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Environment & Safety

Flint Hills Pine Bend refinery receives wastewater treatment award

Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend refinery recently received a Minnesota Wastewater Treatment Facility Operational Award from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA).

Total Safety acquires Webb, Murray & Associates

Total Safety, the leading global provider of integrated safety services and compliance solutions, announced today it has acquired substantially all of the assets and ongoing business of Webb, Murray & Associates, a Houston-based fire protection and safety services company.

Purvin & Gertz releases global petroleum market outlook

Purvin & Gertz announces the release of its Global Petroleum Market Outlook 2011. The study provides an in-depth analysis of global and regional markets for crude oil and refined products within a framework of world energy demand and economic activity through 2030.

Foster Wheeler adds sulfur recovery to its portfolio

Foster Wheeler’s newly acquired sulfur recovery technology brings clear advantages to its refinery customers.

Holly Refining cited for OSHA violations

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Holly Refining and Marketing-Tulsa LLC with 14 alleged violations following an inspection at the company's crude oil refinery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Proposed penalties total $62,500.

Global climate deal needed to go beyond previously agreed industrial emissions threshold

Policymakers should avoid putting through new unilateral greenhouse gas (GHG) targets and burdens designed to go beyond the originally stated 20% reductions, Cefic urged in a policy statement issued in early March.

Scott Health & Safety is now Scott Safety

Scott Health & Safety, a global leader in innovative personal protective equipment and safety devices, today unveiled its new global brand identity and will immediately begin operating under the name Scott Safety.

Foster Wheeler aiding with design of waste plastics to liquid fuels plant in Ireland

Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Cynar Plc to provide basic process engineering design services for a 6,000 tpy plant to convert non-recyclable waste plastics into liquid fuels, primarily diesel.

BASF reaches climate protection goal

Last year, BASF reduced specific greenhouse gas emissions by 29% compared with 2002. This means that the company reached its emissions goal pathway for 2020 for the first time.

IHS CERA/World Economic Forum report: Natural gas enters a new era of abundance

Technology is driving a revolution in natural gas supply, but its new abundance also brings market changes.