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Eni to convert Venice oil refinery into biorefinery

September 24, 2012
VENICE, Italy — A “green refinery” process that will lead to the conversion of the Venice refinery of Eni S.p.A., the Italian multinational oil and gas company, into a
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Total launches asset sale program

September 24, 2012
LONDON — French oil giant Total SA has announced a $15 billion - $20 billion asset sale program over 2012-14, according to RTT News, reinforcing the degree to which
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Pemex says 29 killed in gas compression plant fire

September 20, 2012
MEXICO CITY — Mexican state-owned petroleum company Pemex announced Wednesday that the death toll from a Tuesday morning explosion and subsequent fire at its gas compression plant in the
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Shell Chemical ethane cracker could create 8,000 jobs in Pennsylvania

September 19, 2012
POTTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Shell Chemical’s proposed ethane cracker in Potter Township, Pa., could create as many as 8,000 jobs and generate $4.8 billion in economic output annually, TimesOnline.com
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Chinese processing equipment company to open plant in Kentucky

September 19, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Chinese industrial processing equipment company is planning to open a manufacturing plant in Lexington, Ky., next year, Kentucky.com reported. Birtley, a subsidiary of Shandong Borun
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Fire breaks out in compressor room at packaging company

September 19, 2012
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A fire broke out Tuesday morning in the compressor room at TRS Packaging Co. in Buffalo, N.Y., wgrz.com reported. According to fire officials, a hose broke off
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GE unveils high-tech engineering center in Wisconsin

September 13, 2012
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and local officials gathered in Waukesha, Wis., Wednesday for the unveiling of a $3.1 million innovative engineering center at GE’s gas engines
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Crestwood restarts natural gas plant following fire

September 12, 2012
HOUSTON — Crestwood Midstream Partners LP has restarted operations at its Corvette natural gas processing facility in Hood County, Texas, following a fire that occurred last Thursday. The fire
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Shell begins petroleum drilling off Alaska coast

September 11, 2012
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — More than four years after Royal Dutch Shell paid $2.8 billion to the federal government for petroleum leases in the Chukchi Sea, Associated Press reports, a
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Shell announces world’s first oil sands carbon capture and storage project

September 6, 2012
ALBERTA, Canada — Shell will go ahead with the world’s first carbon capture and storage (CCS) project for the Athabasca Oil Sands Project in Alberta, Canada, the company announced
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