Chemicals & Energy

Why Builders of Big L.A. Projects Are Making Concrete With Gravel and Sand Shipped From Canada

November 21, 2017

The 519 miles of L.A.'s freeway system. Dodger Stadium. City Hall. All built with concrete filled with rock and sand washed down from Southern California's iconic mountain ranges.

As Power Grid Sputters in Puerto Rico, Business Does Too

November 21, 2017

The New York Times

Miriam Gonzalez stepped outside her shuttered restaurant in this municipality near San Juan and offered an exaggerated grin. "This is my happy face," Gonzalez, 52, said, her voice heavy with mockery. "It's a very happy face. We all have it on."

The U.S. Is on the Threshold of the Biggest Oil and Gas Boom Ever

November 20, 2017

Fortune

The U.S. is set to enjoy the biggest increase in oil and gas production the world has ever seen over the next few years, according to a new report.

Best Practices in Oil and Gas Supply Chain and Procurement

November 17, 2017

Vinodkumar Raghothamarao, strategy consultant, IHS Markit EMEA

As low oil prices continue to put downward pressure on oil and gas companies, supply chain efficiencies are needed more than ever in the industry, particularly in the non-hydrocarbon area.

As Wind Power Sector Grows, Turbine Makers Feel the Squeeze

November 15, 2017

The New York Times

Vestas Wind Systems and Siemens Gamesa are giants of the wind-power industry, building mammoth turbines that rise high into the air and power more and more homes. But disappointing earnings reports from the two companies last week indicated that even they are struggling to adapt to a fast-changing sector.

The Fastest-Growing Jobs of the Future As Technology Takes Over

November 13, 2017

Forbes

About a hundred years ago, common jobs included manufacturing positions, roles in agriculture and artisan services. Today, occupations in health care, computers and construction are on the rise. Technology and society's changing needs mean the workforce is constantly evolving.

Clean Air Act Violations Lead to Fines, $300M in Improvements Spending for ExxonMobil

November 9, 2017

Environmental Leader

Violations of the federal Clean Air Act can lead to hefty fines, and even heftier spending on improvement plans, as ExxonMobil was reminded last week: The company settled with the Department of Justice, the EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality for a civil fine of $2.5m and an agreement to spend approximately $300m on air pollution improvements.

Inside Saudi Aramco's Kingdom of Oil

November 8, 2017

Fortune

From the window of our small plane flying low over the desert, Saudi Arabia's Empty Quarter looks as remote as the name suggests, with burnt-orange dunes stretching into infinity under the blinding sun. Not even the Bedouin nomads with their camels are visible, because there are too few of them amid the vast landscape. It's only when the plane bumps down on an empty runway at an outpost called Shaybah that it is clear that the world's biggest sand desert is not, in fact, empty.

Building Offshore Wind Turbines in Port Saves Money, Research Shows

November 2, 2017

Maritime Executive

University of Delaware researchers have developed a new method for constructing offshore wind farms and proven that it is cheaper, faster and could make possible offshore wind deployment at a scale and pace able to keep up with the region's scheduled retirements of nuclear and coal-fired power plants.

World's First Floating Wind Farm Starts Production

October 27, 2017

Maritime Executive

Hywind Scotland, the first floating wind farm in the world, has started to deliver electricity to the Scottish grid.

Chemicals & Energy

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