Universal Lubricants Expands to Meet Growing Demand for Cleaner, Greener Re-Refined Oil

One of the country’s oldest lubricant manufacturing and distribution companies, Wichita’s Universal Lubricants (UL) established in 1929, is poised for double-digit growth for the foreseeable future thanks to a technologically advanced and highly capable re-refinery, and efficiencies gained through its environmentally-friendly closed-loop... 

SteelPath Fund Advisors Announces Annual Update Call for SteelPath MLP Funds

SteelPath Fund Advisors announced today a update call for institutional investors regarding the SteelPath MLP Alpha Fund the SteelPath MLP Income Fund , and the SteelPath MLP Select 40 Fund The Funds’ portfolio managers will review the market and fund performance for the year 2010. The call will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011 at 3:30 p.m.... 

Unique Safety Milestone Celebrated by Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline today celebrated 10 million hours of employees working without a lost work-time injury. The safety milestone represents more than seven years of employees working safely. In congratulating employees, Colonial CEO Tim Felt reminded that working safely is a job that starts fresh every day. “We are rightfully proud of this accomplishment,... 

Sunoco to Close Polypropylene Plant in Bayport, Texas

Sunoco Inc. announced that it will permanently close its polypropylene manufacturing facility located in Bayport, Texas, no later than April 30, 2009. The facility can produce approximately 400 million pounds of polypropylene each year. “The decision to close the facility was made after an extensive review which demonstrated that the plant is no longer... 

CHS Success in 2008 Founded on Vision, Stability

Leaders of CHS Inc., one of the nation’s leading energy, grains and foods companies, attributed strong 2008 performance to maintaining financial stability and disciplined-growth during a period of unprecedented market volatility. “After five consecutive years of record results — the combination of our own hard work, growth and what... 

CHS Announces Mankato Sibley Park Sponsorships

The City of Mankato marked the opening today of Sibley Park’s Story Book Farm, and announced that the CHS Oilseed Processing plant, Mankato, is donating $100,000 to develop two other Sibley Park attractions. The CHS sponsorship will be used to construct a pergola and to develop the existing rock garden. CHS operates soybean crushing and refining... 

Rive Technology to Open Catalyst R&D Facility in Princeton, NJ

Rive Technology, a leading catalyst engineering company for the petroleum refining industry, announced today that it will commence operations of a 10,000 square foot research and development facility in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey this November. Rive Technology is the developer of proprietary zeolite catalyst technology that expands characteristically... 

Hess Launches C-Neutral Energy Program

Hess Corporation announced the launch of its Hess C-Neutral program to commercial, industrial and institutional customers. Hess C-Neutral is a carbon-neutral energy program for natural gas, electricity and fuel oil. Through C-Neutral, Hess engineers calculate the carbon emissions associated with a customer’s energy usage and include enough carbon... 

SemGroup to Sell Fuel Storage Facility in Wales; Largest Facility of its Kind in U.K. Provides Strategic Location for Distribution to Major Markets

SemGroup, L.P. announced its plans to evaluate offers to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, SemLogistics Milford Haven Limited, which operates the largest independent fuel storage facility in the United Kingdom. Located in Milford Haven on the west coast of Wales, the facility provides 8.5 million barrels of commercially active storage capacity and serves... 

UOP and Ensyn to Form Joint Venture to Offer Second-Generation Biomass Technology

UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with Ensyn Corp to form a joint venture to offer technology and equipment to convert second-generation biomass into oil for power generation, heating fuel and eventually for conversion into transportation fuels. UOP and Ensyn expect to finalize terms for the venture...