Americas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to expand North American oil and gas services
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will expand the scope of its oil and gas services to plants in the North American market.
US government halts Dakota Access pipeline construction
The Obama administration stepped into a dispute Friday over a planned oil pipeline in North Dakota, blocking construction on federal land and asking the company behind the project to suspend work nearby.
KBR dividing wall column technology installed at Port Allen refinery
Placid Refining Company LLC successfully started a grassroots dividing wall column reformate splitter at their Port Allen, Louisiana refinery using KBR's Distill-Max DWC technology.
California tightens climate change rules under bills signed by governor
California will tighten controls on greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, factories and public utilities under a pair of bills signed by Governor Jerry Brown.
LyondellBasell will build high density polyethylene plant in La Porte, Texas
LyondellBasell has selected its La Porte, Texas, manufacturing complex as the site for a new high density polyethylene plant.
Enterprise Products Partners withdraws indication of interest in Williams
Enterprise Products Partners LP has withdrawn its indication of interest in The Williams Companies, Inc. regarding the possible combination of Enterprise and Williams.
Air Liquide divests assets to comply with FTC in Airgas integration
Air Liquide has completed the divestiture of certain US assets required by the US Federal Trade Commission in connection with the acquisition of Airgas.
US refiners revamp operations as renewable fuel costs surge
US oil refiners, beset by the weakest profit margins in six years, have been laying off workers, revamping operations and ratcheting up pressure on regulators and lawmakers to tweak the renewable fuel program, whose costs have ballooned.
Rangeland Energy brings RIO pipeline into service
Rangeland Energy’s RIO Pipeline is now in commercial service for all shippers transporting crude oil and condensate to market from the Delaware Basin.
Dakota Access agrees to temporarily halt some North Dakota pipeline work
Dakota Access agreed to temporarily halt construction of an oil pipeline in some parts of North Dakota where a Native American tribe says it has sacred sites.
- CNOOC completes construction on $2.9-B, 1.8-MMtpy integrated complex in east China 8/22
- bp's Whiting refinery (U.S.) continues to flare days after severe thunderstorm 8/22
- Bachmann introduces latest version M-Target for Simulink 8/22
- U.S. to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait 8/22
- Chinese independent refiner Hongrun buys Canadian, Brazilian crude 8/22
- Ukrainian attack suspends Russian oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia 8/22
