Americas
Meridian Energy selects Axens for refinery tech
Meridian Energy selected Axens North America to license proprietary clean-tech refinery and hydrocarbon processing technology for the Davis refinery.
Valero Energy Partners LP acquires Meraux and Three Rivers Terminal Services for $325 M
Valero Energy Partners’ board of directors of its general partner has approved the acquisition of the Meraux and Three Rivers Terminal Services Business from a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. for total consideration of approximately $325 M.
BP Whiting refinery returns to normal operations
BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery returned to normal production by Monday morning for the first time since late July.
ExxonMobil defends handling of Torrance refinery outage
ExxonMobil is defending its handling of an outage at its Los Angeles refinery following a blast in February 2015 after a prominent trading company told a state commission that the process had lacked transparency.
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.
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