Americas
Mistral Midstream selects UOP modular equipment to recover Canada NGLs
The UOP Russell modular cryogenic equipment will process 60 million standard cubic feet per day (MMSCFD) of natural gas. It is expected to be in production in late 2014 at Mistral’s site.
BP wins top safety honors for US pipeline business
Don Porter, who leads BP’s US pipelines business, accepted API’s Occupational Safety and Environmental Performance awards in the large operator category on behalf of the company.
EIA administrator expects flat summer market for US transportation fuels
Adam Sieminski, administrator for the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), described flattening in transportation fuels pricing and abundant new crude oil supplies.
Dresser-Rand wins US Gulf supplier safety award
The Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Awards celebrate the positive contributions made by midstream sector companies of the oil and gas industry that demonstrate advances made in the key areas of environmental stewardship, efficiency, innovation, corporate social responsibility, and health and safety.
Study: Canada to benefit from marine use of LNG
According to the report, Liquefied Natural Gas: A Marine Fuel for Canada's West Coast, all of the technologies needed to use LNG as a marine fuel are proven and commercially available.
Chevron Phillips Chemical breaks ground on new Texas ethane cracker
The project includes a 1.5 million tpy ethane cracker to be built at the Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, and two 500,000 tpy capacity polyethylene facilities to be built in Old Ocean, Texas.
Chevron Phillips Chemical CEO sees need for technical workers
Chevron Phillips anticipates hiring more than 2,800 employees over the next 6 years as it faces a surge in demand for skilled workers to replace a wave of likely retirements.
US shale gas elevates petrochemical markets
The development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing technologies has led to the rapid exploitation of US shale gas resources. This increase in shale gas production has led to a change in the US energy mix.
Case history: Optimization of aromatics complex
Borealis Polymers executed an online optimization project at its phenol and aromatics plants in Porvoo. The plantwide application increased the output rate by 9% and greatly improved the stability of operations.
Improve the cracking of ethylene dichloride
The discovery and exploitation of shale gas in North America is providing a boost to the domestic petrochemical industry. In particular, commodity petrochemicals such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are e..
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