Environment & Safety
Gulf oil production returns to near normal after Lee
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs and restoring production following Tropical Storm Lee, with production in the region returning to near normal after being more than 60% shut earlier in the week. However, another storm may loom in the near future.
US refiners note security upgrades as 9/11 nears
American fuel and petrochemical manufacturers have made major improvements in security to protect their facilities against possible terrorist attacks since Sept. 11, 2001, National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) president Charles T. Drevna said on Friday.
Momentive expands R&D technical center in Texas
Momentive Specialty Chemicals hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony this week for its expanded technical center in Stafford, Texas, that will house a new technology group focused on product innovations.
US Gulf oil production remains 60% shut after Lee
Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico are re-boarding platforms and rigs following Tropical Storm Lee, with more than half of oil production still shut in.
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
Achieve success in gasoline hydrotreating
Case history describes how to achieve superior performance during FCC gasoline hydrotreating
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
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