Americas
Rinchem opens Arizona chemical logistics facility
The new facility includes warehousing areas for regulated and non-regulated chemicals and gases. Services that will be offered at this site include customized, temperature-controlled storage and handling of high-purity chemicals and gases primarily for the semiconductor industry.
CB&I wins engineering work from NextDecade for Rio Grande LNG project
The Rio Grande LNG project from NextDecade includes plans for up to six liquefaction trains, with a nominal output capacity of 4.5 million tpy of LNG per train.
Study: US plastics jobs to rise 20% within decade
"The Rising Competitive Advantage of US Plastics" study found that the shale gas production surge has reversed the fortunes of the plastics industry, shifting the competitive advantage to the US, where producers mostly use raw materials derived from natural gas.
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.
- IHI, Vopak to launch ammonia terminal project in Japan 7/11
- India's BPCL plans to shut Bina refinery unit for 15-day maintenance in August 7/11
- Soaring electric truck sales deal new blow to diesel use in China 7/11
- Russia`s Tatneft launches new hydrocracking unit on TANECO refinery 7/11
- IEA: Global oil market may be tighter than it looks 7/11
- India must boost its petchem output to counter China's dominance, Reliance says 7/11
