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Shell selects site for proposed $12.5B GTL project in Louisiana

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Shell has selected Ascension Parish in Louisiana as the location for a potential natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility. The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development will begin moving forward this year with projects that benefit the industry and those who travel throughout St. James and Ascension parishes.

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Juniper GTL to invest $100M to retrofit plant to new small-scale GTL facility in Louisiana

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Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Juniper GTL LLC President Vianney Valès announced the company will invest $100 million to renovate a dormant steam methane reformer in the Westlake, Louisiana area and convert it to a natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility, producing waxes, drilling fluids, diesel and naphtha.

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Plug Power, Olin launch JV for 15-ton-per-day green hydrogen plant in Louisiana

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Plug Power and Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, launched a joint venture—announced in April ( earlier post )—to begin with the construction of a 15-ton-per-day hydrogen plant in St. Gabriel, Louisiana.

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Heckmann Corporation transitioning truck fleet from diesel to LNG; largest single US order for LNG trucks

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Heckmann Corporation, a water solutions company focused on water issues worldwide and, in particular, oil and natural gas exploration and production, is teaming up with Encana Natural Gas Inc., Heckmann Corporation was created to buy and build companies in the water sector.

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Sundrop Fuels selects Louisiana site for planned first biogasoline facility

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a gasification-based drop-in advanced biofuels company ( earlier post ), has agreed to purchase about 1,200 acres of land near Alexandria, Louisiana, for the planned construction and operation of its first production facility. Sundrop Fuels, Inc., Chesapeake invested $155 million in Sundrop Fuels last summer.

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Plug Power, Olin JV to produce green hydrogen in 15 ton per day plant in Louisiana

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Olin Corporation, a leading vertically integrated chlor alkali producer and marketer, and Plug Power Inc., Gabriel, Louisiana will produce 15 tons per day (tpd) of green hydrogen. The first production plant in St.

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Neste Oil sues Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods for infringement on NExBTL-related patent

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Neste Oil Corporation has filed a patent infringement action against Dynamic Fuels, LLC, Syntroleum Corporation, and Tyson Foods, Inc in the US District Court for the District of Delaware. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).