Manufacturing

Undetected errors during construction and manufacturing led to the two largest spills in the history of TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone crude oil pipeline system in 2017 and 2019, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2,687-mile system has transported more than 3 billion bbl of oilsands crude from Canada to Gulf…

Halliburton Co., the largest Lower 48 completions expert, is accelerating its digital supply chain and extending it into manufacturing in another collaboration with consultancy Accenture. The Houston-based oilfield services (OFS) giant has been working to advance digital deployment and integrate its systems across the value chain to enhance customer service. Plans now are to launch…

During President Trump’s first state visit to China, officials from West Virginia and state-owned China Energy Investment Corp., the world’s largest power company, signed an $83.7 billion memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop shale gas and chemical manufacturing projects in the Mountain State.

Mexico’s economy posted solid growth during the second quarter, with oil exports climbing 34.4% in the first five months of 2017 year/year, according to research by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday launched a five-year, $4 billion petrochemical buildout, mostly for U.S. projects, that would add a 600,000 metric ton polyethylene unit on the Gulf Coast and expand a new Texas ethylene cracker to create the largest facility of its type in the world.

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has published a paper showing what many in the oil and gas industry already suspected: the proliferation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has made U.S. manufacturers more competitive.

The U.S. economy would be “much weaker” if the energy renaissance had not occurred, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said in a report outlining the jobs and financial gains resulting from unconventional drilling. Researchers also highlighted some of the biggest benefactors: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.

In a blow to Texas oil and natural gas producers but a boon to state coffers, the Texas Supreme Court Friday decided not to grant a sales tax exemption for pipes, tubing and other equipment used in the energy patch.

Domestic natural gas production — as fuel and feedstock — is powering the U.S. manufacturing economy, and its role is only expected to grow in the coming years, according to a study by IHS Economics prepared for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).