The Saskatoon Community Foundation, which provides grants to charitable organizations throughout the city, received a $300,000 donation from Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. The donation will make the company the title sponsor of the PotashCorp Mayor’s Cultural Gala, the foundation’s signature event. The foundation is allowed to award the money as it chooses and a representative of the foundation said it will likely go to groups that focus on youth and education, two main targets of PotashCorp donations.

Contribution Cut

For the first time in years, Kanawha County Commission has declined to fund the Chemical Alliance Zone, a South Charleston, West Virginia-based group that promotes the chemical industry in the region. The county’s extremely tight budget was given as the reason the $25,000 contribution wasn’t made this year. The Chemical Alliance Zone found out about the funding cut after submitting an invoice for the $25,000. The funding was included in the county commission’s preliminary budget in March, but was stripped from the final budget that was approved in June. A representative from the Chemical Alliance Zone said a single-year funding cut shouldn’t have a detrimental effect on the group, but continued funding cuts would be a concern.  

Memorandum Of Understanding

NOVA Chemicals has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hess and Mistral to purchase and transport ethane production from Hess’ Tioga Gas Plant in North Dakota via a proposed pipeline to Alberta, Canada. NOVA Chemicals will purchase 100% of the ethane produced at the Tioga Gas Plant under a long-term agreement. The initial pipeline capacity is planned to be approximately 45,000 barrels/day of ethane and will be expandable to approximately 60,000 barrels/day to handle future ethane supply from Williston Basin producers. The pipeline is expected to startup in the third quarter of 2012 and is subject to receipt of customary regulatory and other approvals.  

Gas Manufacturing Plant