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Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.

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BP to acquire unconventional US onshore assets from BHP for $10.5B; transforming US onshore oil & gas business

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BP has agreed to acquire a portfolio of world-class unconventional oil and gas assets from BHP. The acquisition will bring BP extensive oil and gas production and resources in the liquids-rich regions of the Permian and Eagle Ford basins in Texas and in the Haynesville gas basin in Texas and Louisiana. On completion, $5.25

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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program awards $10.8M to address systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations

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million to six new projects to develop new technologies, processes, or procedures that could result in improved understanding and management of systemic risk in offshore oil and gas operations. Louisiana State University. The project focuses on gaps in understanding about the behavior of riser gas under high temperature and pressure.

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ExxonMobil plans to invest $20B over 10 years to expand manufacturing capacity in US Gulf Region

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ExxonMobil Corporation is expanding its manufacturing capacity along the US Gulf Coast through planned investments of $20 billion over a 10-year period. Investments began in 2013 and are expected to continue through at least 2022.

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Diamond Green Diesel considering expansion to 550M gallons annual production of renewable diesel

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Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc. Valero Energy Corporation and Darling Ingredients Inc. It also features up to an 80% lifecycle reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared with diesel from petroleum. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Honeywell and suppliers to invest ~$300M to boost production of HFO-1234yf low GWP MAC coolant

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GWP is a relative measure of how much heat a greenhouse gas traps in the atmosphere, with carbon dioxide setting the comparison with a GWP of 1. A significant portion of European demand for the current automobile refrigerant, HFC-134a, is currently supplied from the US, so our new production plant in Louisiana will mirror this arrangement.

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Honeywell partners with Asahi Glass to boost production of HFO-1234yf

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Honeywell’s supply agreement with AGC will help us meet immediate demand for HFO-1234yf, which is steadily increasing in response to concerns about greenhouse gas emissions and the need to comply with regulations. 2013, have a global-warming potential (GWP) below 150.