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NewsReuters, January 16, 2020U.S. energy exports to China, mostly crude oil and natural gas, will climb as the world’s two largest economies struck a trade agreement after a more than year-long tariff war, executives and traders said on Wednesday.
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NewsReuters, January 16, 2020French energy major Total has postponed the restart of a distillation unit at its 220,000-barrel-per-day Donges Refinery until Friday due to a nationwide strike over planned pensions reform, the company said on Wednesday.
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NewsReuters, January 16, 2020A fire broke out on Tuesday at the Zhuhai Changlian Petrochemical plant in southern China. No casualties were reported and the cause of the fire is still being investigated.
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Press ReleaseRefining Community, January 15, 2020RefComm® Galveston 2020 will be held on May 11 - 15, 2020 at the Moody Gardens Hotel and Conference Center in Galveston, TX. This marks the 22nd year for the conference, training seminar, and exhibition.
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Press ReleaseStress Engineering Services, Inc., January 15, 2020The acquisition will provide high-resolution pipe ID scanning hardware and imaging software while enhancing Stress Engineering Services’s competencies within upstream, midstream, downstream, aerospace, consumer, and medical services.
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NewsEnterprise Products Partners L.P., January 14, 2020Enterprise Products Partners L.P. recently announced that its isobutane dehydrogenation (“iBDH”) plant in the Mont Belvieu, Texas area recently began service, with volumes expected to continue ramping up during the next two weeks.
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NewsKPLC News, January 14, 2020On Monday at approximately 1:15 p.m. local time, an explosion and fire rocked a low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit at Sasol's Lake Charles Chemical Project.
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NewsReuters, January 13, 2020
French oil group Total halted on Sunday a distillation unit at its Donges refinery on France’s western coast due to lack of crude supply during the country’s current strikes
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NewsReuters, January 13, 2020Motiva Enterprises completed restarting the gasoline-producing unit at its 607,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Sunday, sources familiar with plant operations said on Monday.
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NewsReuters, January 10, 2020With the news that Shell is looking to unload its Anacortes, Washington, facility, there are seven different U.S. refineries on the block now, accounting for about 5% of U.S. crude oil processing capacity, according to data compiled by Reuters.
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NewsReuters, January 9, 2020Royal Dutch Shell Plc is looking to sell its oil refinery in Anacortes, Washington, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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NewsMIAT College of Technology, January 8, 2020This program incorporates theoretical lectures supported by hands-on learning platforms that will produce quality entry-level technicians who will have sound practical, technical and theoretical NDT knowledge upon their graduation.
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Partner ContentIntegrating a new digital technology that combines data-driven insights and data storage with innovative mobility can provide a new level of connected intelligence. Digitalization can improve workflow, increase worker productivity and allow better...
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NewsBecht Engineering, January 7, 2020Becht Engineering's Dimensional Technology Services division announces that it has agreed to acquire Texas Gulf Coast Engineers (TGCE). For more than 20 years, TGCE has been a leader in advanced dimensional control services.
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NewsReuters, January 6, 2020French oil company Total said on Friday that its four French refineries - at Donges, Feyzin, Normandie-Gonfreville, and Grandpuits - were functioning and producing output, even as a nationwide strike in the country shows no signs of abating.
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NewsReuters, January 6, 2020Venezuela’s Petropiar facility, a joint venture between state oil company PDVSA and Chevron Corp, is once again operating as a crude upgrader after several months working as a less complex blending facility.
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