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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill Thursday that offers tax breaks to companies that build an ethane cracker in the state, then jetted off to Houston to meet with Royal Dutch Shell plc executives about their plans to possibly build such a facility in the Mountain State.

Renewable Manufacturing Gateway (RMG) and Aither Chemicals LLC have agreed to collaborate on a $750 million ethane cracker for Marcellus Shale gas, the two nonprofit organizations said Monday. A specific location within southwestern Pennsylvania, Ohio or West Virginia for the facility has not been identified, they said.

Three of Japan’s largest utilities have joined Mitsubishi Corp. to collaborate in Penn West Exploration’s shale gas project in northeastern British Columbia (BC) to gain knowledge about unconventional gas, as well as to secure an interest in future liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

Three of Japan’s largest utilities have joined Mitsubishi Corp. to collaborate in Penn West Exploration’s shale gas project in northeastern British Columbia (BC) to gain knowledge about unconventional gas, as well as to secure an interest in future liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports.

Royal Dutch Shell plc and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Wednesday agreed to collaborate over the next five years to research and develop “high-value, sustainable technologies” that innovate energy delivery.

British Columbia (BC) is joining the states of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California to collaborate on energy and climate issues that affect the entire Pacific Coast region under an agreement announced at the annual meeting of the Western Governors’ Association.

Mexico’s state-run oil and gas company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Calgary-based Nexen Inc. plan to collaborate on research, training and oil and natural gas exploration and production — with an emphasis on offshore deepwater and coalbed methane (CBM) projects.

Mexico’s state-run oil and gas company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and Calgary-based Nexen Inc. plan to collaborate on research, training and oil and natural gas exploration and production — with an emphasis on offshore deepwater and coalbed methane (CBM) projects.

A pair of leading Gulf of Mexico (GOM) pipeline operators and a pair of GOM producers said last week they will collaborate to provide improved access to systems and equipment needed to conduct pipeline repairs in water depths of up to 10,000 feet.