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Environment

Viewpoint: New challenges demand innovative solutions

Honeywell UOP: Liebert, R.

As the industry works through the most volatile conditions in more than a generation, refiners are facing several challenges that will define the industry in the next decade.

Emerson to acquire UK-based Permasense Ltd.

Emerson has agreed to acquire UK-based Permasense Ltd., a provider of non-intrusive corrosion monitoring technologies for heavy industries, including refining, chemical, and pipelines.

Glencore unit to pay $27 million for biofuels compliance

Glencore’s bunker fuel unit has agreed to pay a $27 MM penalty and retire over $71 MM worth of credits for compliance with the US biofuels program to resolve charges it violated the policy.

Iowa State, Chevron team up to develop pilot plant, advance biofuel technology

Iowa State engineers are working with Chevron to develop a pilot plant and study an advanced biorenewables technology called solvent liquefaction.

Honeywell supports US EPA's greenhouse gas emissions reduction program

Honeywell is supporting the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest decisions for the Significant New Alternative Policy (SNAP). The program evaluates and regulates environmentally preferable substitutes for chemicals that are being phased out under the Clean Air Act.

Dow, Reynolds partner to convert recycled plastic into energy

A program designed to convert previously non-recycled plastics into energy, a collaborative effort between Dow Chemical, Reynolds Consumer Products and others, recently launched in the Omaha area.

Canada approves $27 B LNG complex; Petronas to review

Malaysia's Petronas said it would review a proposed $27.25 B LNG project in western Canada after Ottawa approved the project with conditions to limit the environmental impact.

Neste to co-chair EU initiative for advanced biofuels in aviation

Henrik Erämetsä, Head of Aviation Regulation at Neste, has been appointed Co-Chair of the EU initiative 'the European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath' as a representative of the biofuels industry.

IndianOil and USTDA sign an agreement to promote cleaner fuels in India

The US Trade and Development Agency and IndianOil will jointly work to explore cleaner fuels.

Dakota Access pipeline hangs over White House tribal summit

President Barack Obama will convene his final Tribal Nations Conference, even as one of the largest Native American protests in decades continues in North Dakota.