Oil & Gas
October 30, 2006
According to the Associated Press, internal documents show that budget cuts and a lack of leadership contributed to significant safety problems at BP PLC''s Texas City plant, the site of
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October 30, 2006
According to the Associated Press, runaway energy prices are pushing manufacturing jobs in the chemical industry overseas, the head of the world''s second-largest chemical company says. Andrew Liveris, chairman and
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October 19, 2006
Russia''s Natural Resources Ministry said it has revoked the environmental approval of a Shell-led liquefied natural gas project on the Far East island of Sakhalin, a decision that could effectively
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October 16, 2006
ConocoPhillips will pay $540,000 to the State of Washington for spilling more than 1,000 gallons of crude oil and marring 21 miles of Puget Sound shorelines in 2004, the Associated
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October 16, 2006
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and Hellenic Petroleum S.A. (HELPE) recently announced that HELPE has selected EMRE''s FLEXICOKING (1) technology for converting vacuum residue to lighter products for a
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October 16, 2006
Worldwide economic strength and lower prices for oil and natural gas helped buoy chemical producers during the third quarter, despite a downturn in the U.S. housing market and a struggling
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October 9, 2006
Industrial gas supplier Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will build a nitrogen trifluoride plant in Korea to supply the growing Asian semiconductor and liquid crystal display markets, the Associated Press
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October 9, 2006
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) and Hellenic Petroleum S.A. (HELPE) recently announced that HELPE has selected EMRE''s FLEXICOKING (1) technology for converting vacuum residue to lighter products for a
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October 9, 2006
Industrial gas supplier Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will build a nitrogen trifluoride plant in Korea to supply the growing Asian semiconductor and liquid crystal display markets, the Associated Press
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September 26, 2006
Russian prosecutors have threatened to revoke the license of BP PLC''s joint venture to develop a giant gas field in Russia''s far east, the Associated Press reports. The move comes
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