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Editorial Comment: Unintended regulatory consequences: Lessons learned
Over my 40-yr professional career in the oil and gas processing, refining and petrochemical industries, I have seen many well-intended government regulations completely backfire, cause irrational responses or get lip service.
Explosion, fire in Alabama on gasoline pipeline kills one
Colonial Pipeline Co. shut down its main gasoline and distillates pipelines on Monday after an explosion and fire in Shelby, Alabama, killing a worker and sending five to the hospital.
Phillips 66 expects Dakota Access permit to be granted
US refiner Phillips 66 expects a permit will be granted to build an oil pipeline under the Missouri River near Native American land in North Dakota.
Canada's Cenovus says would consider refinery acquisitions
Canadian oil and gas producer Cenovus Energy Inc said it would consider refinery acquisitions, provided the opportunity offered good value and was easily accessible for Canadian crude.
HollyFrontier to acquire Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada lubricants business
HollyFrontier has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada Lubricants business.
ExxonMobil begins production at Port Allen aviation lubricants plant
The 90,000 square foot facility is part of a $200-MM investment to expand ExxonMobil’s integrated chemical and lubricants complex in Baton Rouge, which is already one of the largest petrochemical hubs in the world.
KBR completes Dyno Nobel ammonia plant
KBR, Inc. has successfully completed performance tests and official handover of the landmark Dyno Nobel ammonia plant in Waggaman, Louisiana.
Praxair signs Long-term contract with MEGlobal
Praxair has signed a long-term contract with MEGlobal to supply oxygen and nitrogen to its new ethylene glycol plant being built in Freeport, Texas.
Cost cuts help refiner Valero beat profit estimate
Valero Energy Corp.'s quarterly profit beat analysts' estimate by a wide margin, as the largest independent US refiner kept a tight leash on costs.
ClearSign successfully completes Tricor refinery heater project
ClearSign Combustion Corp. has successfully completed its Duplex retrofit heater project at Tricor Refining in Bakersfield, California.
- INEOS Inovyn agrees to sell its Italian chlor-alkali business to Esseco Industrial 4/21
- LOTTE Chemical to merge into integrated corporation after spinning off Daesan plant 4/21
- Petronor and H2SITE partner to pioneer high-purity hydrogen production in refining through advanced membrane technology 4/21
- Emerson accelerates edge ecosystem for real-time enterprise operations intelligence 4/21
- Tracerco launches DrumVision™ to deliver real-time process visibility in delayed coking and demanding interface measurement applications 4/21
- IMI signs global framework extension with Solvay for the provision of IIoT sensors 4/21
