Planned capital and maintenance project spending is showing a 7.4% decline for the forthcoming 12-month period out to third-quarter 2019, according to the latest analysis from Industrial Info. The pipeline of planned infrastructure spending across the 12 industries Industrial Info researchers track and monitor stands at $593 billion from fourth-quarter 2018 to third-quarter 2019. However, the volume of projects »

America's oil and gas fields are crying out for more pipelines. The Permian Basin--and, to a lesser extent, the Marcellus and Utica shale plays--have developed so rapidly that producers could be forced to trim output, since they lack the takeaway capacity to ship their product. Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, Enable, Williams and other midstream companies are jockeying for the resulting business »

Industrial Info's North American Industrial Project Spending Index, which measures the value of active projects in the pipeline for the year, was up 16.35% in August compared with the measurement reported a year earlier, with 10 of the 12 tracked industries showing increases. Stronger economic performance is driving consumer goods manufacturing industries, while higher crude oil prices are driving »

Industrial Info recently introduced new Disaster Impact Tracker widgets. The Disaster Impact Tracker tool provides users with key insights into the impact of current natural disasters around the world. In just the first week of September, the tracker tool monitored a tropical storm that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, a hurricane that threatened the U.S. East Coast and »

In a recent webinar, Joe Govreau, Industrial Info's vice president of Metals & Minerals research, and Shaheen Chohan, vice president of analytics, discussed the outlook for spending in the global mining industry. While the number of mining projects throughout the world is rising, the overall total investment value is declining, thanks to a larger number of in-plant and brownfield projects. »

Cheniere Energy Incorporated (NYSE:LNG) (Houston, Texas), through subsidiary Cheniere Marketing LLC, signed an agreement with Vitol Incorporated (Rotterdam, Netherlands) in which Vitol will purchase about 0.7 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cheniere for about 15 years, beginning in 2018. Industrial Info is tracking more than $35.6 billion in active projects involving Cheniere, »

The U.S. Mid-Atlantic region already has endured more weather-related devastation than it has seen in years after Hurricane Florence made landfall on the Carolina coast early Friday, and comparisons with Hurricane Harvey's effect on the Texas Gulf Coast last year are multiplying. But there's at least one major difference: The effect on gas supplies and prices have been minimal, »

Join Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, and BASF for a webinar on the top three ways to maximize your plant's amine performance. When: Tuesday, September 18, 10 a.m. CDT (11 a.m. EDT) Webinar Focus: The Amine Unit is the heart of a gas plant and when it is not running efficiently, it will impact your plant's availability and »

Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) is pleased to be presenting a complimentary webinar on the outlook for Oil & Gas projects in Europe and Russia. The webinar will be held August 28 at 9 a.m. CDT (2 p.m. GMT). Join Gordon Gorrie, Industrial Info's vice president of Oil & Gas research; Shane Mullins, vice president of product »

The $5.5 billion Train 1 at Corpus Christi is in its final commissioning stages and is expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2019; the $5.5 billion Train 2 is under construction and is expected to start up in a little more than a year's time. Each has a 4.5 million-metric-ton-per-year capacity. For more »

Billions of dollars in new export terminal projects are now at risk as China's retaliatory measures extend to the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. China's newly proposed 25% tariff on U.S. LNG imports could place $200 billion in unsanctioned project development along the Gulf Coast at risk. U.S. developers seeking to secure sales contracts to fund »

The only thing that is certain about unplanned refinery shutdowns is that they will occur. The timing, magnitude and importance of unplanned events remains mostly uncertain. Or does it? Perhaps we could argue that unplanned refinery turnarounds, even those of small magnitude, are more important during a period of low planned turnarounds such as the end of the summer driving »

For the third consecutive year, global energy investment dropped by 2% in 2017 with declines noted in both renewables and new nuclear power projects. Figures from the International Energy Agency (IEA) show that global energy investment totalled $1.8 trillion in 2017, a 2% decline in real terms from the previous year. In its World Energy Investment 2018 report, the »

Growth in ethylene capacity has broken all historical records in recent years, with multiple world-scale crackers constructed in Texas and Louisiana. Even as ExxonMobil commissions a new cracker in Texas this month, another 8 billion pounds of new capacity is planned to be brought online during the remaining months of 2018. Formosa, Sasol and Shintech each have new units planned »

As of January 1, 2018, U.S. operable atmospheric crude distillation capacity totaled 18.6 million barrels per calendar day, a slight decrease of 0.1% since the beginning of 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Industrial Info is tracking more than $30 billion in U.S. Petroleum Refining project activity. The U.S. Southwest region, particularly »

Crude oil inventories in the U.S. have slumped to their lowest levels in more than three years, fueled by high exports and near-record refinery performance. The massive influx of business means many refineries will need to undergo maintenance-related turnarounds--many of them unplanned--to stay in shape. Industrial Info is tracking more than $3 billion in planned turnarounds at Petroleum Refining »

Industrial Info will present a complimentary webinar on the global Pharmaceutical-Biotech project outlook on July 11, 2018, at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT). Join Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info's vice president of Pharmaceutical-Biotech Industry research, and Shaheen Chohan, vice president of global analytics, as they discuss the future of the industry. Industrial Info is tracking $149 billion in »

With a refining capacity of nearly 2.2 million barrels per day (BBL/d), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) (San Antonio, Texas) maintains its bragging rights as the No. 1 refiner in the U.S, according to a report released this week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In all, Industrial Info is tracking more than $35 billion »

Higher import tariffs, potential or already realized, continue to make waves in the U.S. On Wednesday, a U.S. group that represents users of imported steel filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the steel tariffs. Meanwhile, a U.S. auto manufacturing group warned that a potential 25% tariff on imported vehicles and vehicle components would amount to a »

Industrial Info will be presenting a complimentary webinar on the spending outlook for the global Chemical Process Industry on June 26 at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT). Join Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's vice president of Research for the Chemical Processing Industry, and Shaheen Chohan, vice president of Global Analytics, to hear their discussion on trends that are »