Inteplast Group is expanding its manufacturing footprint for stretch film with a $20 million project in Indiana. The Livingston, N.J.-based company, through its AmTopp division, has acquired an existing 350,000-square-foot facility in Remington, Ind., with an eye toward cutting delivery times to customers in the Midwest. Work already has begun on the site, and the
Read More...The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has released a response to the BBC program “War on Plastic.” The show, presented by celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Anita Rani, looked at the ways in which plastic was used and, in some cases, overused, while highlighting now consumers could reduce their plastic consumption. Commenting on the program, the
Read More...Exactly three years ago, TransCanada Corporation (now renamed TC Energy) completed a deal to buy out and merge in Columbia Pipeline Group for $10 billion (see TransCanada and Columbia Pipeline Tie the Knot Today). Columbia (now TC Energy) owns significant assets in the Marcellus/Utica region. Yesterday TC Energy announced it is selling some of those
Read More...Yesterday the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the court that handles challenges to regulatory agencies like the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), refused to toss out a case filed by the City of Oberlin, OH and a regional anti group (with the backing of Big Green lawyer$). The lawsuit challenges FERC’s approval of the NEXUS
Read More...Global warming fundamentalists certainly are a persistent lot. They can’t win elections, and they can’t force state or federal legislatures to pass laws banning pipelines (and shale drilling), so they do the next best thing. They twist our own court system against us in an attempt to block pipelines. Which has worked to some degree,
Read More...Since its publication and redistribution, a University of Toledo study that links the presence of radon in homes to proximity to fracking wells has been disputed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for using incorrect numbers in its evaluation. The University of Toledo initially published its study midway through April. However, it wasn’t picked
Read More...Prolific oil and natural gas production – particularly in Eddy and Lea counties that sit atop the Permian Basin – is driving a record-breaking revenue year for New Mexico, according to a recent New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee report. As New Mexico Oil and Gas Association Executive Director Ryan Flynn told EID: “A historic expansion
Read More...Removing oil and natural gas from the U.S. energy mix could have dire consequences, costing the country $4.5 trillion – or $35,000 per household – according to a new report from energy consulting firm Wood Mackenzie: “For any country to embrace a nationwide transition to 100 percent renewable energy (RE100) or zero carbon (ZC100) emissions
Read More...Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI), through its subsidiary Hiland Crude, LLC (Hiland Crude), and Tallgrass Energy, LP (NYSE: TGE), through its subsidiary Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC (Pony Express), on June 28 announced the start of a binding joint tariff open season to solicit commitments for crude oil transportation service from Bakken origin points on
Read More...Silgan Holdings Inc. is expanding its board by one seat and adding an eighth member. The Stamford, Conn.-based plastic and metal container maker also elected Kimberly Fields to fill the new slot. Her position will be up for election in 2022. Fields is an executive vice president with Allegheny Technologies Inc., a specialty metals company
Read More...Berry Global Group Inc., fresh off its acquisition of RPC Group plc, is changing its operating structure to accommodate a larger business. The Evansville, Ind.-based company will now have four divisions instead of three: Consumer Packaging North America, Consumer Packaging International, Engineered Materials and Health, Hygiene and Specialties. Berry is breaking its consumer packaging into
Read More...U.S. regulators this week temporarily suspended their review of pipeline operator Enbridge Inc.’s proposed crude export facility off the U.S. Gulf Coast, a government filing showed. Enbridge and Oiltanking Partners LP in February sought federal permits to build a deepwater port about 30 miles (48 km) off Freeport, Texas, to export U.S. shale oil. The
Read More...Prospect, Field, Block Well Ft. of net pay/production Operator Depth (ft) Completion date Samurai, Green Canyon Block 432 2OCS G32504 150 ft of net pay (two Miocene zones) Murphy Oil Corp. Drilling32,000 ft Sept. 2018 Mississippi Canyon Block 612 1 (BP) OCS G33166 800 ft of net pay (Norphlet) Shell Oil Co. Drilling29,600Water:7,300 May 2018
Read More...Molder Jabil unveils a short documentary on the importance of materials and recycled content in sustainable packaging. Prices for polyetheylene, polypropylene, PVC and some engineering resins are on the move. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Boulder County, Colorado, on June 28 halted accepting new oil and gas drilling and seismic testing permits for nine months, the latest community in the state to enact measures aimed at curbing oil and gas production. Colorado is the fifth largest oil producing state, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This year Colorado
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