Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (CPCC) has commissioned two 500,000-tonne/year polyethylene (PE) units at Old Ocean, Tex., completing the first phase of its $6-billion US Gulf Coast (USGC) petrochemical project. Source: News

BHP Billiton Ltd. has pushed back the second phase of its deepwater exploration offshore Trinidad and Tobago from this year’s fourth quarter to first-quarter 2018 according to the Caribbean twin-island nation’s Energy Minister Franklyn Khan. Source: News

Oil & Gas UK is disputing a university study that predicts early exhaustion of UK oil and gas reserves and that calls for a prompt switch to renewable energy. Source: News

Cureton Midstream LLC, Denver, has let a contract to a division of Honeywell UOP LLC to deliver a cryogenic natural gas processing plant and associated systems designed to extract 99% of ethane and 100% of propane from production in Weld County, Colo., in the Niobrara basin. Source: News

The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted on Sept. 18 to forward five Trump administration nominations to positions in the Departments of Interior and Energy, and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to the full Senate for consideration. The nominees are: Source: News

The Kincora restart program will now move on to the next stages, which involves recommissioning of the Kincora to Wallumbilla pipeline and commissioning of the end-of-the-line processing facility at Wallumbilla. Source: News

US crude oil inventories increased while gasoline stockpiles decreased for a third consecutive week following Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Gulf Coast refining hubs and transportation infrastructure. Source: News