ExxonMobil Corp. on Friday pulled the trigger to fund construction of a polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge, LA, which would expand natural gas-fed feedstock capacity along the Gulf Coast by up to 450,000 tons/year.
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Large-Scale Gas Processing Project Proposed for Marcellus
After hinting for months that going big was the only way to accommodate excess ethane supplies in the Marcellus Shale, Williams on Tuesday proposed to build a large-scale natural gas processing and ethane project that would traverse the rich gas/dry gas divide in Pennsylvania.
Goodrich Petroleum Leases 74,000 Tuscaloosa Marine Shale Acres
Goodrich Petroleum Corp. has purchased leases totaling about 74,000 net acres in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) oil trend in Louisiana and Mississippi for an average $175 per net acre, the Houston-based company said Monday.
Report: Louisiana Makes Money on Severance Tax Break
Gas producers know they have to spend money to make money, and Louisiana shale patch players are hoping their state’s lawmakers remember that maxim if a repeal of Louisiana’s horizontal well severance tax investment incentive comes up for their consideration.
Shaw to Build Three Midwest Plants for PG&E
The Shaw Group Inc., based in Baton Rouge, has signed anagreement with PG&E National Energy Group to construct 3,300 MWof new generating capacity, comprising three combined-cycle powerplants, with the first plant to be constructed in Michigan. Noexact location or financial details were disclosed.