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ExxonMobil Corp. fell from its No. 1 position on the Fortune 500 of top revenue earners last year to No. 2 behind Wal-Mart Stores, Fortune reported on Monday.

The dismal days of 2009 are behind the chemical industry, and while the global recession isn’t completely gone, there are brighter times ahead. Much of that is because of the revolution in shale natural gas and oil, speakers at the IHS World Petrochemical Conference said Wednesday in Houston.

With non-strategic assets sales behind it, The Woodlands, TX-based Newfield Exploration Co. is focusing on multiple oil and liquids-rich projects and is placing particular emphasis on drilling longer laterals.

With non-strategic assets sales behind it, The Woodlands, TX-based Newfield Exploration Co. is focusing on multiple oil and liquids-rich projects and is placing particular emphasis on drilling longer laterals.

Low-cost ethane supply from the Marcellus Shale is behind plans of Westlake Chemical Corp. to convert its Calvert City, KY, ethylene plant from propane to ethane feedstock and increase ethylene production capacity from 450 million pounds per year to 630 million pounds per year.

Low-cost ethane supply from the Marcellus Shale is behind plans of Westlake Chemical Corp. to convert its Calvert City, KY, ethylene plant from propane to ethane feedstock and increase ethylene production capacity from 450 million pounds per year to 630 million pounds per year.

With Isaac’s arrival on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast more than a week behind it, the oil and gas industry continues to ramp up production at facilities that were closed in anticipation of the Category 1 hurricane.

The pipeline industry is a bit behind the times in capitalizing on the Williston Basin shale oil boom, but railroads like BNSF Railway are happy to accommodate oil producers with a means to get their product to market.

The pipeline industry is a bit behind the times in capitalizing on the Williston Basin shale oil boom, but railroads like BNSF Railway are happy to accommodate oil producers with a means to get their product to market.