Fluor Corp. will engineer and construct several new Dow Chemical Company facilities in Freeport, Texas, as part of Dow’s $4 billion expansion there.  More »

Dow Chemical Co., the largest U.S. chemical maker by sales, posted first-quarter profit that beat analysts’ estimates as corn-seed sales rose and lower prices for natural gas boosted earnings from plastics.  More »

The Senate energy committee will delve deep into issues surrounding natural gas development and transport — including the controversy surrounding potentially greater exports of the fossil fuel — during a series of roundtables in May.  More »

Dow Chemical Company will build three new petrochemical facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast, part of a $4 billion expansion plan inspired by the shale boom  More »

A report highlighting the higher economic benefits of using American natural gas to make things rather than selling it overseas has drawn heated criticism from export backers.  More »

A top Exxon Mobil Corp. executive on Friday blasted opponents of exporting natural gas from the United States, where booming production has led to surpluses and weak demand.  More »

Business executives on Monday unveiled a plan to rev up the U.S. economy by producing more oil and gas, supporting renewable power and taking a hands-off approach to regulation.  More »

Some of the nation’s largest chemical makers and manufacturers on Thursday united as a new coalition to lobby against a wholesale rush to export America’s new natural gas bounty, which they say threatens some $80 billion in planned investments in new U.S. plants and assembly lines.  More »

Manufacturers terrified that rising natural gas prices threaten their bottom line are stepping up pressure on the Obama administration to limit exports of the fossil fuel in the wake of a study that said selling more overseas would broadly benefit the United States.  More »

The U.S. may have a 100-year supply of natural gas locked underground, but how much of it gets extracted hinges on what the federal government does to promote the fuel, energy experts told a Senate panel today. A top official at the government’s Energy Information Administration also defended his agency’s predictions about abundant domestic natural gas supply.  More »

A couple of years ago, things didn’t look good for chemical companies in the Houston area. LyondellBasell was in bankruptcy, and fears mounted that other companies might follow. Demand was falling, forcing industry stalwarts like Dow and DuPont to curtail production and other companies were shuttering plants and laying off workers. What a difference a [...]  More »

Refinery and power company officials are trying to piece together why several Texas City plants lost power, causing shelter-in-place warnings, Tuesday school closings and emissions from plant flares that lit the skies over the coastal town.  More »