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NewsReuters, May 17, 2019Venezuela’s 310,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Cardon oil refinery, operated by state-run oil company PDVSA, halted operations on Wednesday due to damage at some of its units.
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NewsExxon Mobil Corporation, May 17, 2019ExxonMobil has completed an expansion of its specialty elastomers manufacturing plant in Newport, Wales, doubling the plant’s manufacturing capacity and increasing global manufacturing capacity of Santoprene™ thermoplastic elastomers by 25 percent.
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NewsArkema, May 17, 2019Arkema reaches another milestone in its journey of growth in specialties with the planned acquisition of ArrMaz, a US-based leader in specialty surfactants for crop nutrition, mining and infrastructure.
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NewsHouston Chronicle, May 16, 201935 employees at KMCO's Crosby chemical plant have been terminated. The layoffs were announced on Wednesday, and come as a result of the fatal incident that took place early last month.
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NewsReuters, May 16, 2019Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co (BPGIC) plans to build a 250,000 bpd oil refinery in Fujairah, UAE to produce bunker fuel that complies with new international laws capping sulfur content in shipping fuels.
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NewsReuters, May 16, 2019Sinopec's Qingdao Refinery plans to shut down later this month for a planned major overhaul, the state-run refiner said on its website on Wednesday.
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NewsMeridian Energy Group Inc., May 15, 2019Meridian Energy Group Inc. has announced Emerson as the Main Automation Partner at the Davis Refinery in Belfield, North Dakota. It is the first full-conversion "greenfield" refinery being constructed in the U.S. since 1976.
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NewsResearch and Markets, May 15, 2019According to the report recently released by Research and Markets, the global Asset Integrity Management (AIM) services market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% over the next eight years and reach $37.92 billion by 2027.
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NewsU.S. Department of Energy, May 14, 2019The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced an $8 million investment in innovative approaches to enhance the reliability and resilience of the nation’s energy infrastructure.
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Press ReleaseBecht Engineering, May 13, 2019Greg was most recently with POWER Engineering in Oradell, NJ and has worked for Independent Power Developer, GPU International, and Exxon Research and Engineering Co.
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NewsReuters, May 13, 2019Heavy, sour crude oil processed by U.S. refiners has become more expensive, eating up hoped-for profit windfalls before they even materialized, forcing refiners to rethink plans to invest more in heavy crude processing units.
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NewsU.S. Energy Information Administration, May 13, 2019Net income for 43 U.S. oil producers totaled $28 billion in 2018, a five-year high. Based on net income, 2018 was the most profitable year for these U.S. oil producers since 2013.
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Press ReleaseStone Fort Group, May 13, 2019The Energy Drone & Robotics Summit, taking place June 12-13 in Houston, Texas at the Woodlands Waterway Marriott, has released the full event agenda, which includes 60+ sessions and will include 100+ speakers over the two days
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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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NewsChevron, May 10, 2019Chevron Corporation announced today that, under the terms of its previously announced Merger Agreement with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, it will not make a counterproposal and will allow the four-day match period to expire.
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NewsReuters, May 9, 2019Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that they will not be considering private sector suiters for the project, opting to allow Pemex to oversee the construction of the new oil refinery instead.
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