Ravi Sethi of ProcurianRaw material costs as a percentage of plastic packaging costs have been on a steady rise due to the long-term appreciation in crude oil prices, a key ingredient for resins. Crude oil prices have increased five-fold ...
High temperature, self-lubricating Graphalloy bearing materials, uniquely suited to help control volatile gas burn-off flares at oil and natural gas production sites, are another application-specific advance produced by Graphite Metallizing ...
The survey has been conducted by Germany's plastic trade association Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (IK). In a statement, IK said: "Foreign enterprises are able to calculate with much lower energy costs: at times power costs ...
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Natural gas production in the Lower-48 US states rose to 73.24 Bcf/d in April, up 0.8%, or 570,000 Mcf/d, from March, the Energy Information Administration said Friday in its monthly gross production report. April output was up from a ...
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Natural gas production in the US Lower-48 states dropped to 72.71 Bcf/d in March, a slide of 0.6% or 410,000 Mcf/d, compared with February's output, the US Energy Information Administration said Friday in its monthly gross production ...
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Pakistan on Saturday withdrew a ban on the use of CNG in vehicles with engine capacity over 1,000 cc, less than a week after its caretaker prime minister issued the directive, an oil ministry official said Monday. The Ministry of ...
Houston-based Furie Operating Alaska reached its planned depth of 10,400 feet and is making plans to do a natural gas production test in a closely watched Cook Inlet exploration well, state officials said Thursday. Kyle Smith, petroleum ...
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Blackmer is pleased to announce that its XL and HXL Series Sliding Vane Pumps feature the capability to handle a number of critical processing, filling and transfer applications that are commonly found in oil and natural gas production ...
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House Republicans on Friday criticized an Obama administration study of hydraulic fracturing as unnecessary and plagued by delays and excessive costs. "We all want to ensure safe and responsible production of oil and natural gas, but the ...
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The chairman of the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday criticized the Obama administration for failing to adequately fund research into making sure hydraulic fracturing and nuclear waste storage is safe. During a ...
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China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation announced its annual results for the year ended 31 December 2012. Financial Highlights: In accordance with the PRC Accounting Standards for Business Enterprises, in 2012, the Company's operating ...
US Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican and North Dakota's lone House member, believes that hardline, pro-drilling arguments from his own party may be hindering the chances of bipartisan support for increasing oil and gas production on ...
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Natural gas production growth in the Marcellus Shale could meet last year's levels, even with some moderation of drilling in the region, as a backlog of wells wait to be brought online, analysts with Barclays Research said Wednesday in a ...
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The NYMEX April natural gas futures contract settled 5.2 cents higher at $3.486/MMBtu Thursday on the back of a US Energy Information Administration storage withdrawal number that was above expectations and new data indicating a decrease in ...
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Natural gas output in the US Lower 48 states fell 1.1%, or 830,000 Mcf/d, in December compared with November, the US Energy Information Administration said Thursday in its monthly gas gross production report. Total US Lower 48 gas ...
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