US ethanol groups say EPA plan to cut quotas has crushed growth
A recent Obama administration proposal to trim quotas for renewable fuels led to a rout in ethanol credits and handcuffed the US industry’s growth, according to biofuel groups.
June 15, 2015Continue reading...Essar Oil looks to sell 49% stake in key West India refinery to Rosneft
The founders of Essar Oil are in discussions to sell up to 50 percent in the 400,000-bpd refinery in the western state of Gujarat, BTVI reported Monday, citing people it didn’t identify.
June 15, 2015Continue reading...Bechtel set to quadruple Queensland LNG output
Bechtel is on track to complete the construction of an additional three LNG production trains on Curtis Island by the end of 2015, quadrupling Queensland’s LNG production.
June 12, 2015Continue reading...Cheniere to expand new LNG capacity on US Gulf
If completed, the new US Gulf developments are projected to add up to approximately 19 million tpy of incremental LNG production capacity and would bring Cheniere's aggregate nominal LNG production capacity to near 60 million tpy by 2025.
June 12, 2015Continue reading...Calumet Specialty opens new Mexico facility for base, transformer oils
Through its Mexico facility, Calumet will offer a wide range of products to customers in Mexico and Latin American markets. The initial product focus will include base oils, transformer oils, waxes, white mineral oils, petrolatum, and other specialty hydrocarbon fluids, such as solvents.
June 12, 2015Continue reading...Kuwait Petroleum nears deal to sell Q8 Europoort refinery in Rotterdam
HES International BV, a storage and logistics company, is the leading bidder in an auction of the 88,000 bpd refinery that got seven expressions of interest.
June 11, 2015Continue reading...Shell taps Permasense units at Singapore refinery
Following an initial order of 25 sensors last year, installed to extract thickness data from inaccessible locations, Shell will expand its monitoring system in August 2015 to include an additional 128 sensors spread across three of the Pulau Bukom refinery’s units.
June 10, 2015Continue reading...Neste, Total to develop bio-solvents, technical fluids for downstream
Total Fluides will market a new line of renewable fluids for numerous applications such as paints and coatings, drilling fluids, solvents for emulsion polymerization, printing ink fluids, emollients for cosmetics and many others industrial and automotive fluids.
June 10, 2015Continue reading...Haverhill to shutter Ohio phenol, acetone plant
Shipments to customers from the phenol/acetone plant will continue until inventory is exhausted. The process is expected to be completed in July, according to Haverhill officials.
June 9, 2015Continue reading...Honeywell breaks ground on new nylon resins line at Virginia complex
When the line starts up in the fourth quarter of 2015, Honeywell's Chesterfield facility will become the first and only North American supplier of both resins.
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