Safety
Rockwell Automation launches new industrial security appliance
The Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950 security appliance from Rockwell Automation incorporates new security technologies to help protect plant-floor systems.
AFPM criticizes activists for dangerous protests that shut down pipelines
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) criticized activists who broke into pipeline facilities near the Canadian border and elsewhere to manually close pipeline valves.
Activists disrupt key Canada-US oil pipelines
Climate-change activists disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude from Canada to the US in rare, coordinated action that targeted several key pipelines simultaneously.
BP to vigorously defend against Marathon suit
BP said it would vigorously defend itself against a federal civil suit by Marathon Petroleum alleging that it had failed to deliver a Texas oil refinery in the condition promised under a $2.4-B sales agreement.
Marathon sues BP for breach of contract in Texas oil refinery sale
Marathon Petroleum Corp. alleged BP failed to deliver a Texas oil refinery and three products terminals in the condition promised under a $2.4-B sales agreement signed in 2012, according to a federal lawsuit.
Iowa ethanol plant fire contained
Southwest Iowa Renewable Energy has contained a fire that occurred in the ethanol load out portion of SIRE's ethanol plant October 7.
No casualties reported after China refinery blast
An explosion occurred at around 1:50 p.m. Sunday at the Jinlingshihua Nanjing Refinery, a subsidiary of Sinopec Group.
Fire extinguished at Pertamina’s Cilacap refinery
A fire at Pertamina's Cilacap refinery in Indonesia shortly after midday on Wednesday has been extinguished.
Shell’s Singapore ethylene cracker to restart in a few weeks
Shell is expecting to restart its ethylene cracker at Pulau Bukom, Singapore, in the next few weeks following an unplanned shutdown.
Irving Oil performs $135 MM turnaround at Saint John refinery
Irving Oil began its 2016 fall turnaround project at its Saint John Refinery in late September.
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