Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … A recent “Think About Energy” briefing in Carlisle, Pennsylvania brought home the reality of what the gas revolution has brought us via innovation and markets. The “Think About Energy Briefing” series made a stop in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, April 24. With Pennsylvania natural gas production topping 6
Read More...United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney was sworn in Tuesday as the 18th premier of Canada’s largest crude-producing province, Alberta, and named a cabinet he says will go to bat for the energy sector, Kallanish Energy reports. Kenney, a former conservative federal cabinet minister, won the election in a landslide victory against Rachel Notley’s New
Read More...A battle between Chevron and Occidental Petroleum, which now includes billionaire investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett, to take control of U.S. independent producer Anadarko Petroleum, is fueling speculation about more deals to come. But oil supermajor BP Plc CEO Bob Dudley Tuesday said his employer will not get involved. BP acquired BHP Billiton’s U.S. shale assets for
Read More...Rangeland Energy III’s Rangeland Midstream Canada unit Tuesday announced plans to design, construct and operate new crude oil and condensate pipelines in the Marten Hills region of north central Alberta, Kallanish Energy reports. The Marten Hills Pipeline System will extend roughly 52.8 miles and include crude oil and condensate pipelines and related facilities. The system
Read More...Experts believe an increased availability of ethane storage facilities in eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia will attract petrochemical plants that turn ethane into raw plastic, according to the Associated Press. Incidentally, plans are underway to create two underground facilities to store ethane in the Appalachian Basin. Energy Storage Ventures is awaiting approval
Read More...More than $200 billion is expected to be invested in the U.S. petrochemical sector as the region becomes an energy exporter, and nearly half of the new projects announced since 2010 are in Texas, an industry trade association told Petrochemical Update. × The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) running tab of 334 announced projects represents a
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. A troubling pattern of donations to Sen. Andy Dinniman campaigns raises question of whose special interests he’s representing against Mariner East pipelines. Pennsylvania Senator “Absent” Andy Dinniman is a caricature of the classic politician who pompously talks about the people’s interests. But, is that who he’s really representing
Read More...April 30, 2019 Updated 4/30/2019 Email Print Michael Wayland Automotive News General Motors Co. General Motors Co. officials said the company expects to move carbon fiber use beyond the new CarbonPro box on the GMC Denali. Fort Wayne, Ind. — General Motors Co.’s new carbon fiber pickup box for the GMC Sierra is the tip
Read More...April 30, 2019 Updated 4/30/2019 Email Print Agilyx LLC and Americas Styrenics LLC are creating a joint venture to recycle post-consumer polystyrene into new products. The new operation, called Regenyx LLC, aims to use Agilyx’s chemical recycling approach to convert used PS into styrene monomer. Americas Styrenics, which makes both polystyrene and styrene, will work
Read More...April 30, 2019 Updated 4/30/2019 Email Print Plastics News Europe Corbios/YouTube Corbios is working with major consumer brands as it gears up for its system to recycled PET. Clermont-Ferrand, France — Key global beverage brands including Nestlé, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe, have joined a consortium led by France-based Carbios and L’Oréal SA
Read More...Daniel B. Markind, Esq.Flaster Greenberg PC We’re getting to a decision on the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) project. A Cuomo pipeline decision will have profound consequences for New York City. While little noticed outside of the energy industry, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is about to make one of the seminal decisions of his tenure. Before
Read More...Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate” A new report by the Cleveland State University shows natural gas production is surging in the Appalachian Shale region, with no end in sight. Offshore oil and natural gas drilling has taken place in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico for over 75 years. But drilling for oil in
Read More...April 30, 2019 Updated 4/30/2019 Email Print Milacron Holdings Corp. Milacron’s Uniloy unit produces blow molding machines for a variety of end markets. It has owned by business for 20 years. Milacron Holdings Corp. is exiting the Uniloy blow molding machinery business, 20 years after buying the operation. Milacron announced the news in its first
Read More...April 30, 2019 Updated 4/30/2019 Email Print Plastics News Europe Belgian urethane foam maker Recticel NV/SA has rejected an unsolicited, non-binding 700 million euro ($791 million) offer from Kingspan Group plc to acquire the company’s insulation and flexible foams divisions. The company’s board unanimously decided to turn down the offer saying in an April 26
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … A report from Pennsylvania’s Auditor General shows why giving severance tax money to Tom Wolf would simply further subsidize Philadelphia buses and trains. Every year Governor Tom Wolf tells his Pennsylvania constituents he needs a severance tax on natural gas. He says he needs it for one thing one
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