Americas
Tyco buys specialty firm Chemguard for $130mn
Tyco International completed its $130 million acquisition of Chemguard, a leading provider of fire suppression products and specialty chemicals. Founded in 1984 and based in Mansfield, Texas, Chemguard's fire suppression portfolio includes an extensive line of foam concentrates, firefighting hardware and engineered foam systems for a broad range of industrial applications.
Halliburton files Gulf oil spill lawsuit against BP
Halliburton on Thursday filed claims against BP in Texas state court for negligent misrepresentation, business disparagement and defamation related to the Deepwater Horizon incident on April 20, 2010.
US Gulf producers shut in nearly half of oil capacity amid Tropical Storm Lee
Oil and gas operators around the Gulf of Mexico have begun evacuating platforms and rigs due to Tropical Storm Lee, with nearly 48% of oil capacity and 33% of natural gas production shut in. Lee intensified to become a tropical storm on Friday, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), packing winds of 40 miles/hour.
Consider new processes for clean gasoline and olefins production
Advanced technologies promote propylene yield while reducing olefins in gasoline
Maximize propylene from your FCC unit
Innovative use of catalyst and operating conditions increases on-purpose olefin production
Refining outlook: Capacity expansion and rationalization
Many factors are reshaping the global refined products industry, leading to inevitable change
Achieve success in gasoline hydrotreating
Case history describes how to achieve superior performance during FCC gasoline hydrotreating
Understand differences between thermal and hydrocracking
Successful operation and product yields are controlled by reactions at the molecular level
Alternative transport fuels: An Indian perspective
Many factors influence the possibility of new fuels replacing gasoline and diesel
New era in refining — Keys to sustenance
Changes in feedstocks, environmental rules can alter past and future process investments, profitability
- China's Wanhua Chemical starts operation at new east China cracker 4/4
- Brookfield Infrastructure announces the acquisition of Colonial Enterprises for $9 B 4/4
- PBF restarts some units at Martinez refinery after February fire; fire-damaged units remain shut 4/4
- Japan to curb gasoline prices from June to cushion U.S. tariff blow 4/4
- Evonik presents innovative "Debonding on Demand" concept for more sustainable bonding 4/3
- Oil, gas and refined product imports exempted from Trump’s sweeping tariffs 4/3
