Americas
Musket expanding crude rail facility in North Dakota
Musket Corp. on Thursday announced a major expansion of its Dore, N.D., crude-by-rail facility. Upon completion, the high-speed loading facility will be capable of moving unit trains of crude oil from the Bakken Shale/Williston Basin to markets across the country.
Dominion to build natural gas processing, liquids fractionation plant in West Virginia
Dominion said Thursday that it is proceeding with its next major project in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, which is the construction of a large natural gas processing and fractionation plant along the Ohio River in Natrium, W.Va. The first phase of construction includes facilities that can process 200 million cubic feet/day of natural gas and fractionate 36,000 bpd of natural gas liquids.
ExxonMobil, Honeywell form licensing alliance for hydroprocessing, engineering
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE) and Honeywell’s UOP have formed a joint marketing and licensing alliance for lube and advanced fuels hydroprocessing and engineering capabilities to companies in the refining sector.
Oil demand, prices to rise in Q3 - Ernst & Young
Oil demand and prices should continue to rise in the third quarter of 2011 according to indicators, even with ongoing uncertainty with respect to the economic recovery, deficit reduction initiatives in the US and the debt crisis in Europe, according to a quarterly outlook from Ernst & Young.
Eastman buys US specialty chemical firm Dynaloy
Eastman Chemical has acquired the assets of Dynaloy, a specialty chemical business based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Shaw awarded pipe fabrication services deal for US manufacturing facility
US-based engineering and construction firm The Shaw Group signed a multi-year contract with a private company to provide pipe fabrication services for a new $1 billion domestic manufacturing facility, officials said on Tuesday.
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- China oil demand to plateau between 2025 and 2030 12/12
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