Archives for February 2017
Senate confirms Tillerson as Secretary of State
WASHINGTON – Former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson was confirmed as secretary of state Wednesday in a close, primarily party-line vote in the Senate. The vote was 56 to 43, with all Republicans, three...
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Crude oil stocks rise again
U.S. commercial crude oil stocks increased last week by 6.5 million barrels over the previous week, the U.S. Department of Energy reported on Wednesday, the second week of rising supplies in a row. Inventories now...
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Anadarko CEO: Optimistic, but still cautious in first half of 2017
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. said it will invest within its means in the first half of the year, hopeful crude prices could keep climbing but wary of market volatility. The Woodlands-based oil explorer has begun laying...
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Protest camps grow slowly in West Texas
Activists are still trickling in to the camps set up in West Texas to protest oil and gas developments. Last week, Lori Glover, one of the camp leaders, said the Two Rivers camp, near Big...
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Praxair opens new hydrogen capture project at Dow’s Freeport campus
Industrial gas giant Praxair said Tuesday it completed its plant to capture emissions from Dow Chemical’s massive Freeport campus and convert the byproduct into high-purity hydrogen used to make chemicals and plastics. Praxair, headquartered in...
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