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Industry singed by backfiring debate questions

October 30th, 2015

Prejudicial interrogation singed the oil and gas industry while backfiring on its CNBC practitioners during the third Republican presidential debate Oct. 28.

Correction to Capillary Pressure–Saturation Relations for Supercritical CO2 and Brine in Limestone/Dolomite Sands: Implications for Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Carbonate Reservoirs

October 30th, 2015
Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05187

Chemical Reactivity and Liquid/Nonliquid States of Secondary Organic Material

October 30th, 2015

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03392

Complex Forms of Soil Organic Phosphorus–A Major Component of Soil Phosphorus

October 30th, 2015

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02948

Kinetics and Mechanism of the Oxidation of Cyclic Methylsiloxanes by Hydroxyl Radical in the Gas Phase: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

October 30th, 2015

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Environmental Science & Technology
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03744

BHI: US rig count resumes decline, drops 12 units

October 30th, 2015

The overall US drilling rig count dropped 12 units to 775 rigs working during the week ended Oct. 30, resuming its downward trend after sitting unchanged a week ago, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc. The new total is the lowest since Apr. 26, 2002.

Chevron to cut as many as 7,000 jobs amid spending cuts

October 30th, 2015

Chevron Corp. reported third-quarter earnings of $2 billion, down from $5.6 billion in third-quarter 2014. The sharp decrease in earnings and budget cuts will result in the reduction of 6,000-7,000 jobs, the company said.

Marathon cancels Garyville refinery upgrade

October 30th, 2015

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has canceled a major upgrade of its 522,000-b/d Garyville, La., refinery.

Contract let for MEG plant at proposed Axiall-Lotte Louisiana ethylene project

October 30th, 2015

South Korea’s Lotte Chemical Corp. has let a contract to CB&I, Houston, to execute preliminary services related to construction of an associated monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant to be built next to its joint-venture project with Axiall Corp., Atlanta, for a 1 million-tonne/year ethane cracker in Lake Charles, La.

Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery due treatment plant

October 30th, 2015

Russia’s PJSC Gazprom Neft, St. Petersburg, has started construction of a water treatment plant for sulfur-alkaline waste and process condensate as part of the ongoing modernization and upgrade of its 12.15 million-tonne/year Moscow refinery.

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