The last time a greenfield oil refinery was built in the United States from scratch, Gerald Ford was president and a gallon of gas cost 59 cents. The Marathon facility in Garyville, Louisiana, came ...

Join thousands of materials protection experts, industry leaders, and innovators for an exceptional week of learning, networking, and cutting-edge solutions, March 15-19, 2026, in Houston, TX. With ...

The Gulf Coast energy sector is recalibrating. With crude prices settling into new ranges and petrochemical margins tightening, operators across the region are shifting from volume-focused strategies ...

Registration is OPEN for the 3rd Annual ECC Golf Tournament! The ECC is excited to return on Friday, March 6th at the beautiful Black Horse Golf Course in Cypress, TX for a day of great golf, great ...

Dow Chemical said it expects to begin production in late 2029 from the first phase of its Path2Zero ethylene and polyethylene expansion project in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada. The two-year delay ...

The AFPM International Petrochemical Conference is one of the largest petrochemical events in the world, attracting thousands of participants from companies across the globe. In addition to private ...

The industrial sector is at a crossroads. A severe shortage of skilled labor is disrupting industries nationwide. With unemployment rates hovering near historic lows and demand for infrastructure ...

How do you tube plug an Air Cooled Heat Exchanger? Start with the basics, what are the specifications for the tubes to be plugged? You will need to know the outside diameter, wall thickness, and ...

Hello friends! Happy New Year and welcome to the January issue of the BIC Magazine. Based on multiple recent surveys and analyses of workforce exit data, the average age of retirement in the U.S. is ...

As steam curls across a catwalk, a column eases through a setpoint. The console operator scans a monitor and decides in seconds whether to hold, trip or press ahead. Calm in that moment is not luck.

Welcome to the May/June 2025 issue of BIC Magazine. Trump’s energy policy has often been summed up by the phrase "drill, baby, drill." He has signed several executive orders specifically to boost the ...

South Carolina-based specialty chemical company Ethox Chemicals, a division of Syntha Group, has begun construction on a new greenfield chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas, to be co-located on 17 acres ...