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Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in Texas

Technip has an engineering, procurement and construction support lumpsum contract with Valero Refining for two flare gas recovery units at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.

NPRA says EPA E15 misfueling regs won’t help consumers

Gregory M. Scott, executive vice president and general counsel of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, testified at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing today that proposed EPA regulations designed to prevent misfueling with gasoline containing 15% ethanol (E15) will fail to protect consumers.

EU-wide study confirms hydrogen is a key to zero-emission road transport

Linde Group shares its perspective on a recently released road-transport study.

EPA issues pollution permitting guidance to US states

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making available guidance and tools to help state and local air permitting authorities identify cost-effective pollution reduction options for greenhouse gases (GHGs) under the Clean Air Act. As of this writing, Texas is the only state not participating, refusing to revise its permitting rules.

Aon launches global energy risk engineering unit

Aon Risk Solutions has consolidated its energy risk engineering assets around the world to form a new unit, known as Aon Energy Risk Engineering.

European group says biofuels worse than fossil fuels for environment

Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69,000 square kilometers of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, according to a recently released study from the Institute for European Environmental Policy.

NPRA statement on defeat of Proposition 23 in California

Proposition 23 was defeated because a sophisticated multimillion-dollar misinformation campaign falsely led Californians to believe they were voting to clean their air of pollutants that posed a danger to their health.

Repsol and KUO are mad about jatropha

Repsol and KUO Group signed an agreement in Madrid that creates a joint company called Kuosol dedicated to the development of bioenergy from the cultivation of the jatropha curcas, an oilseed with a high content of non-edible oil.

Water among causes for storage tank explosion

University of Pardubice: Ferjencik, M.  |  Janovsky, B.

Reinvestigation uncovers true accident events

Customize operator training for your thermal oxidizers

John Zink Co. LLC: Baukal, C.  |  Campbell, D.  |  Robertson, T.
Shintech Louisiana, LLC: Gilder, T.

This case history shows the benefits of site-specific programs in new equipment installations