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DuPont buying Danisco for $6.3 billion

DuPont has entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Danisco, a global enzyme and specialty food ingredients company, for $5.8 billion in cash and assumption of $500 million of Danisco’s net debt.

NPRA joins group effort to overturn EPA’s E15 authorization

The National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) has joined with two other organizations to ask a federal appeals court to overturn a recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that authorizes the sale of gasoline with 50% more ethanol for late-model vehicles. Organizations joining NPRA in the legal challenge to EPA are the International Liquid Terminals Association and the Western States Petroleum Association.

What are the strategies for sustainable chemical production?

Special Secretary to Government of Kerala, and Chairman, Chemical Engineering Division Board of the Institution of Engineers: Nair, M. P. Sukumaran

New environmental challenges require a new way of thinking by the hydrocarbon processing industry

Going ‘green’ with FCC expander technology

GE Oil & Gas: Carbonetto, B.  |  Pecchi, P.

New options recover waste gas energy as steam and electricity for plant use

EPA outlines plan to set GHG standards for refiners

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its plan for establishing greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution standards under the Clean Air Act in 2011.

RasGas Selects GE emission-reducing technology

Demonstrating its commitment to supporting Qatar’s regulatory requirements regarding nitrogen dioxide (NOx) emission levels, RasGas is applying GE’s dry low NOx (DLN) combustion technology to reduce gas turbine emissions at its LNG complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

NPRA says court decision on GHGs bad for consumers

Charles Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued the following statement regarding the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the motion by NPRA and several other trade associations to partially stay implementation of pending Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations.

ASTM International wants to launch new standards on diesel exhaust fluid

ASTM International, with support from the American Petroleum Institute (API), will be hosting an organizational meeting to discuss the development of consensus standards for support testing of diesel exhaust fluid.

New report urges US to take lead in international climate finance

The Alliance for Climate Protection and the Center for American Progress today released a joint report entitled, “The US role in international climate finance: A blueprint for near-term leadership.” The paper asserts that the US can and must take the lead on international climate finance—even under the current difficult political and economic conditions.

Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy

WorleyParsons: Bourji, A.  |  Barnhart, J.  |  Winningham, J.  |  Winstead, A.

New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’