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Environment & Safety

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.

New edition of electrical safety code of practice published by the Energy Institute

Model Code of Safe Practice Part 1 is a guide for anyone involved in the manufacture, supply, and management of certified Ex equipment used in hazardous areas. It provides up to date guidance on the selection, installation, inspection and maintenance of explosion protected Ex electrical and non-electrical apparatus, primarily used in both the onshore and offshore petroleum industry.

Criterion Catalysts & Technologies opens manufacturing facility in Louisiana

Criterion Catalysts & Technologies L.P., officially opened its catalyst manufacturing facility in Port Allen, Louisiana. The event featured dignitaries including Louisiana Economic Development (LED) S..

Neste Oil sells its Sines plant in Portugal

Neste Oil Portugal S.A.,has sold its ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) in Sines, Portugal, to Repsol Polimeros LDA. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

Liquefied natural gas terminal with low environmental impact

Technip USA: Nanda, R.
Air Tower LLC: Eyermann, D.
SPX Thermal Equipment & Services: Lindahl, P.

Implement these steps to mitigate performance risks

Finetune boil-off gas generation from refrigerated storage facilities

Sazeh Consultants: Jari, Kalat  |  Gorji, A. H.

Improved estimation methods accurately calculate vaporized product for LNG and LPG storage and transfer systems

Discover new trends in oily wastewater reclamation

Refinery Water Engineering & Associates: Kujawski, D.

Refiners can find profits by ‘upgrading’ treatment and recycling process water

Automation improves asset reliability for refiners

Nalco Company, Energy Services Division: Gerty, M.

Several case studies illustrate how automating boiler systems can yield tremendous improvement in equipment uptime and lower total operating costs

HP Reliability: Not ready for 29-year-old pump packing

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Bloch, Heinz P.

In 2009 we were informed about “a nuclear plant that was never commissioned after its original construction. This plant has been sitting idle for 29 years and is only now starting up.” The o..

HP Integration Strategies: The three dimensions of energy management

ARC Advisory Group: de Leeuw, V.  |  Güldner, F.

While we’ve seen many examples of good practices in energy savings and efficiency initiatives, and hear much discussion about the merits of energy-management systems (EMSs), energy management lac..