Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP), Houston, and Navigator Holdings Ltd., London, have entered a preliminary agreement to jointly develop an ethylene marine export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel (HSC). Source: News

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and Borealis AG, Vienna, are advancing design and engineering on projects that will expand production capacities at their jointly held Abu Dhabi Polymers Co. Ltd.’s (Borouge) integrated polyolefins complex in Ruwais, about 250 km west of Abu Dhabi City, UAE. Source: News

LyondellBasell Industries NV has reached final investment decision stage on its previously proposed plan to build what it is calling the world’s largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant at the company’s Houston-area complex in Channelview, Tex. Source: News

For oil-supply management by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its collaborators, a seemingly modest agreement announced July 24 in St. Petersburg came none too soon. The group has mustered extraordinary compliance with the coordinated production cut that took effect Jan. 1. Inevitably, however, strain began to show last month. Source: News

It’s surprising the things one will stumble across in the archives of Oil & Gas Journal. After all, the issues bound inside the hardback volumes lining these shelves document more than 100 years of petroleum business history. Source: News

Democrats trying to reclaim political ground with a new economic pitch need a salesperson knowledgeable about economic affairs. With Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, they don’t have one. Source: News

Hellenic Petroleum SA has decided to bring forward major planned maintenance at its 100,000-b/d Elefsina refinery in Elefsis, Greece, following an unexpected shutdown of the plant’s hydrogen production unit in early July. Source: News