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  • Volume 117, Issue 8c

    • Volume 117, Issue 8c

    Aug. 26, 2019 | Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co. last month started up the world’s largest catalytic dehydrogenation plant at its integrated 400,000-b/d crude-to-paraxylene refining and petrochemical project in Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park on Changxing Island in Dalian, China. The single-train dehydrogenation unit uses proprietary CATOFIN catalyst and heat-generating material from McDermott International Inc. division Lummus Technology’s catalyst partner Clariant International Ltd. to process 500,000 tonnes/year of propane and 800,000 tpy of isobutene for production of propylene and isobutylene. Photo from Hengli Group through Clariant International.
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Aug. 29, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick TakesNorth American E&P bankruptcies on the rise Bankruptcies filed by North American oil and gas producers are experiencing an uptick this year following...
    General Interest

    Editorial: Keeping banks focused

    Aug. 29, 2019
    Because strangulation represents coarse policy on any subject, a bill addressing international energy finance floated by Lisa Murkowski, chairman of the US Senate Committee on...
    General Interest

    Journally Speaking: Employment, training trends

    Aug. 29, 2019
    Some interesting trends have emerged recently in oil and gas industry employment and training.
    Government

    Firms submit $159 million in high bids in Lease Sale 253

    Aug. 29, 2019
    The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reported that its region-wide Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale 253 received 165 bids from 27 companies on 151 of the 14,554 blocks offered, resulting...
    General Interest

    Alaska group prepares initiative to increase ANS oil tax

    Aug. 29, 2019
    A group of Alaskans launched an initiative to raise the state’s tax on oil produced above 68° latitude north that reached more than 40,000 b/d in the previous calendar year and...

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    Alberta extends oil-production curtailment through 2020

    Aug. 29, 2019
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    Equinor gets approval for start-up of Utgard field production

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    Papua New Guinea seeking renegotiation of Papua LNG terms

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    Beach Energy plans record drilling in next 12 months

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    Woodside lets drilling contract for SNE field development

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    APA Group granted survey license for Galilee-Moranbah gas pipeline

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    New US tariffs on Chinese goods will be different

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