Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 21, 2019
$127M Flyover Project Links 290, SH130
In an effort to ease congestion, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority (CTRMA) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are overseeing construction of three flyovers at the convergence of 290 Toll and SH 130....
Associated Press - Tue May 21, 2019
Howard Energy Announces Completion of Growth Projects in Delaware Basin
Howard Energy Partners (HEP) announced May 16 that it has completed construction on the majority of its previously-announced crude oil and natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the core of the Delaware Basin....
Business Wire - Tue May 21, 2019
EagleClaw Makes Decision on Delaware Link Pipeline
EagleClaw announced that it has made a final investment decision to proceed with construction of the Delaware Link pipeline, a new pipeline designed to transport residue natural gas from the Delaware Basin to the Waha hub, with access to further downstream takeaway connections....
E.ON - Tue May 21, 2019
Cranell Windfarm Under Way
E.ON announced the Cranell Windfarm, a 220 megawatt project, located in Refugio County, Texas, is under construction and it expects to commission the project before the end of 2019. "We're excited to announce another one of the projects in our Texas coastal pipeline is under construction and will be brought online this year," said Silvia Ortin, COO North America....
Associated Press - Tue May 21, 2019
Exxon Announces $2B Expansion of Its Baytown Plant
HOUSTON (AP) Exxon Mobil said it plans to spend $2 billion to expand a chemical plant next to the Houston Ship Channel and that the project will create 2,000 temporary construction jobs. The company said on May 2 it will build a new unit at the Baytown plant to make chemical compounds that give plastics more elasticity and flexibility, and produce ingredients used in engine and industrial oils....
TxDOT - Tue May 21, 2019
TxDOT Releases FONSI, Final Assessment for FM 723 Project
TxDOT has issued a finding of no significant impact (FONSI) for the proposed FM 723 roadway widening project from Avenue D to FM 1093 in Fort Bend County, Texas. The proposed FM 723 roadway widening project would include four 11-ft....
PR Newswire - Tue May 21, 2019
Port Arthur Receives Nod for Liquefaction-Export Project
Sempra Energy announced its subsidiary, Port Arthur LNG LLC, received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate its natural gas liquefaction-export facility under development in Jefferson County, Texas....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Tue May 14, 2019
Tornado Touches Down on McCourt & Sons Equipment
An EF-2 tornado touched down near La Grange, Texas, on May 3. One of the buildings destroyed belonged to McCourt & Sons Equipment Inc. Eamon McCourt, vice president of McCourt & Sons Equipment, said in an interview with KVUE, "I think it was a 30-foot tall building....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed May 08, 2019
JR Ramon Demolition, OilQuick Meet Deadline With Time to Spare
Phase I of TxDOT's Loop 1604 Bridge over Pat Booker Road replacement project was on a tight schedule. Plans call for the removal of the inside lanes of both north and southbound mainlanes of Loop 1604....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 08, 2019
It's Smooth Sailing on $1B Ship Channel Bridge
One year after the March 2018 start date on Houston's new $1 billion Ship Channel Bridge, workers have finished the drill shaft foundation for the southern main pylon, and were just two weeks away from completing the main northern pylon....
