Refining
HP Impact: Libya at a glance
Wood Mackenzie recently undertook an analysis of Libya, attempting to discern how long it could take for a recovery of oil and gas production. One of the key issues in this respect is how quickly the ..
HP Construction: North America
Dominion is proceeding with its next major project in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, the construction of a large natural gas processing and fractionation plant along the Ohio River in Natrium,..
HP Construction: South America
Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been released to perform the second phase scope for an existing contract with Ecopetrol S.A. for modernization of the refinery in Ba..
HP Construction: Europe
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has a contract with Aibel AS to provide detailed design engineering services to support Aibel, which has been appoint..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) in Queensland, Australia, has selected Meridium, Inc. as the platform for its enterprise-wide APM initiative. The GLNG plant, which began construction earlier th..
HP Innovations: HPInnovations
Mercaptan oxidation in aqueous waste   Fig. 1. Mercaptan destruction rate.  Tert butyl mercaptan (TBM) and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) are oxidized to destruction in an aqueous-waste so..
Shell seeks shipper commitments for proposed Louisiana-to-Houston crude pipeline
Shell has started a non-binding solicitation of interest period for firm capacity on its proposed St. James to Houston pipeline project, known as the Westward Ho pipeline. The Westward Ho pipeline would enhance access to the anticipated increased domestic production of US Gulf of Mexico and foreign crude available at St. James, La., the company said.
US shale boom lifts petrochemical exports - report
The US shale gas exploration and production boom continues to fuel significant cost advantages for North American commodity chemicals producers as relative costs of natural gas and oil-based feedstocks remain far apart, according to a new report from credit-watch firm Fitch Ratings.
US grants $5m to Gevo to develop cellulosic jet fuel
Renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels firm Gevo received a $5 million grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the development of biojet fuel from woody biomass and forest product residues.
Enterprise, Enbridge plan Cushing-to-Gulf pipeline
Enterprise Products and Enbridge are planning to design, construct and operate a new pipeline to transport crude oil from the oversupplied Cushing hub in Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast refining complex outside Houston.
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- BlackRock-led group set to invest in $10 billion Aramco Jafurah infrastructure deal 7/21
- Yara announces possible new ammonia projects in the U.S. 7/21
- Zambia plans 60,000-bpd oil refinery in copper belt 7/21
- U.S. firms to develop Syria energy masterplan after Trump lifts sanctions 7/18
- Russian seaborne diesel exports for July 1–15 fall 6% month-on-month 7/18
