Dow Chemical is restarting the 1.65 billion-pound-per-year propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit at its Freeport (Oyster Creek), Texas, plant. The unit was brought offline June 12 for a short-notice planned maintenance turnaround. Industrial Info is tracking more than $2 billion in project activity at the Freeport complex, including a $1.7 billion ethylene unit addition. Entergy's River Bend Nuclear Station »

Natural Gas Dominion Cove LNG Gets FERC Approval to Commission Power Block Dominion Cove Point LNG LP has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to introduce fuel gas into two auxiliary boilers and commission the 130-megawatt (MW) power block at the Maryland project. Construction of the single-train, 5.75 million-ton-per-year (1 billion-cubic-foot-per-day) plant is on schedule to »

Natural Gas Enviva Nears Commissioning of Gas-to-Liquids Plant in Oklahoma Envia Energy is in the final commissioning phase for a gas-to-liquids plant in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The plant will have a production capacity of 225 barrels per day (BBL/d) with a mix of diesel, naptha and synthetic waxes, and it will utilize methane gas from a landfill as feedstock. »

REFINING Fire, Explosion Shuts Down Syncrude Plant North of Fort McMurray, Alberta According to CBC News, an explosion and fire shut down Syncrude's Mildred Lake oil sands upgrader, which is north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, on Tuesday afternoon. One person was hospitalized in "serious but stable condition." Later in the day, Syncrude issued a statement that the fire had been »

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) faced a major fire incident on 210,000 b/d FCCU Unit (Design Capacity 170,000 b/d) at its 660,000 b/d Domestic Tariff Area Refinery, India on November 24, 2016. There was no impact on production as the FCCU block was already under planned Maintenance shutdown since November 14, 2016. Major units include »

BP Products continues with planned maintenance at its 420,000 b/d Whiting, Indiana refinery. The 110,000 b/d FCCU 500 and 29,000 b/d SF Alkylation work that began in mid-September is now scheduled to be completed and the units restarted on November 21, 2016 instead of November 14, 2016 as previously reported. The 90,000 Crude »