Environment & Safety
Dow forms lithium-ion battery JV with Japan's Ube
Dow Chemical and Japan-based Ube Industries have agreed to form a joint venture to manufacture and market formulated electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) in energy storage applications.
Oil and gas software firm DNV buys rival Synergi
DNV has acquired Synergi Solutions, enlarging its present software portfolio extensively together with 30 new employees, the oil and gas industry software firm said on Wednesday.
Honeywell to expand Louisiana plant to produce low-global-warming blowing agent
Honeywell will invest $33 million in its Baton Rouge, La., manufacturing facility – one of the leading suppliers of refrigerants in the U.S. – to produce a low-global-warming material used in insulation and aerosols.
Worker dies at ConocoPhillips refinery in Illinois during maintenance work
A contract worker died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a large tank at ConocoPhillips’ refinery in at Wood River, Illinois, according to a local news report.
Fluor wins advisory deal for new floating LNG import terminal in Lithuania
Fluor said it has been awarded a contract by Lithuania's state-owned oil company Klaipedos Nafta to provide engineering and business support services for a new floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
ExxonMobil updates Montana oil spill response
ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. issued the following statement as cleanup operations continued on Tuesday following an oil spill over the weekend into Montana’s Yellowstone River. The release originated from a 12-inch crude pipeline operated by the company that runs from Silver Tip to Billings in Montana.
Rethink lubrication and steam issues on emergency equipment
‘Best available technology’ is a must for backup systems
Seal off costly refinery leaks
Older refinery seeks better method to be leak-free
Use glycerol to dehydrate supercritical carbon dioxide
This technology increases hydrocarbon recovery
HPIn Europe: Lesson learned from the US is being applied in Europe’s cap and trade system
The economic pressures that have progressively ring-fenced oil products for the transportation sector over the last 40 years are about to get a significant boost from Europe’s new world-spanning ..
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