Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) will be at Booth 1824 at the upcoming HydroVision International trade show, held June 26-28 at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. Make sure to drop by our booth to see live demonstrations of our products and to gain a better understanding of how we can help your business grow. Industrial Info »

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports increased 9.9% in 2017 to 289.8 million tons, the highest annual growth rate since 2010, according to the latest annual report by the International Association of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL). Despite several delayed start-ups, new liquefaction capacity continued to come online in various areas of the world ranging from the U. »

As record amounts of new ethylene capacity continue to be announced globally, so does the number of planned polyethylene units. Currently, more than 190 individual polyethylene units are being proposed around the world, with an estimated nameplate capacity of more than 138 billion pounds per year, according to Industrial Info's project database. A significant portion of the planned units are »

Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Chemical Processing Industry, will present an outlook on the industry's spending trends at the Rice Global E&C Forum on Friday, June 8. The forum event will be held 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. at Grand Hall in the Ley Student Center at Rice University. The »

Industrial Info is keeping busy in June with plenty of trade shows and webinars that will demonstrate its far-reaching research and analysis. Two of the most anticipated webinars--both free to subscribers--are the 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook and 2018 Global Chemical Processing Spending Outlook. 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook Britt Burt, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Power »

Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, will speak at Petrochemical Update's Downstream 2018 Conference and Exhibition this week in Galveston, Texas.The conference will take place May 31-June 1. Salemme said he will be speaking on project labor supply imbalances and rising costs in the Gulf Coast region."We have an 'oil-to-gas ratio,' which is »

Volcanic eruptions are tearing apart Hawaii, and the hurricane season is creeping up on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Industrial Info can help you and your business track nature's disruptions--and any plants or other facilities that could be in their forecasted paths--with the Disaster Impact Tracker. The Disaster Impact Tracker provides the latest information on units that are offline due »

Industrial Info is tracking more than $231 billion in active Oil & Gas Production projects in Canada, including more than $33 billion worth that are set to begin construction before the end of the year. Industrial Info also is tracking more than $40 billion in active Pipeline projects in Canada, including about $16 billion worth that are set to begin »

Interphex 2018 was a great event for Industrial Info and many leaders in the pharmaceutical market. Industrial Info's own Annette Kreuger was asked to join the "Pharma Live" series in April. The team from Industrial Info Resources agreed that the buzz on the floor this year was one of industry growth and optimism. Kreuger explained how foreign pharmaceutical companies are »

The 12,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) HF Alky Unit at Valero Energy Corporation's Texas City refinery in Texas could be shutdown for four to five months, after a fire struck the 225,000-BBL/d oil refinery on April 19. Also, Valero has accelerated six weeks of planned refinery maintenance, previously scheduled for early January 2019, for the adjacent 88,000-BBL/d »

Industrial Info is a sponsor of Petrochemical Update's Northeast Petrochemical Construction 2018 conference and exhibition, to be held June 18-19 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the Westin Convention Centre. The conference is where global business leaders come together to address the industry’s most pressing challenges and developments. Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, will participate in »

Industrial Info is launching its 2018 North American Labor Survey, in which contractors and owners give their view of the status of U.S. and Canadian craft labor. Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, said: "This labor survey is a representation of actual owners', contractors' and labor providers' opinions concerning shortages or full employment of skilled »

Industrial Info Resources is pleased to be holding a complimentary Market Outlook & Networking Event on May 2 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Industrial Info’s industry experts will be discussing the latest trends that will impact project spending in North America. Among the market regions to be discussed are the Northeast and New England, where Industrial Info is tracking more »

How will cutting-edge technology change your business next year--and five years from now? How can you remain competitive in the new high-tech environment and separate fly-by-night fads from legitimate trends? In order to succeed in the long term and stay ahead of the competition, executives in the industrial sector must be able to "see around corners" and anticipate how their »

Industrial Info is pleased to be presenting a complimentary webinar on the spending outlook for the Oil & Gas sector in the Americas. The webinar will take place at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT) on April 24. Industrial Info is tracking more than $367 billion in Oil & Gas projects that are planned to kick off in »

The Dominion Energy Cove Point (DECP) liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maryland has begun commercial service for natural gas liquefaction and export, Dominion Energy announced Tuesday. After completing a planned maintenance outage, the facility has been ramping up to full production of LNG from natural gas provided by its export customers since late March. DECP will produce LNG for »

Industrial Info Resources will be available for you to learn more about our project coverage and services at the upcoming Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), April 30 through May 3 at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. More than 70,000 energy professionals from more than 100 countries are expected to attend the exhibition. Stop by and visit us at Booth 5512! »

Corpus Christi, Texas, will have a new peak in project labor costs in 2021, while Beaumont, Texas, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, will have greater risks of higher costs in 2019 over 2018, according to Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's vice president of craft labor. Industrial Info is tracking more than $15 billion in active projects in Corpus Christi. On Wednesday, Industrial »

* Updated - ExxonMobil, yesterday, May 3, 2018 was forced to shut down the 110,000 b/d Crude PSLA 9 at its 500,000 b/d Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery due to a fire on the unit. Current expectations are to complete repairs and restart the unit in mid-May. IIR continues to monitor for a definitive restart timeline. At this »

Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is forecasted to grow at a rate of 4.5% per year. When combined with declining availability of LNG from traditional suppliers such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Algeria and Australia's Northwest Shelf, it will be necessary to approve another 28 million-30 million tons per year of production to meet demand by 2020. This means the »