Appalachian Storage Hub and the Regional Advantage Tom Gellrich TopLine Analytics The Shale Revolution has led to the US Petrochemical revolution. With abundant and inexpensive Shale Gas driven raw materials and energy, the US has become the hot spot for petrochemical investments. The American Chemical Council has tracked in excess of $200 billion in announced
Read More...DTE Midstream, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, recently increased its stake in a natural gas gathering system in the Marcellus Shale, according to Power Engineering. The company signed a deal with WGL Midstream Inc., to acquire an additional 30% interest in Stonewall Gas Gathering, an approximately 67-mile, 36-inch gas system located in West Virginia. DTE
Read More...Appalachian Storage Hub is only about ethane? Tom Gellrich TopLine Analytics Most of the discussion around Appalachian Store Hub has focused on ethane. That is entirely logical, as ethane is the raw material for ethane crackers – producing ethylene the largest volume chemical produced. Ethane storage would make the region more attractive to other companies
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Andrew Cuomo is repeating bad history from 1824 by trying to overrule Constitutional protection of free commerce. It’s a steamboat trip to the netherworld. Andrew Cuomo, as I noted the other day, just isn’t that smart, although he’s got lots of street smarts. He also cares nothing for
Read More...From one of the largest oilfield services companies offering a look at the newest drilling technology to future in cloud technology, exhibits at the Offshore Technology Conference offered plenty to see. Jessica Morales took a walk through the exhibit hall and shows us these innovative technologies that can be found on the show floor. This
Read More...Gibraltar on Monday opened a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal, moving the British territory away from diesel-fuel power, Kallanish Energy reports. The project comes as part of Gibraltar’s effort to power its homes and businesses with cleaner energy. The 80-megawatt power plant was built by Anglo-Dutch giant Shell and its fully owned subsidiary Gasnor, which is also
Read More...Crude oil prices dropped Tuesday as renewed doubts of a U.S.-China trade pact stoked concerns over global growth, while U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela tightened supply and helped to curtail losses, Kallanish Energy reports. President Trump Sunday said he would raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods from 10-25% by Friday. The comments
Read More...Iraq is planning a $53 billion megaproject with global energy giants ExxonMobil and PetroChina to use seawater from the Persian Gulf to boost oil production, Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi announced Tuesday, Kallanish Energy finds. The project would boost output from Iraq’s southern oilfields, and includes plans to capture natural gas, which is currently being
Read More...Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of Houston-based pipeline operator Kinder Morgan, recently struck a new deal with a utility company that will allow it to supply more natural gas to upstate New York, according to the Houston Chronicle. The company signed a new natural gas supply agreement with Con Edison that will allow the
Read More...Gregory WrightstoneGeologist and author of “Inconvenient Facts” .. … Shutting down debate is no way to convince anyone, but Apple has killed Greg Wrightstone’s very successful Inconvenient Facts App. Was it to please Al Gore? On April 29, 2019, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf released the latest version of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Climate
Read More...Deepwater oil and gas, with a daunting reputation as a high-risk, high-cost industry, makes it a seemingly improbable marketplace for a fledgling startup with a mere $150,000 budget. Yet large, integrated companies are changing the way they see smaller, more nimble companies that can, in something of a paradox, research and test technology and theories
Read More...Reducing HSE risk is a top priority for every offshore operation where multiple vessels and other offshore assets are involved. Drilling rigs, workboats, offshore service vessels and crew-change assets must focus on their own tasks while remaining operationally mindful of everyone else operating in close proximity. Marlin ensures safety while reducing operational downtime in congested
Read More...Jessica Morales interviews Carlos Mastrangelo, managing partner, B-in Partners LLC, who was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award for Individuals at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. Mastrangelo is lauded for his pioneering efforts in the worldwide design and adoption of cost-efficient floating production, storage, and offloading units (FPSOs). He has been engaged in FPSO activities
Read More...Less than a month after Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed into law legislation overhauling how the state regulates the oil and natural gas industry, its effects are already being seen in development curtailments that the bill’s proponents promised wouldn’t happen. During the long and somewhat tumultuous debate over SB-181, its supporters were consistent in their
Read More...May 7, 2019 Updated 5/7/2019 Email Print Aurora Plastics LLC Aurora Plastics LLC purchased S&E Specialty Polymers of Lunenburg, Mass., in late 2017. Compounding firm Aurora Plastics LLC shows no signs of slowing its growth after purchasing Elastocon TPE Technologies Inc., Aurora’s fourth acquisition in two years. For Aurora, acquiring Springfield, Ill.-based Elastocon “increases our
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