Environment & Safety
Safety board probes Citgo refinery leak in Texas
A team from the US Chemical Safety Board is investigating an accident reportedly involving the release of hydrofluoric acid at Citgo's alkylation unit in Corpus Christi.
CERAWeek '12: US shale board talks fracking feud, hypes water management
Members and associates of the US Shale Gas Advisory Board (SGAB) opened the CERAWeek conference by sharing thoughts on the controversies and challenges surrounding shale gas and oil development.
Car accident shuts major US oil pipeline for days
A major oil pipeline will be shut down for several days after a spill and fire near Chicago caused by a freak car accident. The pipeline was shut down within hours of the accident early Saturday morning and will remain shut down until Thursday morning, an Enbridge spokeswoman said.
BP reaches $7.8bn settlement over Gulf oil spill
BP says it has reached a settlement with the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (PSC), subject to final written agreement, to resolve the majority of economic loss and medical claims stemming from the Deepwater Horizon accident and oil spill. The cost is approximately $7.8 billion, the company said.
BP shuts down Alaska oil processing hub after fire
BP said late Thursday it has shut down an oil-processing center at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay oil field, following a fire. No one was injured and the fire extinguished itself, according to the company. Fire crews found little or no damage inside the building, but facility managers decided to shut down the plant.
HP Water Management: Water is the next oil
In the future, increased demands for high-quality fresh water supplies will translate into voluntary and, ultimately, regulatory mandates. These constraints will require facilities to limit or to redu..
HP Impact: Octagonal opportunity for carbon capture
Filtering CO2 from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive, part of many manufacturing processes. However, a collaborative research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technolo..
Canada oil sands producers form alliance to share environmental technology
Canadian oil sands producers have formed a new alliance named Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA), seeking to accelerate the pace of improving environmental performance in Canada's oil sands. COSIA also announced Dr. Dan Wicklum as CEO of the new alliance.
BP in talks for $14bn Gulf oil spill settlement
BP and plaintiffs suing over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill are in talks for a $14 billion settlement funded by monies originally set aside by the company for out-of-court settlements, Bloomberg News reported Monday, citing three people familiar with the negotiations.
Crude tank explodes at Texas fuel storage terminal
Firefighters have extinguished a crude oil tank fire that began Thursday night at a fuel storage terminal in Galveston, Texas, according to news media reports. The facility has the capacity to handle 1.25 million bbl of liquid cargo storage and 350,000 tons of dry flat storage, according to the Galveston Daily News.
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- China issues extra crude oil import quota to teapot refineries 11/25
- McDermott achieves ISO 50001 Certification for energy management at four fabrication yards 11/25
