February 19, 2026

 

 

Constellation and CyrusOne announce agreement to support new data center facility at Freestone Energy Center in Texas

Constellation announced that Calpine LLC, a business unit of Constellation, signed a new 380 MW agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a leading global data center developer and operator, to connect and serve a new data center adjacent to the Freestone Energy Center, in Freestone County, Texas, 155 miles north of Houston. 

Your next million-dollar loss may already be in your inspection report

Closing the gap between detection and engineered intervention is no longer simply a maintenance consideration —it is an operational strategy. The inspection report identifies the degradation.

 

 

Citgo struggles with long-term direction as sale process remains frozen

Citgo Petroleum is struggling to make key decisions about investments and finances as the sale of its Venezuela-owned parent to an affiliate of Elliott Investment Management remains frozen months after a U.S. judge signed off on the process, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Libya awards new oil, gas blocks to Chevron, Eni, others in first bidding round since 2007

Libya awarded oil and gas exploration blocks to foreign firms on Wednesday, including Chevron, Eni, QatarEnergy and Repsol, in its first licensing round in nearly two decades as it seeks to revitalise the sector despite political risks.

 

 

Alva Energy launches with $33M to unlock 10 GWe of nuclear power

Alva aims to rapidly unlock 10 GWe of new electric power generation capacity from the existing U.S. reactor fleet to meet surging power demand from AI and other industrial uses.

President Trump and Administrator Zeldin deliver the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history

Alongside President Trump in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the single largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.

 
 

One of the largest petrochemical events in the world

The AFPM International Petrochemical Conference is one of the largest petrochemical events in the world, attracting thousands of participants from companies across the globe. In addition to private meeting spaces and networking events, attendees will hear from industry leaders on key political, economic and environmental issues facing the petrochemical industry.

Valuable Resources

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  • BIC Webinar: Meet the new ALTAIR io™ 6 Multigas Detector: Integrated pump, unlimited potential
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  • Featured Content: Safety 4.0: Digital transformation, predictive analytics & life-saving technologies
 

Upcoming Industry Events

  • Annual Charity Cook-Off - February 20-21, Freeport, TX

  • TCA's 3rd Annual Sweethearts & Shotguns - February 21, Corpus Christi, TX
  • MINEXCHANGE SME Annual Conference & Expo - February 22-24, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • SWICA 2026 Cryo Competition & Chili Cookoff - February 24, Pasadena, TX

 

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