Projects

LyondellBasell plans to expand Tri-ethylene Glycol (TEG) production capacity at the company's existing ethylene oxide and ethylene glycol plant in Pasadena, Texas. The additional capacity of 50 million pounds per year would more than double the company's current production capacity.

Colombia's state-run Ecopetrol has more than doubled the capacity of its Transandino pipeline after inaugurating a $2.9 million high-altitude pumping station that will cut costs for oil produced in the country's south.

The federal government’s Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell, has released the final standards for hydraulic fracturing on both public and American Indian lands. The new and thorough rules update requirements for well-bore integrity, wastewater disposal and public disclosure of chemicals.

Annova LNG, which is based in Houston has filed a request with the FERC to initiate a review of the potential development of a mid-scale natural gas liquefaction and transfer facility at the Port of Brownsville, TX.

The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) is forecasting that Canada’s industrial chemical sector will experience a big increase in capital expenditures in 2015. This also means that there will be a larger demand for commodities like valves.

Transcanada Corporation has filed a 30,000-page application to convert an existing gas pipeline to carry oil from Western Canada to Cornwall, Ontario. It also wants to build a new pipeline to carry the crude eastward through Quebec to Atlantic Canada.

Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline operator, plans to boost the size of two lines carrying crude from the oil sands while shaving $400 million CAD ($320.4 million USD) from their original price tag.

Delfin LNG LLC has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Höegh LNG Ltd in relation to its US-based Delfin Liquefied Natural Gas Deepwater Port Project. The Project is a planned floating liquefaction, deepwater port designed to export liquefied natural gas from the Gulf of Mexico, and is positioned to be the first floating deepwater liquefaction project in the United States.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced Friday that they have formed Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, a 50/50 limited liability company, to construct, own and operate the Saddlehorn pipeline, an approximately 550-mile pipeline that will transport various grades of crude oil from the DJ Basin, and potentially the broader Rocky Mountain area resource plays, to storage facilities in Cushing, OK owned by Magellan and Plains.

It has been announced that Pure Technologies Ltd., through its subsidiary, Pure Holding, will acquire Wachs Valve and Hydrant Services (Wachs Water). The Illinois-based Wachs Water provides flow control maintenance and support, leak detection and related asset management service to the water sector in the US.