US spot ethylene settled at a 12-week high Thursday to be assessed at 56.5-57 cents/lb FD USG, up 3 cents/lb week on week, as a delay in the startup of a major transmission line between Texas and Louisiana, tightening supply amid a busy ...
US-based PVC and caustic soda producer Shintech wants to site its new 500,000 mt/year ethylene plant at Plaquemine, Louisiana, according to a state Department of Environmental Quality air permit application made available to Platts on ...
US crude stocks jumped 10 million barrels last week -- the largest build in 13 years -- on a surge in imports and lower refinery run rates in the US Gulf Coast, data from the US Energy Information Administration showed Wednesday. The ...
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Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that an elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has won the annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings ...
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Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Claiborne Elementary school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, won the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 ...
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The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee chairman and ranking member have asked the Energy Information Administration to analyze the impact of lifting restrictions on US crude oil exports. "This is a complex puzzle that is best ...
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Looking at the market this morning, corn, wheat and beans are all slightly down as we start the 8th day of April. Although the full crop progress report has been delayed by 24 hours, some data has been released at the state level. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Global ports expect to see LNG account for 13% of the bunker fuel market supply come 2020 and 24% by 2025, according to a Lloyd's Register report Monday. Lloyd's global marketing manager Luis Benito shared the observations at a media ...
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Ormet, as it winds down its aluminum business in the US, is seeking federal bankruptcy court permission to sell another 24,000 mt, plus or minus 5%, of sandy calcined metallurgical-grade alumina to Swiss commodities trader Trafigura AG for ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) has announced plans to convert the No. 3 newsprint machine (D3) situated at its DeRidder, Louisiana mill, US, to containerboard, producing lightweight linerboard and medium. The machine is expected ...
Scientists have discovered why dark chocolate is good for us The health benefits of eating dark chocolate have been extolled for a long time, but the exact reason has remained a mystery — until now. Certain bacteria in the stomach ...
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Expedited regulatory approval of proposed US liquefied natural gas export terminals would not lead to their immediate construction nor to near-term deliveries of US gas into Europe, panelists at a Senate hearing said Tuesday. Several US ...
Great Raft Brewing will partner with restaurant and bar partners to expand the distribution of its three flagship beers to Northeast Louisiana, beginning 24 March 2014. The three flagship beers are Reasonably Corrupt black lager, ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that the Houston, Texas-based Phillips 66 Company recently agreed to retire over 21 billion sulfur credits that could have been used in the production of gasoline, which could ...
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The US extended the delivery window on its sale Friday of 5 million barrels of Strategic Petroleum Reserve sour crude to May 10 from the original April 1-30, according to an amendment to the sale posted on the SPR website. A second ...
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