Environment
Suez, LyondellBasell in plastics recycling JV
PARIS (Reuters) — French waste and water group Suez and LyondellBasell Industries NV plan to set up a plastic recycling joint venture in the Netherlands, Suez said in a statement.
TransCanada starts excavation work after South Dakota pipeline leak
(Reuters) — Canada Corp has started initial excavation work at the site of an oil spill on its Keystone pipeline in South Dakota but has not yet pinpointed where the leak came from, a state official said on Monday.
EIA: Growth in global energy-related CO2 emissions expected to slow
EIA projects that growth in global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from energy-related sources will slow despite increasing energy consumption.
Burckhardt Compression awarded revamp contract at PAZ refinery
The Israeli government tightened its health, safety and environment (HSE) regulations so that they now reflect the highest level in this field. As a result, PAZ Ashdod Refinery had to revamp their existing process gas compressors for hydrogen application in order to be compliant with the new strict HSE standards.
Report: Quarter of oil refineries risk closure under climate goals
LONDON (Reuters) — A quarter of the world's oil refineries risk closure by 2035 if governments meet targets to limit fossil fuel burning in the fight against global warming, a report released on Thursday said.
Innovations
ABB has introduced a new MID/OIML R117 certified high-accuracy CoriolisMaster Coriolis mass flowmeter for custody transfer applications in the oil and gas industry (FIG. 1).
Safety: Process safety and risk management— An industry view
In 2017, Petrotechnics released its process safety and risk management (PSM) survey.
Business Trends: Preparing for a sea change in global refining
The global oil refining industry has been buffeted by many events in recent years.
Refining: Alkylation—What’s a refiner to do?
Within the refining industry, gasoline production and alkylation capacity are running at near all-time highs.
Editorial Comment: Ingenuity out of necessity
One of the main focal points in this issue of Hydrocarbon Processing is the environment.
- Technip Energies awarded proprietary equipment contract by CP Chem for low-CO2 cracking furnace technology 7/29
- Slovakia will halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless oil transit restored, PM says 7/29
- TFG Marine signs agreement with Consort Bunkers for four newbuild methanol carriage bunker tankers 7/29
- India to boost refining capacity to 6.19 MMbpd by 2028 7/29
- Cepsa swings back to profit in 2Q on higher prices, wider refinery margins 7/29
- Libya's NOC denies it is in talks to supply crude oil to Nigeria refinery 7/29
- Digital Exclusive: SPECIAL FOCUS: Digital Technologies—Utilize process simulation digital twin to optimize condensate yield
- Digital Exclusive-Flare system design: Liquid pockets in flare headers
- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
