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IKEA partnering with self-driving truck company for test deliveries from Baytown
October 26, 2022 - IKEA Supply Chain Operations is teaming up with a self-driving trucking company to pilot autonomous freight deliveries from the Baytown distribution center on Borusan Road to Frisco near Dallas. Kodiak Robotics, Inc., a leading self-driving trucking company, began cooperation with IKEA in August. This includes a Kodiak autonomous heavy-duty...
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Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell Advance First-of-its-Kind Plastic Processing Facility in Houst
October 17, 2022 - Cyclyx International, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell today announced they have signed an agreement to advance development of a first-of-its-kind plastic waste sorting and processing facility in the Houston area. The new facility addresses a critical missing link in the plastic waste supply chain by connecting community recycling programs to new and...
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MedCore Partners Breaks Ground on ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Baytown, Texas
October 17, 2022 - MedCore Partners, in conjunction with ClearSky Health, has broken ground on a 36-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital development in Baytown, Texas. ClearSky Rehabilitation Hospital of Baytown is expected to treat over 650 patients annually and create at least 100 healthcare related jobs for the area. The hospital will treat individuals...
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Exxon, CF Industries, EnLink plan carbon transport, storage project for blue ammonia plant
October 11, 2022 - Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) is partnering with CF Industries Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CF) and EnLink Midstream (NYSE: ENLC) on a new emissions-reduction project in Louisiana.Illinois-based CF Industries wants to produce ammonia from low-carbon "blue" hydrogen — hydrogen made with natural gas but whose carbon dioxide emissions are captured...
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Bloomberg: Exxon considering a takeover of Plano-based Denbury
October 11, 2022 - Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), which is moving its headquarters to the Houston area, is considering a takeover of Plano-based oil and gas firm Denbury Inc., according to a report in Bloomberg.Denbury (NYSE: DEN) has the largest carbon dioxide pipeline network in the U.S. The Bloomberg report...
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Lee College and Barbers Hill ISD plan exciting future for students
October 4, 2022 - Leaders of Barbers Hill ISD and Lee College are taking steps that could lead to the creation of a college campus in the Mont Belvieu community.“We are thrilled to be working with Barbers Hill Superintendent Dr. Greg Poole, a tremendous visionary leader, who has brought exemplary programs to...
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Construction underway for 1.2M-SF spec warehouse in TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park
October 4, 2022 - Construction has started on another 1.2 million-square-foot speculative warehouse in the massive TGS Cedar Port Industrial Park outside Baytown in Chambers County.TGS Cedar Port DC 4, expected to be delivered in the first quarter of next year, is the second 1.2 million-square-foot warehouse TGS Cedar Port Partners LP has started building within...
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No tenant? No problem. Million-square-foot ‘spec’ industrial buildings are popping up across Houston
September 29, 2022 - From Baytown to Brookshire to Conroe and beyond, developers are breaking ground on million-square-foot industrial buildings.After success with its first building, Houston-based TGS Cedar Port Partners is set to deliver another 1.2 million-square-foot spec distribution building in Baytown early next year, adding to a growing number of mega-buildings going up...
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Exxon’s Baytown facility finds new ways to break down plastic as consumers demand better recycling
September 29, 2022 - A stream of everyday plastics such as detergent containers, pill bottles and unsoiled diapers is already finding its way inside an ExxonMobil lab in Baytown, where the company readies to launch one of the continent’s largest advanced recycling facilities. Ziploc bags filled with many-colored pieces of torn-up...
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ExxonMobil’s Dave Andrew talks to BIC Magazine at the 2022 Gulf Coast Industry Forum
September 22, 2022 - Dave Andrew gives an update on ExxonMobil's large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas. Watch the interview here.
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