Americas
Badlands NGL secures ethane supply by CLR for North Dakota PE project
The agreement dedicates a long-term ethane supply to Badlands' North Dakota based project: a world-scale, NGL-sourced ethane gas to polyethylene (PE) manufacturing facility.
US chemical business cools in September amid economic slowdown
The pattern shows a marked deceleration, even reversal, over second-quarter activity. The ACC says it is unlikely that industry growth will pick up through early 2016.
Pemex extinguishes heater fire at Tula refinery as worker suffers injury
The fire occurred at a heater within the refinery's Hidros 1 plant, a hydrotreater that uses hydrogen to remove impurities in the refining process, Pemex said in a statement.
REG takes ownership of newly-acquired biodiesel refinery in Washington
The ceremony marked the transition to REG’s ownership of the former Imperium Grays Harbor 100-million gal nameplate capacity biodiesel production and terminal facility.
EU extends import duties on US biodiesel to 2020
The EU first set the duties in 2009 on several US producers of biodiesel, including Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill. In making the decision, the European Commission came to the conclusion that the US tax credit of $1/gal of biodiesel was harming European producers.
Amec Foster Wheeler chosen as engineer for YCI’s Louisiana methanol project
Under the contract, the value of which has not been disclosed, Amec Foster Wheeler will be providing engineering, project management, procurement and early construction services. The intention is to extend this into a full scope EPC contract during 2016 on mutually agreed terms.
BP plans layoffs at Texas City petrochemical plant
A BP spokesman said the Texas City complex is shutting a paraxylene (PX) unit that has been idle for over a year due to market conditions and to make better use of resources.
Olin shareholders approve $5B chlor-alkali, vinyls merger with Dow Chemical
Olin said on Tuesday that its shareholders overwhelmingly approved the necessary stock measures to complete the pending merger with Dow Chemical's US chlor-alkali and vinyl, global chlorinated organics and global epoxy businesses. The deal should be complete in October.
Audubon Engineering plans Colorado expansion
The new office space is located in the Durango Tech Center in Colorado and will provide the necessary capacity to support growing market penetration for engineering services, sales and leadership functions.
GE creates new digital business for industrial internet, software solutions
GE Digital will integrate GE’s Software Center, the expertise of GE’s global IT and commercial software teams, and the industrial security strength of Wurldtech, according to company officials. This new model will be led by Bill Ruh, chief digital officer.
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