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US East Coast refiners binge on Algerian crude
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- US East Coast refiners are in the midst of their biggest buying spree of Algerian crude in years as they take advantage of cheap oil spilling out of the region, traders said on Thursday.
Accident kills worker at Pemex refinery, output not affected
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- An accident at the Ciudad Madero refinery of Mexican state-owned oil firm Pemex killed one worker on Thursday, but the incident will not affect production, a company spokesperson said.
API urges EPA and congress to avoid ‘costly, duplicative and flawed’ ozone rules
WASHINGTON – API recommended that the EPA use the full scope of its authority under the Clean Air Act to complete implementation of the 2008 ozone standards without saddling states and regulated entities with “duplicative and costly” new attainment requirements, during testimony at today’s EPA Public Hearing on the 2015 Ozone Implementation Proposal.
Schneider Electric’s new engineering process simulation unveiled
LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Schneider Electric announced availability of SimSci SimCentral for Process Utilities, a new platform to manage how processes are engineered across their entire lifecycle. With this platform, users can streamline process utility design, collaborate for process improvement and simplify modeling complexity. Benefits include reduced time and cost, an appealing user experience for the next generation of engineers and accelerated process simulation and design.
SNC-Lavalin awarded five-year extension to GES+ contract with Saudi Aramco
MONTREAL -- SNC-Lavalin is pleased to announce that SNC-Lavalin Fayez Engineering (SLFE), an engineering consultancy partnership between SNC-Lavalin and Dr. Zuhair Fayez, has been awarded a five-year extension to its existing General Engineering Services Plus (GES+) contract with Saudi Aramco, with three one-year options to extend.
Massachusetts judge requires Exxon to hand over climate documents
BOSTON (Reuters) -- A Massachusetts judge has refused to excuse ExxonMobil Corp from a request by the state's attorney general to hand over decades worth of documents on its views on climate change, state officials said on Wednesday.
EIA: US crude, fuel stockpiles soar amid record high refining
(Reuters) -- US inventories of crude and refined oil rose sharply and more than expected last week, with stocks of distillates hitting six-year highs, as crude imports and refining hit record highs, government data showed on Wednesday.
Arkema upgrades its Texas acrylics facility
Arkema is investing $90 million on its Clear Lake, Texas site to replace existing acrylic acid production units with modern facilities using available technologies.
Advent-led GTM buys Brazil chemical firm quantiQ for $172 MM
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -- GTM Holdings SA, Latin America's No. 1 independent distributor of chemical products, has agreed to pay $172 million for Brazilian peer quantiQ Distribuidora Ltda, in an effort to gain more foothold in the region's biggest country.
US probe of Venezuelan state oil firm spurs more guilty pleas
(Reuters) -- Two US-based energy executives pleaded guilty on Tuesday to US charges stemming from a scheme to corruptly secure contracts by bribing officials from Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA.
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