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Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery HCU shut by steam loss

The hydrocracking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, was shut Sunday after the steam supply was temporarily lost at the refinery.

Mexico announces launch of cap-and-trade pilot program

Mexico will launch a year-long simulation of a cap-and-trade program in November as a test run for a national carbon market expected to launch in 2018.

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals says 2 killed from ammonia leak at plant

Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Group said Tuesday that an ammonia leak at one of its plants in the eastern state of Sabah killed two employees and injured three.

Icahn urges EPA to change renewable fuel credit market

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has called on the top US environmental regulator to make changes to a market for renewable fuel credits or else risk "the mother of all short squeezes" that could bankrupt refiners.

ExxonMobil and Georgia Tech innovation could lead to reduced energy use and emissions in chemical manufacturing

Scientists from ExxonMobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics.

US EPA has not completed required review of biofuel mandate

The US Environmental Protection Agency has not complied with federal requirements to study the effects of the nation's biofuel use mandate.

Veolia to provide wastewater treatment system for LACC ethane cracker and Lotte MEG plant

CB&I has chosen Veolia Water Technologies to engineer and procure a wastewater treatment package for a Lotte Axiall Chemical Company ethane cracker and associated monoethylene glycol plant being constructed in Lake Charles, Louisiana.

Canadian oil refinery to re-use 100% of water with GE’s wastewater treatment technology

Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.’s refinery complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, is installing General Electric’s advanced water recycling technology for a wastewater improvement project that will enable the refinery to clean 100% of its wastewater on-site.

Imperial Oil says Ontario refinery is not source of oily river sheen

Imperial Oil said Tuesday its Sarnia, Ontario refinery is not the source of an oily sheen observed on the St. Clair River, adding that there are no operational issues at the facility.

ExxonMobil Baton Rouge refinery shuts CDU due to flooding

ExxonMobil Corp. shut a crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery Tuesday as flooding disrupted operations at a LPG storage facility.