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More conferences and events outside of China being cancelled due to caution over COVID-19

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Now, although not of the scale of the just-cancelled Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS), which was due to open this week ( earlier post ) other conferences and events in the energy and transportation space outside of China are cancelling due to caution over COVID-19. The Shanghai Formula 1 Grand Prix also cancelled.

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

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The projects, at 11 proposed and existing sites, are expected to generate thousands of new high-paying jobs and $20 billion in increased economic activity in Texas and Louisiana, Darren Woods, chairman and CEO said, highlighting the company’s Growing the Gulf initiative in a keynote speech on Monday at the CERAWeek 2017 conference.

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DOE’s BETO holding four alternative fuel workshops over next three weeks

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The Demonstration and Deployment Strategy Workshop will be held 12–13 March at Argonne National Laboratory’s Advanced Photon Source conference center outside of Chicago, Illinois. The Bio-Oil Co-Processing: Expanding the Refinery Supply System Workshop will be held on 3 April in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Elio Motors: First-Ever Auto-Show Press Event In NYC Touts '84-MPG' Three-Wheel Car

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Startup automaker Elio Motors put on its first-ever car-show press conference last week, taking the last slot on Thursday''s media schedule at the New York Auto Show. Green Auto Show Elio Motors Louisiana Startups Three-wheel' He spoke briefly, then answered questions from the press.

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What the SpaceX & T-Mobile alliance means for areas impacted by hurricanes

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During tonight’s press conference, Elon Musk said that this new service was meant to provide basic coverage to areas that are currently completely dead. When the hurricane hit, the communications and southeast Louisiana were completely wiped out. “When we had Ida, my power was out for a week.

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Alon USA receives go ahead for Bakersfield, CA rail terminal and refinery project; Bakken light crude

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Alon expects to provide information on the cost of constructing the new rail facility and the expected crude-by-rail volumes at the time of its third quarter 2014 conference call. Construction of the rail facility is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. Background.

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Kinder Morgan to purchase shale gas assets for $920M and build $220M crude/condensate pipeline

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As we detailed at our recent investor conference, we expect opportunities in the prolific natural gas shales to be a primary driver of future growth at KMP. KinderHawk currently has more than 400 miles of pipeline with more than 2 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per day of pipeline capacity and throughput of over 0.9 Bcf per day.

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