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9-building spec industrial project underway in Baytown
September 4, 2025 - A new project is being touted as one of the largest single-user spec industrial developments ever built in Baytown. Houston-based developer BCS recently broke ground on the project, called Grove Business Park, according to a press release from Partners Real Estate. Travis Land and A.J. Williams of Partners are...
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ExxonMobil Baytown announces Refinery Reconfiguration Project
August 28, 2025 - This week, ExxonMobil announced a major new project at the Baytown Refinery. It’s called the Baytown Refinery Reconfiguration Project, and it’s all about getting ready for the future. The project will update three units at the refinery to make more diesel fuel and lubricant base stocks,...
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TALKE USA, Chambers County Build Recycling Center
August 5, 2025 - TALKE USA’s commitment to supporting a circular economy and Chambers County’s need for a new plastic recycling center and two years of planning have reached a milestone with the groundbreaking for a new Recycling Support Center. The site will be next to TALKE USA’s...
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Barbers Hill ISD branch campus set to blossom
July 14, 2025 - Barbers Hill ISD and Lee College estimate it will take about $154 million over the next 25 years to run Lee College’s branch campus in Mont Belvieu. That is the total of budget operations payments by Lee College to BHISD on a schedule from 2025-2049 included in the interlocal agreement...
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Houston American Energy Secures $5 Million in Strategic Financing to Acquire Texas Gulf Coast Development Site
July 11, 2025 - Houston American Energy Corp. (NYSE American: HUSA) (“HUSA” or the “Company”) today announced it has secured a Convertible Note from an institutional investor for $5 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds to fund a portion of the acquisition and development of a 25-acre site at...
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Partnerships abound among Mont Belvieu industries
July 9, 2025 - This is the second part of a three-part story on the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of Industry. The industries in and around Mont Belvieu believe strongly in partnership. When multiple industry representatives gathered at the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce’s State...
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Partners equal strength with industries
June 18, 2025 - Partnership was a central theme at the Mont Belvieu Area Chamber of Commerce’s State of Industry. Multiple representatives from area industries shared how a team effort has paid off into success for them and the people they serve. Ten representatives from ExxonMobil Mont Belvieu Plastics Plant, Enterprise...
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Baytown shows why Texas wins jobs, innovation, common sense
June 13, 2025 - Editor’s note: The cities of Baytown and Mont Belvieu and Chambers County recently filed motions to intervene on the side of ExxonMobil in its lawsuit against California Attorney General Rob Banta, who contends the company is engaging in deliberately misleading the public about the limitations of recycling....
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Goose Creek CISD board OKs new power plant’s tax deal
May 15, 2025 - The Goose Creek school board has signed off on an application to construct an additional 721 megawatt electric power generation plant at the NRG complex in Chambers County, creating electricity for sale into the wholesale power market. The board unanimously approved the application after holding a public hearing at its May 6...
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Exxon begins multimillion-dollar projects for research consolidation in Spring headquarters
May 6, 2025 - Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) has started renovating its Spring headquarters to make room for its new integrated research center. In Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filings, the supermajor has registered nearly $30 million worth of renovations and new construction at 22777 Springwoods Village Parkway under the title North America...
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