-Pembina Pipeline will proceed with the construction of a $350 million condensate and diluent terminal at its Heartland terminal site in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The Canadian Diluent Hub will have 600,000 barrels of underground storage capacity and multiple inbound and outbound pipeline connections. The new terminal will supplement Pembina’s existing diluent handling capacity in Fort Saskatchewan, including 500,000 barrels of underground storage capacity and 200,000 barrels per day of pipeline and rail capacity.
-A former Kinder Morgan executive has raised $700 million to start up Windy Cove Energy — a firm that will use enhanced oil recovery techniques to get crude from aging vertical wells in the Permian Basin and other areas. Windy Cove CEO Chuck Fox told FuelFix his company would target older wells that have been left behind by other companies focusing on horizontal drilling in shale plays.
-Texas Commission on Environmental Quality investigators visited Flint Hills’ Corpus Christi refinery Wednesday to investigate a sulfur dioxide leak that shut down a local highway and ship channel on Tuesday. Via the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a Koch Industries spokesperson said a reaction inside a 45,000-barrel molten sulfur tank caused a fire. (Flint Hills is a subsidiary of Koch.) Twenty contractors were working near the tank when the leak occurred, but no one was injured.
-Suncor Energy completed a month of planned maintenance at its Edmonton, Alberta, refinery.
-Chevron named Mary Francis corporate secretary and chief governance officer effective May 1. She will succeed Lydia Beebe, who will retire in April after 37 years at Chevron. Francis joined Chevron in 2002 as a trademark senior counsel and currently serves as chief corporate counsel.
