U.S. manufacturers continue to report growth and optimism in the latest outlook survey by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), with 89.5% of the respondents saying they felt either somewhat or very positive about their company's outlook, driven by current federal tax and regulatory reform policies, according to the association. Industrial Info is tracking U.S. capital projects »

BP plc and Shell Offshore Incorporated are drilling seven and six new wells, respectively, in the Gulf of Mexico. Most of BP's new wells are its Mad Dog Platform. Shell's new wells are mostly at the Olympus and Perdido Spar platforms. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) lists 45 new wells as currently being drilled. Behind BP and Shell, »

Propelled by record natural gas and crude oil production, the U.S. is projected to become a net exporter of energy in 2020, for the first time in more than 70 years, according the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2019 report that was released on Thursday. The U.S. will remain a net exporter through 2050, »

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 »