Safety
Petoskey Plastics receives NOL from FDA for food-contact PCR-LLDPE
Petoskey Plastics has received a No Objection Letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirming the capability of its secondary recycling process to produce post-consumer recycled linear, low-density polyethylene material that is suitable for food-contact applications.
Japan's Eneos shuts crude distillation unit at Sakai oil refinery
Japan's biggest oil refiner, Eneos Corp, shut the 141,000 bpd crude distillation unit at its Sakai refinery on Oct. 16 after a glitch.
Russia will never be seen as reliable energy supplier, U.S. energy official says
U.S. Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt said Russia would never again be viewed as a reliable energy supplier, a day after Washington imposed fresh sanctions on Moscow because of its war in Ukraine.
Blast at illegal Nigerian oil refinery kills 37 people
At least 37 people, including two pregnant women, were burned to death after a blast at an illegal oil refinery in southern Nigeria.
Sharing insights beyond the fencelines with digital technologies
In refineries and petrochemical plants globally, breaking down silos and barriers among departments, teams and functions remains one of the largest challenges when it comes to processing data and operational insights.
Operational excellence: Repetitive incidents in the energy business
Workforce demographics in the oil, gas, chemicals and other energy industries have altered personnel experience ratios.
Innovations
Oxygen analysis for general industrial use has been simplified for customers following improvements to one of Servomex’s legacy analyzers.
Cuba warns of worsening blackouts as fuel crisis bites
Power blackouts in Cuba are expected to increase significantly due to a lack of fuel, officials warned in a nationwide TV broadcast, worsening the country's plight as it deals with food and medicine shortages.
Square Robot revolutionizes robotic tank inspections with EPRI’s Incubatenergy Labs
Square Robot is celebrating the successful launch of a series of in-service storage tank inspections in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority through the Electric Research Power Institute’s Incubatenergy Labs Cohort program.
Fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi refinery put out, production, exports unaffected
Firefighters managed to put out a fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery with no injuries, a state news agency said, adding that production and exports were unaffected.
- Equinor selects Aker for Mongstad refinery upgrade project 5/1
- Australian researchers testing SAF production from landfill gases 5/1
- ACC responds to U.S. EPA's final risk management rule for methylene chloride 5/1
- Topsoe awarded contract to support FEED study for new low-carbon ammonia plant in Louisiana (U.S.) 5/1
- ClearSign Technologies receives burner contract for California (U.S.) refinery 5/1
- Traders scramble for U.S. storage as distillates demand disappoints 5/1
