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Press ReleaseNACE International, July 19, 2019Gain a deeper understanding of how pipeline integrity management can increase asset longevity, improve safety, and maximize profits from the distribution of oil, gas and refined hydrocarbons.
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NewsReuters, July 18, 2019BP Plc plans to shut the small gasoline-producing unit at its 430,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery for a planned overhaul by mid-August.
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NewsReuters, July 18, 2019The Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery, the oldest and largest on the U.S. East Coast, is expected to shut its remaining units on Monday as the plant uses up the last of its crude supplies, sources said on Wednesday.
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NewsReuters, July 18, 2019China’s West Pacific Petrochemical Corp, or WEPEC, is set to export 900,000 barrels of gasoline to Mexico this month amid a swelling glut of the motor fuel at home, according to an industry source with direct knowledge of the matter.
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NewsReuters, July 17, 2019Curacao has begun evaluating up to 10 proposals from energy firms interested partnering in the Caribbean nation’s 335,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery. An agreement with a potential partner is expected to be reached by November.
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NewsReuters, July 16, 2019Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA announced on Monday the start of a sale process for refining and logistics assets, according to a securities filing.
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NewsReuters, July 16, 2019The United States and China will become the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters and importers, respectively, in five years, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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NewsReuters, July 15, 2019A unit at Royal Dutch Shell’s Pulau Bukom refinery and petrochemical complex experienced an operational upset on Sunday, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on Monday.
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Partner ContentAET is a powerful, non-intrusive inspection technique to verify the structural integrity of pressure vessels, spheres, high-temperature reactors and piping, coke drums, above-ground storage tanks, cryogenic storage tanks, and more.
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NewsOMV, July 15, 2019OMV, the international, integrated oil and gas company headquartered in Vienna, has made the decision to invest EUR 64 mn in the construction of an ISO C4 plant. The construction of the new plant will begin in summer 2019 at the Burghausen Refinery.
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NewsReuters, July 12, 2019The gasoline-producing unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp’s 585,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, may remain shut for two to eight weeks for repairs.
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NewsSasol Limited, July 12, 2019Sasol recently announced the opening of its new alkoxylation plant in Nanjing, China, which will more than double its alkoxylation production capacity in the region.
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NewsINEOS Phenol, July 11, 2019INEOS Phenol has announced it will build a world scale, state of the art cumene unit in Marl, Germany, to be completed in 2021.
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NewsReuters, July 11, 2019An intensifying tropical storm in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico on Thursday cut more than half the region’s oil output, with energy companies evacuating staff from nearly 200 offshore facilities and a coastal refinery.
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NewsChevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC, July 10, 2019Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Qatar Petroleum have announced they have signed an agreement to jointly pursue development of a new petrochemical plant in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.
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NewsAir Liquide, July 10, 2019Air Liquide plans to invest nearly $140 million USD to build a new world-scale Air Separation Unit in Bay City, Texas, and add nearly eight miles of pipeline to its Gulf Coast Pipeline System
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