Keyword: US shale gas boom
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18.11.2013
- Sabic Innovative Plastics, the engineering polymers arm of the Saudi group, will close its ABS plant at Washington, West Virginia in the U.S. and sell the property to investors...
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17.10.2013
- North Dakota's rapidly rising oil output continues to defy the skeptics, who have predicted that production would stop growing as declining output from existing wells offsets extra...
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12.06.2013
- Dutch oil and chemicals storage company Vopak is considering building more liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage terminals, including its first in Asia, to meet rising demand as spot...
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28.02.2013
- The Barnett Shale formation in Texas will play a central role in the U.S. natural gas boom for a generation, according to a new in-depth report, the findings of which were released...
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12.02.2013
- Booming shale gas production is reshaping the energy outlook in the United States and Washington must re-examine how it regulates natural gas development and exports, lawmakers...
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07.12.2012
- Makers of chemicals and plastics from plant matter are emerging as unlikely beneficiaries of the abundance of U.S. shale gas, which is shaking up the global petrochemical industry...
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23.08.2012
- Europe has been unable to repeat the shale gas revolution that has swept the United States, and that could prove to be the unlikely saviour of long-term EU efforts to spur...
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26.07.2012
- European oil refiners are set to lose a vital export market because the U.S. petrochemical industry is shifting away from reliance on oil products, notably naphtha, and using cheap...