Environment & Safety
ExxonMobil reports Beaumont propylene unit fire
Exxon spokesman Lee Dula told KFDM that there were no injuries and that all workers have been accounted for. The plant employees about 425 workers and 500 contractors.
Haldor Topsoe, Ferrostaal to launch downstream project development JV
The JV will offer expertise in project planning, project development and financing with worldwide leading technologies for the petrochemical, refining and environmental technology sectors.
HP Petrochemicals: Fatal DuPont leak shows need for improved chemical safety systems
The November 15 chemical leak at DuPont’s plant in La Porte, Texas was the company’s third fatal US accident in five years and the deadliest of them all. The blast took the lives of four wor..
HP Industry Perspectives: RFS—An endless loop
Renewable fuels remain a huge burden for the global refining industry. Today’s transportation fuels, when used with later-model vehicles, have dramatically reduced tailpipe emissions. With much p..
HP News
Qatar Petroleum and Shell cancel $6.5-B petrochemical project in Qatar Royal Dutch Shell and Qatar Petroleum (QP) have canceled the $6.5-B Al-Karaana petrochemical project in Qatar, which will signifi..
HP Innovations
AVEVA NET software is cloud readyAVEVA has implemented a number of improvements to AVEVA NET, its information management software (Fig. 1). Customer feedback has shown that these improvements enhance ..
US safety board identifies weak refining standards in Chevron fire review
The US agency found shortcomings in industry standards related to comprehensive inspection, effective facility upgrades, and the need for minimum safety requirements.
Study: New clean-diesel technologies pose no significant health risk
The study concluded that exposure to new technology diesel exhaust does not cause any increase in the risk of lung cancer or other significant adverse health effects in study animals.
Petrobras develops new FCCU technology to capture CO2, cut emissions
Company officials at Petrobras say this is the first pre-industrial scale FCCU to use oxy-combustion technology to capture CO2 released by industrial processes in refineries.
Haldor Topsoe, FLSmidth to jointly market catalytic filter bag technology
The product’s integrated process can reduce the cost of off-gas cleaning and differs from the standard of using separate stand-alone systems to address removal of specific compounds.
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- Gauging the likely Trump effect on U.S. energy and power sectors 11/22
- Russia's Lukoil restoring cracker at NORSI refinery, gasoline output rising 11/22
- Nigeria's local currency crude sales fall short of target, Dangote refinery says 11/22
- U.S. October gasoline imports hit post-pandemic low on slump in European shipments 11/22
- Clean Hydrogen Works awards McDermott FEED contract for Ascension Clean Energy (ACE) project 11/21
