Keyword: US shale gas boom

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Sabic Engineering Polymers Arm to Shut West Virginia ABS plant

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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Shale: No End in Sight

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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Vopak Considering LNG Storage in Asia as Demand Grows

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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U.S. Barnett Shale to Pump Natural Gas to 2050

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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US Senate Panel Mulls Future of Natural Gas Policy

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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Cheap Shale Gas Gives Impetus to Bioplastics Growth

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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Shale Gas Failure Offers Rescue for EU Green Energy Drive

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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U.S. Shale Gas Boom Brings Bad News for Europe's Oil Refiners

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...