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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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Rosneft to invest $5.36 billion in new petrochemical plant

September 6, 2012
MOSCOW — Rosneft, Russia’s state-owned oil company, plans to invest $5.36 billion to build a petrochemical plant near the country’s borders with China and North Korea, Reuters reported. The
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Sinopec forms new engineering company

September 5, 2012
BEIJING — Sinopec, China’s state-owned oil and gas company, has consolidated its eight construction units to form a new engineering company that will focus on refinery and petrochemical projects.
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Chevron refinery fire a ‘close call,’ says US Chemical Safety Board head

August 22, 2012
RICHMOND, Calif. — The head of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board called the Aug. 6 fire at Chevron’s San Francisco Bay area refinery a “close call” that could have
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Shell and Chevron agree to strategic asset exchange

August 21, 2012
MELBOURNE, Australia — Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd and Chevron Australia Pty Ltd have entered into a binding agreement for the exchange of Chevron’s 16.7% interest in the East
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Kinder Morgan to divest assets per regulatory agreement

August 21, 2012
HOUSTON — Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP to sell Kinder Morgan Interstate GasTransmission (KMIGT), Trailblazer Pipeline
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Heaters may have sparked refinery fire, investigators say

August 16, 2012
RICHMOND, Calif. — Investigators say fired heaters might have sparked the Aug. 6 blaze at Chevron Corp.’s refinery in Richmond, Calif., Bloomberg reported. Video surveillance shows a large vapor
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