Shell's hopes for a new gas-to-liquids mega project on the US Gulf Coast would benefit from much-improved process efficiencies, but any resulting cost savings could be limited by the need to build most of the plant outside the US, Shell ...
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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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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, an American quick-service chicken concept, is relaunching Zatarain’s Butterfly Shrimp, which combines Popeyes Butterfly Shrimp and Zatarain’s seasoning and signature cornmeal breading. Popeyes ...
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The Mars cash differential declined $1.15/barrel Thursday on a narrower Brent/WTI spread and low demand for the crude stemming from the reversal of Shell's Houma, Louisiana-to-Houston pipeline system, according to market sources. The Mars ...
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Production of light, sweet crudes from unconventional oil fields in the US is ramping up so fast that at some point it will outpace the country's refining capacity and -- at least for the Gulf Coast -- this could occur within two years, a ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, Sweet Oil
National Beef Packing of Kansascapproximately 22,737 pounds of raw ground beef products as they may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, according to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ...
Natural gas producers in the US will be able to keep up with the projected demand because they are becoming more efficient, a spokesman for Southwestern Energy told a conference in Washington Tuesday. "A frequently asked question is, ...
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Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and the ...
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The US spot ethylene market was at a standstill Thursday on news of an explosion and fire at Williams' olefins complex in Louisiana that killed one person earlier in the day, market sources said. Sellers pulled all material Thursday ...
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The US company Louisiana-Pacific wrapped up its complete take-over of the Peace Valley OSB mill on 31 May. The mill was previously operated as a joint venture with Canfor. The transaction was originally supposed to close at the end of 2012, ...
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Demand for SAS-based higher education courses is so high that only a small percentage of prospective students who apply for qualifications in the subject at university actually get a place at an institution, SAS CEO Jim Goodnight has told ...
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The global producer of glass fiber reinforcements, Owens Corning (OC - Snapshot Report), has joined with Taishan Fiberglass, a subsidiary of China National Materials Group, Sinoma, to promote the use of Alkali Resistant (AR) specialty ...
Tags: Glass, glass fiber, Construction
Creole, an establishment based in New Orleans, Louisiana, is recalling its 3.47oz. packs of Creole Bisque as the product contains milk, soy, and wheat which are not mentioned on the label. People who have allergies to milk, soy, and ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Freeport-McMoRan Energy has missed its deadline and can no longer build an onshore Alabama pipeline to a longer offshore pipeline that would have brought liquefied natural gas from an import terminal in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Federal ...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — A 72.7% jump in furniture and mattress sales helped power retailer Conn's to a total first-quarter revenue gain of 25%, with earnings nearly doubling to $22.2 million. The company said furniture and mattress ...