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Daily Thermetrics to use Orbital Gas Systems’ gas sampling technology

CUI Global Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Gas Systems (Orbital) signed a technology and patent license agreement with Daily Thermetrics, a global design and manufacturing company providing the process industries with precise temperature measurement instrumentation.

Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery delays shutdown

ExxonMobil Corp. put off plans to shut its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery after it managed to start a LPG processing unit in the adjoining chemical plant.

Lyondell Houston refinery restoring production after steam loss

LyondellBasell Industries was restoring production at its 263 Mbpd Houston refinery after a midday power interruption robbed the plant of steam supply last week.

Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery HCU shut by steam loss

The hydrocracking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, was shut Sunday after the steam supply was temporarily lost at the refinery.

Westlake receives regulatory approval to acquire Axiall

Westlake have received all regulatory approvals required for the acquisition of Axiall Corp., including clearance from both the US and Canadian competition authorities.

Mexico announces launch of cap-and-trade pilot program

Mexico will launch a year-long simulation of a cap-and-trade program in November as a test run for a national carbon market expected to launch in 2018.

Icahn urges EPA to change renewable fuel credit market

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has called on the top US environmental regulator to make changes to a market for renewable fuel credits or else risk "the mother of all short squeezes" that could bankrupt refiners.

ExxonMobil and Georgia Tech innovation could lead to reduced energy use and emissions in chemical manufacturing

Scientists from ExxonMobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics.

US EPA has not completed required review of biofuel mandate

The US Environmental Protection Agency has not complied with federal requirements to study the effects of the nation's biofuel use mandate.

Brazil seizes $655 M in assets from Odebrecht, OAS, executives

Brazil's federal auditing court, ordered the seizure of about $655 M worth of assets from engineering firms Odebrecht SA and OAS SA and some of their executives, to recoup losses from contracts related to the country's biggest ever corruption scandal.