions, Haynesville Shale, Pittsburgh Steel Mill and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore yesterday and defended America against internal enemies —its spoiled children— who would destroy it all. As a public service on this July 4th celebration, find below President Donald J. Trump’s entire speech at Mount Rushmore yesterday, which was just superb. Trump is
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. Usual Suspects Oppose Economic Development in Northern Tier The pattern is always the same: The alliance Protect Northern PA has launched
Read More...Two more major plastics machinery makers are pulling back on their participation in Fakuma 2020, set for October in Friedrichshafen, Germany, due to the ongoing situation regarding COVID-19 “and its adverse effects on daily life and business.” On July 7, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH said it would refrain from actively participating at Fakuma “in case
Read More...The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission illegally kept natural gas pipeline opponents from seeking judicial review, according to Kallanish Energy. The decision will affect natural gas pipeline and LNG projects across the United States as it was seen as a major victory for pipeline opponents
Read More...Plastimagen, Mexico’s largest plastics show, is postponing from November to mid-January because of the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced July 2. “In ongoing dialogues with many key national and international industry participants, our decision is based on the commitment to collaborate with the sector to ensure we host a safe event,” Jose Navarro, general director of
Read More...The final twist in 2020’s anti-fracking campaign came on Wednesday after the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that signatures for ballot measures couldn’t be collected online, dealing a fatal blow to a prominent “Keep It In The Ground” group’s effort to effectively ban responsible energy development in the state. At the beginning of the year, activist
Read More...The Marcellus Shale Coalition defended Pennsylvania’s drilling industry and state agencies and criticized a June 25 grand jury report released by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, according to Kallanish Energy. David Spigelmyer, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, outlined the pro-drilling group’s stance in a seven-page letter to state legislators. The letter addresses the grand jury report
Read More...Last night, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper scored a big victory in the Democratic primary in his campaign for the U.S. Senate over former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, a supporter of the Green New Deal. The question now becomes which version of Hickenlooper will emerge in the general election as he faces incumbent Republican
Read More...After two years of investigating, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro has reported the findings of a grand jury looking into whether shale gas producers had violated environmental protection laws. Gov. Tom Wolf’s Department of Environmental Protection, which oversees regulation of the industry, isn’t mincing words: “The report is legally erroneous, which compromises its conclusions.”* DEP
Read More...Ineos Group has bought the petrochemicals business of British Petroleum plc in a $5 billion deal. Assets acquired by London-based Ineos in the transaction include a market-leading business making PET feedstocks paraxylene and purified terephthalic acid. “We are delighted to acquire these top-class businesses from BP, extending the Ineos position in global petrochemicals and providing
Read More...S.C. Johnson & Son Inc. is flexing its sustainability credentials with a new bottle made from recycled ocean-bound plastic for its European and Latin American Mr. Muscle brand. The consumer brand giant based in Racine, Wis., announced the project June 30 as part of an initiative to help combat ocean plastic pollution. The new line
Read More...Alaskan officials on June 29 approved BP Plc’s sale of its oil and gas leases in the state to closely held Hilcorp Energy Co. as part of a previously announced $5.6 billion deal. BP last year agreed to sell its Alaskan properties, including interests in the Prudhoe Bay oil field and its nearly 50% stake
Read More...The media spin machine and anti-fossil fuelers are in overdrive, but they can’t paper over this fact: Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court expressed a very loud and clear interest in hearing the PennEast Pipeline vs. New Jersey case–and that spells bad news for NJ and its radical Attorney General who is trying to block the
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