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Enbridge to twin its Canada oil sands pipeline

Enbridge will twin the southern section of its Athabasca Pipeline from Kirby Lake, Alberta, to the crude oil hub in Hardisty, Alberta, at an estimated cost of approximately $1.2 billion. The twin line will initially add approximately 450,000 bpd of capacity between these points, with low-cost expansion potential to 800,000 bpd, the company said.

Air Products to supply gases for INEOS Bio plant

Air Products has been awarded a contract to supply onsite oxygen, compressed dry air, and nitrogen to INEOS Bio's joint venture project for a waste-to-ethanol facility in Vero Beach, Florida.

US shale advantage to dissipate in future - study

The US shale advantage makes US petrochemicals made from methane and ethane more competitive, but that advantage, accruing mostly to ethylene, dissipates over the next 20 years, according to a new study from Probe Economics.

Shell to commercialize fuel LNG in Canada by 2012

Shell said Wednesday that it plans to have liquefied natural gas (LNG) available for heavy-duty fleet customers beginning in 2012 at select Shell Flying J truck stops in Alberta, Canada.

Nustar to modify, expand South Texas pipelines as Valero seeks more Eagle Ford crude

NuStar Energy has entered into an agreement with Valero in which NuStar will modify existing sections within its South Texas pipeline system and build new sections to transport Eagle Ford and other crude oils.

US oil policy changes could create 1.4mn jobs – API

US oil and natural gas policy changes could generate more than 1.4 million new jobs, $800 billion in additional government revenue, and 10 million bbl worth of added daily oil and natural gas production by 2030, according to a study by Wood Mackenzie released by the American Petroleum Institute (API).

Air Products to supply gases for China solar facility

Air Products said it signed a contract with Hunan Gongchuang Photovoltaic Science & Technology Co. to supply bulk and specialty gases at its new silicon thin-film photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing facility in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, China.

NOVA inks deals for Marcellus Shale ethane supply, delivery to Canada cracker

NOVA Chemicals has entered into three agreements to help revamp its Corunna cracker in Ontario, Canada, to utilize up to 100% natural gas liquids (NGL) feedstocks.

Praxair to build air separation plant in west India

Praxair plans to build a new state-of-the-art air separation plant in the rapidly growing Pune-Mumbai industrial corridor of western India, the industrial gases firm said on Tuesday.

Alfa Laval wins order for heat exchangers from Qatar natural gas project

Alfa Laval has received an order from Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. to supply heat exchangers for a major natural gas project in Qatar. The order value is approximately SEK 90 million and delivery is scheduled for 2012.