Americas
New pet coke handling company formed
Oiltanking and Dupré Logistics announced the formation of a joint venture company named Oiltanking-Dupré. This new organization, dedicated to serving customers in need of material handling for pet coke, combines the assets of Oiltanking’s worldwide network with Dupré’s experience in dry bulk handling.
Murphy Oil to exit the refining business
Murphy Oil Corp. plans to exit the refining businesses. The refineries at Superior, Wisconsin; Meraux, Louisiana; and Milford Haven, Wales, UK; along with the retail system in the UK will be placed for sale. The company anticipates a transaction being completed in the first quarter of 2011.
New oil spill containment system planned by major oil companies
A plan to build and deploy a rapid response system that will be available to capture and contain oil in the event of a potential future underwater well blowout in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico was announced today by Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Shell.
Senate Democrats give up on climate change legislation
The Washington Post is reporting that Senate Democrats have given up the push for comprehensive climate change legislation.
Cleanfield researching a renewable energy driven heat engine
Cleanfield Alternative Energy Inc. has entered into a research collaboration agreement with the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) and the Ontario Centers of Excellence (OCE) to develop a novel renewable energy based power generation system running a new trilateral cycle. The research project will involve: developing conceptual designs, analyzing thermodynamic performance aspects and costs, building and testing a prototype system, optimizing and improving for real-scale applications for power production purposes, and commercialization by Cleanfield.
Contract awarded for gas plant project in British Columbia
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply the power generating equipment and associated engineering for the power generation of the Cabin gas plant power generation project in British Columbia, Canada.
Syntroleum announces Geismar plant completion
Syntroleum Corp. says the new Dynamic Fuels plant that will produce high quality renewable fuels from animal fats and greases is mechanically complete, and work is now underway to prepare for the start of operations.
Latest version now available of ABB’s System 800xA
System 800xA serves as the foundation for a number of unique industry-specific automation applications. Designed from the beginning to act as an integration platform, it has been proven to promote collaboration, improve operator effectiveness, achieve seamless control solutions, and provide flexible evolution paths through integrating diverse, usually separate plant systems, applications, information or fieldbus and controller platforms.
Mustang to optimize polymers for Ecopetrol
Mustang was awarded a contract by Ecopetrol, Colombia’s national oil company, to perform conceptual engineering and technology evaluations to optimize the production of polymers at Ecopetrol’s grassroots integrated petrochemical complex in Colombia.
Curtiss-Wright to supply 12 automated coke drum unheading systems to Petrobras
Curtiss-Wright Corp. has received an order from Petrobras for 12 top and bottom DeltaGuard fully-automated coke drum unheading systems. The units are expected to be delivered to the Petrobras Abreu e Lima refinery located in Pernambuco, Brazil.
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