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Hart Energy’s 25 Impactful Veterans in Energy

Hart Energy’s new “Impactful Veterans in Energy” program recognizes contributions to the energy business and the veteran community by heroes working among us. These patriotic men and women play roles from the field to the boardroom, and they provide fresh enthusiasm for our industry today.   This new program recognizes their diverse talents by spotlighting

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Mountain Valley Pipeline completion date delayed again

Balking from its previous estimate of a mid-2020 full in-service date, EQM Midstream Partners LP recently pushed completion of its Mountain Valley Pipeline back again, according to Reuters. The company doesn’t anticipate having the natural gas line that will run from West Virginia to Virginia finished until late 2020. The project’s estimated price jumps from

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Senior Houlihan Lokey Energy Banker Departs For Oil And Gas Role: Sources

One of Houlihan Lokey’s most senior energy investment bankers is departing the boutique advisory firm to join an oil and gas producer, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Kirk Tholen, who ran Houlihan Lokey’s Acquisitions and Divestitures (A&D) business, is taking a job at an Oklahoma-based energy company, two people familiar with the

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Canada’s Trudeau Keeps The Wheel But Prepares For Left Turn

OTTAWA—Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 22 faced the cold reality of a minority government that will likely be forced to tilt left to survive, a move that risks upsetting the business community and stoking alienation in oil-producing provinces. Trudeau, one of the world’s most prominent progressive leaders, saw a sharp drop in support

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Colorado Health Agency Uses Pseudo-Science Modeling to Trash Fracking

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  A Colorado health agency, under the thumb of a fractivist governor, is using air quality modeling, with no connection to reality, to trash oil and gas. What do you call a “study” that includes this? Two aspects of the modeling need to be understood, and they are 1.

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Oil Search Lowers 2019 Production Outlook, Slashes Capex On Project Delays

Australia-listed Oil Search Ltd. on Oct. 22 posted a 24% drop in quarterly revenue and cut its 2019 production guidance after damage to a mooring system dented output. The company also reduced 2019 capital spending by about 15%, due to delays in securing agreements with the Papua New Guinea government so preliminary engineering work can

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Aker BP Cuts 2019 Oil Output Guidance After North Sea Field Delay

Aker BP ASA cut its full-year oil output target on Oct. 22 as production problems at the oil explorer’s Valhall Field in the North Sea offset a boost from the early opening of its Johan Sverdrup Field in Norway. The company, jointly controlled by oil major BP Plc and Norwegian holding company Aker ASA, now

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Teknor Apex will open new compounding plant in Germany in early 2020

Materials firm Teknor Apex Co. is on track to open a new compounding plant in Germany early next year. The new plant in Rothenburg will cover 160,000 square feet and employ almost 100 in manufacturing positions. When it opens, Pawtucket, R.I.-based Teknor Apex will close its plant in nearby Steinsfeld. That plant housed the business

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Al-Fageeh: Sabic optimistic about industry fundamentals

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. brought its position as a major player in global markets for both commodity and engineering resins to K 2019. Sabic’s recent plans include the building of a major petrochemicals site in Texas through a joint venture with ExxonMobil Corp. Plastics News recently caught up via email with Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh, executive vice

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New Bandera line takes flexibility to a new level

Düsseldorf, Germany — The new seven-layer blown film line displayed at K 2019 by extrusion machinery manufacturer Bandera has been designed to offer customers the highest possible degree of flexibility, said Andrea Rigliano, general sales and marketing director at the company. Called the Barrier Flex Seven, it can run both barrier and high-barrier blown film,

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Hosokawa Alpine pushes ahead with efficient and recyclable solutions

Düsseldorf, Germany — Despite its numerous benefits, multilayer packaging is increasingly coming under scrutiny due to its inability to be efficiently recycled. As the circular economy gains momentum, solutions are being sought that are able to provide the barrier properties provided by multiple layers with the green properties needed in a sustainable world. But it’s

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From trash to art, see plastic become mosaic portrait

Düsseldorf, Germany — Italian artist Lady Be turns discarded plastic toys, pens and buttons into modern mosaic tiles that she configures into iconic portraits appreciated as both pop art and creatively reused plastics. Formally known as Letizia Lanzarotti, the Rome-based artist first fashioned her palette of polymer pieces into the likeness of Marilyn Monroe when

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Pittsburgh Airport Going Off the Grid, Producing Its Own Shale Gas

Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The Pittsburgh International Airport will soon be generating its own electricity with the shale gas produced from the wells on the property. In March 2018 MDN brought you the news that Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) was exploring the possibility of producing its own electricity. You may recall that CONSOL

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Federal judge to rule on Ohio referendum petitions

The effort to overturn nuclear bailout legislation in Ohio is now in the hands of a federal judge, Kallanish Energy reports. Ohioans Against Corporate Bailouts, the group that had been circulating petitions against House Bill 6 that would aid two nuclear power plants in Ohio owned by FirstEnergy Solutions, filed a lawsuit seeking more time

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The Carlyle Group exits Corpus oil terminal project

The Carlyle Group, an international private equity/investment firm and the entity behind efforts to build a $1 billion crude oil export terminal at Harbor Island, Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, is pulling out of the project. The Washington, D.C.-based company said in a statement it’s dissolved its relationship with The Berry Group, Kallanish Energy finds.  The

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