Environment & Safety
UOP adsorbents removing radiation in Japan water
Honeywell’s UOP said Friday that its adsorbent ion exchange products are successfully being used by Toshiba Corporation and Shaw Global Services for the cleanup of radiation-contaminated water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan.
Halliburton defends itself against BP oil spill claims
Halliburton responded Wednesday to recent court filings by BP, which accused it of unfavorable results from tests on cement used to plug the leaking well in the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
US regulators issue more spill-related fines to BP
US regulators have issued additional violations to BP for its role in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, raising the level of fines that the company is likely to pay. The violations lay the foundation for civil penalties that are likely to be imposed by the federal government.
BP accuses Halliburton of destroying test results on Deepwater Horizon cement
BP accused oilfield-services giant Halliburton of destroying unfavorable results from tests on cement used to plug the leaking well in the Deepwater Horizon disaster. In a motion filed with a US court in Louisiana, BP said that Halliburton's own tests after the incident showed the cement slurry was unstable and claimed the company destroyed the results of the test and misplaced key data.
IEA says nations must act independently on climate
With little hope for significant progress on a major international climate agreement at this week's climate negotiations, nations must take it upon themselves to reduce emissions and mitigate climate change, the head of the IEA said Tuesday. To limit rising temperatures to an average of 2 degrees Celsius, global growth would have to come with just a 20% rise in emissions in the years ahead, she said.
Jacobs wins engineering on Honeywell, Sinochem venture in China
Jacobs Engineering Group will provide engineering and procurement services for the newly-formed joint venture between Honeywell and Sinochem. The joint venture, to be located in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, plans to produce HFC-245fa, a non-ozone-depleting rigid foam blowing agent used in insulation.
Qatargas picks GE technology to lower emissions
GE has signed a contract with Qatargas to supply advanced combustion technology to reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations. GE will provide its Dry Low NOx (DLN) 1.0 combustion system designed to achieve low emissions levels of 25 ppm for nitrogen oxide.
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Manage risks with dividing-wall column installations
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