Tag: Texas

A&B Valve and Piping Systems (A&B) recently announced that is has acquired Wells Supply, a Beaumont, Texas-based pipe, valve and fittings (PVF) supply company.

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey has revealed that the Texas factory activity declined this past April. The production index, which is a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, has posted a reading of -4.

Biofuels Power Corporation has signed a letter of intent with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions and Liberty GTL to construct a small-scale gas-to-liquid (GTL) demonstration facility in Houston, Texas. All parties have pinpointed a non-binding target date to finish commissioning of the GTL Pilot Plant on or before December 31, 2014.

It has been announced that SunVit Pipeline LLC, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. and ExxonMobil Pipeline Company are starting a bidding open season for a project located in the Permian Longview and Louisiana Extension.

Wood Group has opened a 16,000ft2 training facility in Kenedy, Texas, to provide educational programs focused on health, safety and environment (HSE) and technical competency for Eagle Ford shale workers.

The construction of a natural gas pipeline from southern Texas to central Mexico for state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, will allow gas imports from the U.S.

Exxon Mobil and the workers’ union at the company's Baytown, Texas, refinery reached a tentative agreement over contract language on safety — a dispute that the union said could lead to a strike if not resolved. A spokesperson for the United Steelworkers local at Baytown said Exxon agreed to implement a fatigue management system regulating the number of days in a row an employee could work, and to accept a process safety representative position in the new three-year contract.

Intertek, the leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, has stated that liquefied natural gas usage, encouraged by offshore and shale gas projects, continues to expand in global markets, as the company attended and exhibited at the LNG-17 conference in Houston, Texas.

Valero Terminaling and Distribution Co. (VTDC), a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation, and TGS Development LP have formed a 50-50 joint venture and started construction on a new marine terminal on the lower Sabine-Neches Waterway near Port Arthur, Texas.

Cimarex Energy Co. has entered into an agreement to sell certain non-core long-lived oil and gas properties in Texas. The properties are to be sold for USD$294 million.   The sale is anticipated to close before the end of 2012.