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White House seeks to cut EPA budget 31% as Trump targets regulation
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- President Donald Trump's administration is proposing a 31% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency's budget, eliminating its climate change programs and trimming back core initiatives aimed at protecting air and water quality, according to budget documents released on Thursday.
Mexico's Pemex says explosion at fuel storage facility injures 8
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- At least eight people were injured on Wednesday by explosion at a Pemex fuel storage and distribution facility near the state-owned oil company's Salamanca refinery, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, Pemex said on Twitter.
CH2M, Shell sign framework agreement providing global engineering services
DENVER -- CH2M has signed a framework agreement with Shell to provide engineering, procurement, construction and project management services across upstream, integrated gas and downstream projects globally.
Motorists in US drove 2.2% more miles in January vs last year
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Motorists traveled 242.3 billion miles on US roads and highways in January, a 2.2% increase over the same period last year, according to US Department of Transportation figures released on Wednesday.
ABB Customer World: How R&D keeps pace with technological advances in oil and gas
HOUSTON -- During a CTO panel discussion, Ahmed Hashmi, head of upstream technology at BP, discussed how research and development in the oil and gas industry is keeping up with the increasing change in technology, and where the future of R&D will take the industry, at ABB Customer World Wednesday morning.
ABB Customer World: Automation efficiency and the future of operational excellence
HOUSTON -- No matter what industry you work in, improving and instituting automation efficiency can lead to operational excellence. This idea was the theme of Wednesday morning’s keynote presentation “Next level operational excellence: Efficiency in automation” at ABB Customer World 2017.
ABB Customer World: How digitalization is elevating chemical, oil and gas industry processes
HOUSTON -- ABB Customer World 2017 took on a theme during Wednesday’s sessions, focusing heavily on digitalization and how it can be used to “close the loop” and generate customer value.
EIA: Midwest, Rocky Mountain regions' production of transportation fuels meeting more of demand
Changes in North American energy markets over the past decade have strengthened the supply of transportation fuels, including motor gasoline, distillates, and jet fuel, in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, according to a new study commissioned by EIA.
Harmony, NextDecade agree to pursue merger valued at $1 B
New York, NY and The Woodlands, TX -- Harmony Merger Corp. and privately held NextDecade, LLC jointly announced that they have executed a non-binding letter of intent to merge, which would result in NextDecade becoming a publicly listed company. Harmony is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company whose objective is to take a company public via reverse merger.
US judge denies tribe's request to stop oil flow in Dakota Access pipeline
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A US federal judge on Tuesday denied a request by a Native American tribe for an emergency injunction to prevent oil from flowing through part of the Dakota Access Pipeline, saying such a move would be against the public interest.
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- OQ courts other partners for petrochemical complex in Oman as SABIC drops out 12/12
- Brazil's BNDES approves $71 MM for carbon storage project 12/12
- Cuba on edge as U.S. seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk 12/12
- China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030 12/12
- Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak 12/12
