Overview of Construction

EPC projects are complex initiatives with multiple stakeholder interfaces that can be difficult to manage. This article sheds some light on how quality activities add value to a project and when in the value-chain should these activities be executed.

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At the end of every year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releases its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations for the fiscal year. Although the list rarely sees...

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Over the last six months, Inspectioneering has released a plethora of interesting and educational content that has been read more than 150,000 times online. In case you missed it, here's a recap.

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This article shares some benefits of pro-actively performing RBI assessments during the design and construction phase of the plant with professionals involved in fixed equipment mechanical integrity programs.

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This article discusses how a technology coupled with API 1177 allows construction crews, inspectors, and pipeline integrity engineers to quickly analyze inspection, NDT, and commissioning data in near real-time, as well as problem solve in the field.

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Our proprietary furnace tube inspection system, FTIS is an ultrasonic inspection technology capable of rapid, automated fired heater coil inspection in refinery fired heaters. The data captured by our furnace tube inspection system is...

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Creating a proper work scope and developing and executing an effective work plan are essential for a successful turnaround. However, behind the scenes exists the glue that pulls the entire effort together: logistics.

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At the end of every year, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) releases its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations for the fiscal year. Although the list rarely sees...

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations. In 2017 Fall Protection, Hazard Communication, and Scaffolding once again...

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The "simple" process of PWHT is more complicated than it may appear at first glance. Knowledge of the procedures, attention to details, and actual experience are indispensable in preventing failures caused by improper PWHT.

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I recently received an inquiry about performing risk-based inspection (RBI) at the design stage of a unit. More specifically, I was asked if it was possible to start an RBI project in the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) phase even though the...

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How long does it take for you to receive reports after an inspection has been completed? A week? A month? Does the data come from multiple sources with no way of knowing if it has been manipulated? Traditional inspection contractors do not have...

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The bolted connection is a critical and complex component in any pressurized system, on typical Oil and Gas projects there will be many thousands of joints all of which need managing through Design, Fabrication Completion, Commissioning and...

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While the supply of expensive, easy-to-refine light sweet crude peaking in the US, Colombia is finding newer sources of crude which are of lower API, heavy crudes (API less than 20o). Reficar, Refinería de Cartagena S.A. has recognized this...

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The goal in chemical process design is to produce a plant design that is optimal with respect to cost and performance. Plant performance involves a broad range of criteria.

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In June of 1995, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Council on Codes and Standards approved the formation of a new main committee, the Post Construction Committee (PCC). The action culminated the activities of a Task Group on Post...

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China is reviving a $20 billion petrochemical project in eastern Shandong province as part of efforts to dial up infrastructure spending to support an economy struggling with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

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Golden Pass LNG sought permission from U.S. federal energy regulators to boost the capacity of the company’s $10 billion export terminal under construction in Texas to 18.1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from 15.6 MTPA.

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U.S. liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade Corp said on Monday it still planned to make a final investment decision (FID) in 2020 to build its proposed Rio Grande LNG export plant in Texas.

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Thai oil refiner and petrochemical producer IRPC Pcl has delayed a USD $1 billion petrochemical investment and cut run rates by 20% as demand for petroleum and petrochemical products falls amid the coronavirus outbreak

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Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has announced that it will establish a new plant within Osaka Works, Takaishi, Osaka Prefecture, to produce the APEL™ series of cyclic olefin copolymers.

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Our proprietary furnace tube inspection system, FTIS is an ultrasonic inspection technology capable of rapid, automated fired heater coil inspection in refinery fired heaters. The data captured by our furnace tube inspection system is...

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The American Petroleum Institute has published an updated 2nd Edition of Recommended Practice 1169 - Pipeline Construction Inspection.

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LyondellBasell has informed the engineering and construction contractors it will slow construction of its world-scale propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant in Channelview, TX.

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TC Energy Corporation recently announced that it will proceed with construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, resulting in an investment of approximately US$8.0 billion into the North American economy.

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Shell has announced it will not proceed with an equity interest in the proposed Lake Charles LNG project. Accordingly, Energy Transfer will take over as the project developer.

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Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Husky Energy has elected to suspend rebuilding its oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin, that was damaged by an explosion and fire two years ago, the company announced Tuesday.

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LOTIS utilizes laser profilometry to conduct internal steam reformer tube inspections. The data captured by LOTIS is exceptionally powerful when combined with our LifeQuest™ remaining life assessment capabilities, providing an integrated...

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Pembina Pipeline Corporation has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal, making it the first U.S. West Coast natural gas export facility to be approved by FERC.

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FERC has issued a final environmental impact statement for the proposed $43.4B Alaska LNG project, stating most adverse impacts on the environment could be lowered to less-than-significant levels by implementing the proposed mitigation measures.

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Prostar Capital has announced that its newly acquired GTI Statia storage terminal will invest up to $100 million to expand and upgrade operating capacity to meet demand from new and existing customers.

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Phillips 66 and Trafigura Group have formed a 50/50 joint venture, Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC, to develop an offshore deepwater port project located approximately 21 nautical miles east of the entrance to the Port of Corpus Christi.

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ExxonMobil has hired Matrix Service Inc. to build six new 500,000-barrel storage tanks, four of which will be located at ExxonMobil’s Webster Station in Webster, TX with the remaining two at its Baytown Complex in Baytown, TX.

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InVista is a lightweight, hand-held ultrasonic in-line inspection tool (intelligent pig) capable of detecting pipeline wall loss and corrosion in unpiggable or difficult-to-inspect pipelines. The pipeline geometry inspection data captured by the...

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Enterprise Products Partners LP said on Thursday it will own a 29% undivided joint interest in the Wink-to-Webster crude pipeline system and construction on the segment to Webster, Texas, is expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations. In 2019 Fall Protection, Hazard Communication, and Scaffolding once again..

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INA Supervisory Board has granted its prior agreement for the Rijeka Refinery Residue Upgrade project and the INA Management Board unanimously approved the investment.

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Enbridge Inc. and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. recently announced they have agreed to jointly develop and market a deep-water offshore crude oil export terminal capable of fully loading Very Large Crude Carriers.

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Last week, more than 30 industry groups, including the API, called on the Trump administration to finish a regulatory overhaul that would expedite federal environmental approval for big infrastructure projects such as pipelines and road expansions.

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AET 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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German chemical giant BASF has begun construction of its $10-billion integrated petrochemicals project in China's southern province of Guangdong, the company said in a statement on Saturday.

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HollyFrontier recently announced a series of strategic actions, most notably: the construction of a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at the company's Navajo Refinery in Artesia, New Mexico.

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BP Midstream Partners LP is considering expanding its Mars crude oil pipeline to accommodate new volumes from offshore oil fields, Chief Financial Officer Craig Coburn said on Tuesday.

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Harvest Midstream Company, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy Company, recently announced the start of construction for the Ingleside Pipeline and the Harvest Midway Terminal.

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Although Phillips 66, the 4th largest U.S. refiner by capacity, plans to spend less on capital projects in 2020 than 2019, the company plans to execute major projects at its Sweeny (TX), Ponca City (OK), Rodeo (CA), and Humber (England) refineries.

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Auto-refrigeration can impose low temperatures onto process vessels and piping causing them to be at risk of brittle fracture, the sudden break-before leak phenomena that can result in catastrophic rupture of the equipment.

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Sempra Energy has entered into a memorandum of understanding with Mitsui & Co., LTD. reflecting the parties' preliminary agreement for Mitsui's participation in LNG projects in Louisiana and Mexico.

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Peruvian state-owned oil firm Petroperú is seeking as much as $1.5 billion of government funding to complete expansion of its Talara refinery.

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Enterprise Product Partners plans to build a 450,000 bpd pipeline that connects its 6 million barrel Midland, TX storage facility to its ECHO Terminal through its Eagle Ford system in South Texas.

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China’s privately owned Bora Enterprise Group has started construction of a $2.5 billion petrochemicals plant in northeast China as it looks to finalize a planned joint venture with LyondellBasell Industries

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Husky Energy has received the required permit approvals to begin reconstruction activities at its damaged Superior Refinery. The rebuild will take place over the next two years with an expected return to full operations in 2021.

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FFS assessment techniques are applicable to a wide range of damage types: LTA's, cracks, creep damage, dents, and more. These are very powerful analytical tools that often allow operators to not only keep the plant running, but to keep it running...

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LyondellBasell and Enterprise Products Partners have executed long-term contracts that support construction of Enterprise’s second propane dehydrogenation (“PDH”) plant near Mont Belvieu, Texas.

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Magnolia LNG has received preliminary approval from FERC to increase output at its proposed U.S. LNG plant to 8.8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) from the currently authorized 8 mtpa.

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Canadian officials will decide in coming days whether to grant environmental approval for expansion and upgrades at the North Atlantic Refining-owned refinery in Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador.

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NextDecade Corporation and Enbridge Inc. recently announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly pursue the development of the Rio Bravo Pipeline (Rio Bravo) and other natural gas pipelines in South Texas.

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To better serve its customers in Louisiana, Air Liquide will invest more than $270 million in two new large Air Separation Units and infrastructure assets connected to its Mississippi River Pipeline.

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It’s a scary thought to think that with all the new advancements in technology, some facilities still rely on traditional inspection contractors that perform out of date procedures. You rely on technology to keep your home and identity safe, so...

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Specialty chemicals company Evonik has officially begun construction on its largest investment to date in Germany.

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A U.S. Gulf Coast fuel storage operator is launching its own crude processing facility to make 50,000 barrels per day (bpd) of low-sulfur fuels to comply with new environmental rules beginning in 2020, executives told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Dow recently announced it will retrofit proprietary fluidized catalytic dehydrogenation (FCDh) technology into one of its mixed-feed crackers in Plaquemine, Louisiana, to produce on-purpose propylene.

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Kinder Morgan, Inc. recently announced a series of projects, totaling over $170 million of capital investment, that will increase efficiency, add product liquidity, and enhance blending capabilities at its Pasadena and Galena Park terminals.

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The environmental regulator for Mexico’s oil industry said on Monday it had approved the construction of a refinery for state oil company Pemex, but imposed conditions to mitigate the environmental impact of the $8 billion project.

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How long does it take for you to receive reports after an inspection has been completed? A week? A month? Does the data come from multiple sources with no way of knowing if it has been manipulated? Traditional inspection contractors do not have...

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West Coast Olefins has secured a 300-acre site in British Columbia in preparation for the construction of a $5.6 billion petrochemical project, which will include a world-scale ethylene plant and polyethylene facility.

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ExxonMobil has completed an expansion project at its Beaumont, Texas polyethylene plant, increasing plant production capacity by 65% and bringing site capacity to nearly 1.7 million tons per year.

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Kuwait Petroleum Corporation is re-configuring its Al-Zour Refinery to increase the plant's output capacity of fuels and petrochemicals. When completed, it will be the largest integrated refinery and petrochemicals plant ever constructed in Kuwait

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Venture Global LNG, Inc. is proud to announce that the company’s $5.8 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG construction financing has received over $10 billion in binding commitments from Initial Coordinating Lead Arrangers.

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OMV, 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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ProSource Radiography Services, a sister company and subsidiary of Pro-Surve is ready to tackle your radiography needs. Should you need a small bore piping survey or other need for computed radiography. ProSource can take conventional film, and...

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INEOS 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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Chevron 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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Air 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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INEOS Oxide today confirms its new 1.2 billion lb Ethylene Oxide (EO) unit and associated downstream Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EOD) is to be built at INEOS’ Chocolate Bayou manufacturing works south of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico coast.

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Linde announced today it has signed a long-term agreement with ExxonMobil to support the latest multi-billion dollar expansion of the company's integrated manufacturing complex in Singapore.

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Equity Engineering Practices® (EEPs) are a collection of detailed & customizable Best Practices integrated with a customizable management system. EEPs include: 650+ branded and customizable Best Practice Documents, 225+ Pre-Engineered &...

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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently signed an agreement to pursue the development, construction and operation of a petrochemicals complex in Qatar to produce ethylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE).

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Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, has started building a small oil refinery at its storage terminal in Malaysia that will provide low-sulphur fuel for ships, a senior company official said on Monday.

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Over the next 18 months, Phillips 66 plans to modify units at its Wood River and Bayway refineries to reduce high-sulfur fuel oil production in accordance with certain changes to marine fuel rules.

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India’s Maharashtra state has identified a new site for the planned $44 billion oil refinery that state-run firms are building with Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC), Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday.

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Canada, as expected on Tuesday, approved a hotly contested proposal to expand the Trans Mountain oil pipeline it bought last year.

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Training options to meet your needs. E²G contracts with API to deliver training programs for FFS, Risk–Based Inspection, Damage Mechanisms, and Pressure Relieving Systems. ETI and Customized Training offers specialized courses based on industry...

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Anadarko Petroleum Corp gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the construction of a $20 billion gas liquefaction and export terminal in Mozambique.

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ExxonMobil and SABIC have decided to proceed with the construction of a chemical facility and a 1.8 million metric ton ethane steam cracker in San Patricio County, Texas.

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ExxonMobil today said that it has completed an expansion at its Singapore refinery to upgrade its production of EHC™ Group II base stocks.

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Phillips 66 and Bridger Pipeline LLC have formed a 50/50 joint venture to build the Liberty Pipeline, a 24-inch pipeline providing crude oil transportation service from the Rockies and Bakken production areas to Cushing, Oklahoma.

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INEOS will invest $2 billion in building its first ever manufacturing plants in Saudi Arabia, in what is believed to be one of the largest UK investments ever in the Kingdom.

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In today's chemical and refining industries, sustained long term reliability of facilities is critical to profitability and competitiveness. In fact, history shows that differences in operating expenses between best-in-class refineries, and poor...

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Sasol has announced the beneficial operation of its new ethylene oxide (EO) production facility at its Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP)

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Enterprise Products Partners is extending its ethylene pipeline and logistics system 90 miles further into South Texas, a leading growth area for new crackers and ethylene derivative plants.

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Venture Global LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners have executed definitive agreements under which Stonepeak will exclusively provide a $1.3 billion equity investment in Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish,...

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Delek US President and CEO Uzi Yemin announced Thursday the energy company is upgrading its Krotz Springs refinery over five years, creating 30 new jobs with average annual salaries of $90,000 plus benefits.

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Sempra has asked FERC for a 15-month extension to complete the Cameron LNG export plant and put it into full service by September of 2020.

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Piping accounts for roughly 40% of “accidental releases” at major petroleum facilities. Modern robots can inspect every inch of piping while still in service, giving you a clear picture of your most concerning areas.

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Lotte Chemical USA and Westlake Chemical Corporation hosted an official opening ceremony on May 9, 2019, for their joint-venture Ethylene and the Lotte Chemical world-scale Ethylene Glycol (EG) Production Facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana.

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Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Shell Chemicals VP for Gulf Coast Manufacturing Rhoman Hardy announced the company will advance feasibility plans for a potential $1.2 billion manufacturing expansion at its Shell Geismar facility in Louisiana.

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Heavy, 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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Mexican 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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ExxonMobil will proceed with a $2 billion investment to expand its Baytown chemical plant, which will create around 2,000 jobs during construction and contribute to the approximate 15 percent return the company expects from its chemical investments.

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Gecko’s patented robots and software build large, data-dense corrosion maps of vessels and pressure equipment. We compile hundreds of thousands of thickness readings, with photos, and X-Y coordinates to give you incredibly accurate and...

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ExxonMobil has made a final investment decision to expand the Fawley refinery in the United Kingdom to increase production of ultra-low sulfur diesel by almost 45 percent, or 38,000 barrels per day, along with logistics improvements.

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Kinder Morgan Inc’s proposed Gulf liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Mississippi took a step toward receiving federal approval for construction on Wednesday after staff at the federal energy regulator prepared an environmental report.

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White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow on Wednesday said the Trump administration would soon issue an executive order that would open the door for more natural gas pipelines and exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG.

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Tellurian Inc. and Total S.A. recently announced that the two companies have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) for Total to make a $500 million equity investment in the integrated Driftwood LNG project.

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Ecuador will launch an international bidding round for the construction of a new 300,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery and making upgrades to the 110,000 bpd Esmeraldas Refinery.

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Join us every Tuesday from April 28th - June 23rd at 9:30 AM CST for a 30-minute virtual workshop and open discussion session where we will walk through a different cost saving opportunities you may have. Register for the series, attend the sessions...

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Aruba will resume a refurbishment project at a 209,000 barrel-per-day refinery operated by a unit of Citgo Petroleum Corp, the island’s prime minister said on Sunday, after a change to U.S. sanctions on Citgo parent PDVSA last week.

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Royal Dutch Shell has struck a deal with Dutch tank terminal firm HES International to partially restart a German oil refinery mothballed since 2011 in response to new restrictions on marine fuels.

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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company recently announced it is building the world’s largest oil storage facility, with a capacity of 42 million barrels of crude oil, in the Emirate of Fujairah on the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates.

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Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar™) held its official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene unit at its production site in Pasadena, Texas, with an anticipated start-up in 2021.

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ExxonMobil recently announced that it will fund the construction of a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge that will expand production capacity along the Gulf Coast by up to 450,000 tons per year.

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Join us every Tuesday from April 28th - June 23rd at 9:30 AM CST for a 30-minute virtual workshop and open discussion session where we will walk through a different cost saving opportunities you may have. Register for the series, attend the sessions...

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Pertamina plans to double its refining capacity to 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2026 from around 1 million bpd currently

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Halliburton Company recently announced it will build the first oilfield chemical manufacturing reaction plant in Saudi Arabia.

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Vitol, the world’s top oil trader, plans to access liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from the giant Kashagan field in Kazakhstan and may finance the construction of a processing and export facility, industry and company sources told Reuters.

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Meridian Energy Group recently announced that the Company has entered into agreement with a Winkler Company subsidiary establishing site control in Winkler County, Texas for a new Meridian full-conversion crude oil refinery.

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Noble Midstream and Salt Creek Midstream have closed on their JV Delaware Crossing project which will provide crude gathering and transportation services and include a 95-mile pipeline in the southern Delaware Basin.

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The Golden Pass Products LLC export project at the existing Golden Pass LNG facility in Sabine Pass, Texas, is moving forward following a positive final investment decision from its owners, affiliates of Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil.

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Saudi Aramco with its partner Total recently announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Daelim, a South Korean petrochemical company, to build a new 80,000 tons state-of-the-art Polyisobutylene (PIB) plant in Jubail.

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ExxonMobil recently reached a final investment decision and started construction on a new unit at its Beaumont, Texas refinery that will increase crude refining capacity by more than 65 percent, or 250,000 barrels per day.

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations. In 2017 Fall Protection, Hazard Communication, and Scaffolding once again...

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U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp has withdrawn its WCC liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Canada from the environmental assessment process, it said on Thursday, signaling that the project has been shelved.

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity will reach 8.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by the end of 2019, making it the third largest in the world behind Australia and Qatar.

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Over the next two years, EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) projects growth in U.S. consumption of ethane in the petrochemical industry will exceed increases in consumption of all other petroleum and liquid products—such as motor gasoline,...

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The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its annual list of the 10 most frequently cited safety and health violations. In 2017 Fall Protection, Hazard Communication, and Scaffolding once again...

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Three new pipeline projects in the northeast received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in October, the first projects to be approved since February. FERC regained its quorum in August after the Senate confirmed two new...

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Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Judith G. Garber has issued Presidential permits for three NuStar Logistics, L.P. pipelines.

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ExxonMobil's "Growing the Gulf" expansion program, consists of 11 major chemical, refining, lubricant and liquefied natural gas projects at proposed new and existing facilities along the Texas and Louisiana coasts.

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