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Technip awarded two hydrogen plant contracts in the US

Technip has been awarded two lump sum contracts by Valero Refining Co.and Diamond Shamrock Refining Co. for two hydrogen plants at their refineries in Memphis, Tennessee, and McKee, Texas.

Murphy Oil reaches agreement with EPA on consent decree

Murphy Oil USA, Inc. has reached an agreement on a consent decree with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that will cover Murphy’s two US refineries in Meraux, Louisiana, and Superior, Wisconsin.

Topsøe signs contract for sulfur treatment plant

Haldor Topsøe has signed a contract with the Henan Jinkai Group, China. The contract includes a sulfur management plant, which will play a key role in clean coal gasification. The

Study says EPA's proposal to reduce ozone standard would stifle economic recovery

A new study by the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI concludes that the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed ozone standards would cost American jobs.

Axens and Orbeo team up

Axens and Orbeo have signed an agreement to form an alliance and offer their clients a single-source solution for improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

International Electrotechnical Commission calls for a global taskforce

The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is calling for a global taskforce to coordinate technology-based energy efficiency initiatives in an effort to increase coherence and reduce duplication and wasted time, as it launched its white paper, “Coping with the Energy Challenge,” at the World Energy Congress in Montreal.

SNCR systems headed for Indiana

Nalco Mobotec, Inc. has signed a contract with Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. to provide two Rotamix selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) systems for nitrogen oxide (NOx) control at the Frank E. Ratts generating station in Petersburg, Indiana.

Honeywell UOP technology to support biomass conversion in California

Honeywell UOP LLC’s technology was recently selected for use in Rentech, Inc.’s Rialto Renewable Energy Center for the conversion of biomass to transportation fuels.

Biorenewables update: What is beyond ethanol and biodiesel?

Nexant: Cascone, R.
Nexant, Inc.: Burke, B.

New processing technologies have broadened potential ‘drop-in’ alternatives for transportation fuels

EPA proposes rules on Clean Air Act permitting for GHG emissions

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing two rules to ensure that businesses planning to build new, large facilities or make major expansions to existing ones will be able to obtain Clean Air Act permits that address their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the spring of 2010, EPA finalized the GHG Tailoring Rule, which specifies that beginning in 2011, projects that will increase GHG emissions substantially will require an air permit.