Infiniti bills itself as being a convention challenger, but the Nissan Motor Co. luxury-car division still sees the future of electrification much like the era of internal combustion.
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QX Inspiration concept vehicle sits on display in Detroit. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Infiniti Will Market Cars That Still Fill Up on Gas as Electric
QX Inspiration concept vehicle sits on display in Detroit. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Business, Technology, Fuel
Old World Industries Acquires Dasco’s DEF Business
Old World Industries announced it acquired Dasco Inc.’s diesel exhaust fluid and prilled [pellet] automotive-grade urea global business and assets.
November 1, 2019
Business, Fuel
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Exxon Profit Plummets With Plenty of Oil to Go Around
Rogelio V. Solis/AP
IRVING, Texas — Exxon Mobil’s profit tumbled with crude prices down about 15% from where they were last year, though a $300 million boost from a tax-related item helped.
November 1, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
Spills from TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline are shown Nov. 17, 2017, when an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil leaked onto agricultural land near Amherst, S.D. (DroneBase via Associated Press)
Keystone Pipeline Shutdown Raises Costs for US Gulf Refiners
Spills from TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone pipeline are shown Nov. 17, 2017, when an estimated 210,000 gallons of oil leaked onto agricultural land near Amherst, S.D. (DroneBase via Associated Press)
The Keystone crude pipeline was shut Oct. 30 after leaking thousands of barrels of crude in North Dakota, the third spill along the pipeline’s route in less than three years.
October 31, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
A worker climbs down a from a machine that mixes sand and water before it is pumped underground during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Corp. well pad near Mead, Colo., on March 25, 2014. (Associated Press/Brennan Linsley)
‘Canada’ Is Becoming a Dirty Word in the Oil Patch
A worker climbs down a from a machine that mixes sand and water before it is pumped underground during a hydraulic fracturing operation at an Encana Corp. well pad near Mead, Colo., on March 25, 2014. (Associated Press/Brennan Linsley)
Canada’s beleaguered energy sector suffered another morale blow as Encana Corp. — one of its marquee companies that was born out of the 19th-century railway boom — announced plans to move its headquarters to the U.S. and drop the link to Canada from its name.
October 31, 2019
Business, Fuel
A Marathon gas station in DeKalb, Ill., on July 29, 2019. Company Chairman and CEO Gary Heminger will retire next year. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Marathon Petroleum Bows to Activist Push With Spinoff, CEO Exit
A Marathon gas station in DeKalb, Ill., on July 29, 2019. Company Chairman and CEO Gary Heminger will retire next year. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)
Marathon Petroleum Corp. buckled under pressure from shareholders and announced the spinoff of its retail fuel-station business and the departure of its chairman and chief executive officer, just five weeks after activist investor Elliott Management Corp. went public with demands for a radical overhaul of the company.
October 31, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel
John Raoux/AP
Trump Push for Corn-Heavy Fuel Isn’t Reaching the Pump
John Raoux/AP
President Donald Trump’s effort to boost corn demand by allowing year-round sales of ethanol-blended gasoline has run into a logistical problem. Few stations offer it.
October 31, 2019
Business, Technology, Equipment, Fuel, Autonomous
Meritor CEO Jay Craig (left) interviews Volvo CEO Martin Lundstedt. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
Volvo Group CEO Martin Lundstedt Outlines Time of Transition for Trucking
Meritor CEO Jay Craig (left) interviews Volvo CEO Martin Lundstedt. (Seth Clevenger/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — Volvo Group CEO Martin Lundstedt said the commercial vehicle industry has entered a time of transition with the rise of electric-powered trucks, automated driving technology and connected vehicles.
October 31, 2019
Government, Business, Fuel, Logistics
Oil tankers sit at a rail yard. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
Alberta Loosens Oil Output Limits With Railroad Allowances
Oil tankers sit at a rail yard. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg)
Alberta took a step toward easing the pain of its crude-production caps by allowing oil companies to exceed output limits if they ship the extra production by rail.
October 31, 2019
Business, Equipment, Safety, Fuel
Donaldson's Al Hovda speaks at the press conference. (Anneliese Mahoney/Transport Topics)
Donaldson Announces Air Filter Test Results, GeoTab Contract
Donaldson's Al Hovda speaks at the press conference. (Anneliese Mahoney/Transport Topics)
ATLANTA — Donaldson Co. said recent tests show the Donaldson PowerCore filters can save fleets up to $215 per truck per year, because the filters provide 27% less restriction.
October 31, 2019