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Exxon sees record profits for any U.S. company

January 31, 2006
Exxon Mobil Corp. posted record profits for any U.S. company on January 30 — $10.71 billion for the fourth quarter and $36.13 billion for the year — as the world''s biggest publicly
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Air Products Canada to build and operate a second hydrogen plant in Edmonton

January 23, 2006
PRNewswire reports that Air Products Canada Ltd., will construct a 105 million standard-cubic-feet-per-day hydrogen production plant to serve several customers in the Alberta Heartlands industrial corridor and the Petro-Canada refinery
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Dow Chemical wins canola oil patent suit

January 10, 2006
Dow Chemical Co. said that an Oregon federal court judge has ruled in its favor in a patent lawsuit the chemicals company filed against Cargill Inc., the Associated Press reports.
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Lyondell-Citgo refinery restarts fluid catalytic cracking unit

December 12, 2005
The Associated Press reports that Lyondell Chemical Co. said recently that its Lyondell-Citgo refinery restarted its fluid catalytic cracking unit, which was damaged after an explosion set fire to the
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Dow CEO testifies on impact of U.S. natural gas crisis on industry

November 14, 2005
Andrew Liveris, president and chief executive officer of The Dow Chemical Company, testified November 9 during a House Appropriations joint sub-committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on the impact of high
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Westlake Chemical''s Lake Charles complex restarted following Hurricane Rita

October 18, 2005
PRNewswire reports that Westlake Chemical Corporation has announced today that its olefins petrochemical complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana has been restarted following an orderly shut down in anticipation of Hurricane
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Valero worker''s spouse settles SEC case

October 18, 2005
The husband of a Valero Energy Corp. employee has agreed to pay more than $62,000 to settle civil charges that he improperly traded on information gleaned over dinner with his
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Dow CEO concerned about impact of escalating energy and feedstock costs on U.S. chemical industry

September 20, 2005
Andrew Liveris, Chief Executive Officer of The Dow Chemical Company, warned that the persistently high price of oil and natural gas, exacerbated in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, poses a
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Chemical sector mixed amid uncertainty

September 12, 2005
Days after Hurricane Katrina sunk the nation''s gasoline supplies and buoyed energy prices, investors Thursday, September 8 allowed shares of major chemical companies — whose livelihoods are largely linked to
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Katrina damages Tetra Technologies plant

September 12, 2005
According to the Associated Press, Tetra Technologies Inc., said Hurricane Katrina damaged some of its Louisiana operations, and much of its oil and gas production remains suspended. Tetra said its
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