Americas
2015 global downstream spending projected to jump to all-time high
The HPI's total capital, maintenance & operating budgets are expected to exceed $324 B in 2015, representing an all-time high. Global announced project spending is also up.
Fertilizer groups CF Industries, Yara International terminate merger talks
CF Industries Holdings announced that the company and Yara International have terminated their discussions regarding a potential merger of equals transaction.
Badlands NGL to build new North Dakota ethane cracker, PE complex
Badlands NGL, LLC, and its partners expect to invest $4 billion to build the polyethylene manufacturing facility in North Dakota. The project will be the largest private investment in state history.
US public transit agencies increasingly adopt clean diesel technology
Nationally, 44% of the diesel transit buses meet or exceed the first EPA clean diesel standard – Model Year 2007 or newer – while 33% of the US truck fleet meet or exceed the standard.
Shell Chemicals offers gas-based fluids, solvents
The high-purity paraffinic fluids are made from gas-to-liquids (GTL) products manufactured at the world’s largest GTL plant -- Pearl GTL in Qatar, a joint venture of Shell and Qatar Petroleum.
Pemex awards EPC work to Foster Wheeler for Salina Cruz clean fuels
The investment in the Salina Cruz refinery, in excess of $500 million, is part of a significant clean fuels program being implemented by Pemex as a result of Mexico's recent energy reform.
Louisiana LNG Energy chooses Bechtel to design new gas-export facility
The design will center on a modular approach, which shortens the construction schedule and accommodates future expansion. The new facility will have an initial export capacity of 2 million tpy.
North American ethane supply offers opportunity for Western Europe
On the verge of losing competitiveness, a robust supply of US ethane imports present an opportunity for some Western European producers, with a potential to transform region’s feedstock landscape.
Emerson Exchange ’14: Free PIDPlus licenses available via HART
PIDPlus technology offers real-time control using WirelessHART measurement and actuator devices with a digital control system (DCS).
Dow Chemical unveils apprenticeship program
Dow’s US program offers candidates 2-to-4 years of world-class training and on-job experience in some of the most sought after technical specialty positions in the industry.
- Digital Exclusive: Improving rotor performance with the high-speed balancing bunker 9/4
- GHGSat satellites deployed to monitor methane at scale across ExxonMobil's onshore operations 9/4
- Nigeria's Dangote refinery gasoline unit could be shut for 2–3 months 9/4
- Oil flows to Germany via damaged Druzhba pipeline to normalize 9/4
- Shell officially scraps plans for 820,000-tpy biofuels facility in Rotterdam 9/3
- Mexico's Olmeca refinery restarting units after power outage 9/3
