Americas
Mexichem opens new India pressure pipes plant
The location of the Hyderabad plant in South India allows Mexichem to position itself for exports to Southeast Asia, to serve customers in South India and to capture new business opportunities.
Norfolk Southern honors 66 chemical companies for safe rail shipments
Altogether, the winning customers safely shipped more than 227,000 carloads of hazardous chemical products over the railroad's network in 2014.
Mexican authorities raid Celanese chemical plant in environmental dispute
Acting on a search warrant ordered by a Mexican federal district judge, they are investigating alleged violations of Mexican environmental law. The alleged violations include contaminating the Santiago River and soil with mercury and methyl ethyl ketone (MEK).
RefComm ’15: Presenters target more production, less risk in refining
Refiners are currently the only money-makers in the energy industry. Against this backdrop, the May 4-8 RefComm Galveston 2015 Conference focused on how to continue operating profitably and safely.
Gevo, Alaska Airlines to partner on renewable alcohol-based jet fuel
The patented alcohol-to-jet fuel is a clean-burning, homegrown, drop-in jet fuel with the potential to deliver aviation biofuels at scale and at competitive cost, the company said.
Cove Point LNG wins US approval for full exports
The Cove Point LNG Terminal in Calvert County, Maryland is authorized to export LNG up to the equivalent of 0.77 Bcf/d of natural gas for a period of 20 years.
BASF names Kinetix as gas treatment distributor for ammonia, syngas
Under the OASE brand, BASF offers its novel amine-based gas treatment technology for gases containing hydrogen and/or carbon dioxide for ammonia and syngas applications.
High fuel margins help Calumet swing to Q1 profit
"Realized margins within our fuel products segment more than doubled in the first quarter of 2015, versus the prior year period," said Bill Hatch, interim CEO at Calumet Specialty Products.
Calumet strikes US crude supply deal with Plains for Louisiana refinery
Oil will be shipped to Calumet's Shreveport refinery on the Caddo Pipeline, an 80,000 bpd pipeline owned by Plains and Delek Logistics, expected to reach completion by mid-2016.
Abengoa to build new US waste-to-biofuels plant
Abengoa was selected to build the first US biorefinery using gasification technology to convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into syncrude that will be upgraded into jet fuel.
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