Environment & Safety
Moscow Oil Refinery resumes operations at drone-hit unit
Gazprom Neft-owned Moscow Oil Refinery on Tuesday resumed operations at crude distillation Unit-6 (CDU-6), which was suspended following a drone attack on Sept. 1.
Ceres Power Holdings signs SOEC systems license with Thermax to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries
The partnership will accelerate solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system development within the hard-to-abate green ammonia, petrochemical and steel industries in India and other territories.
U.S. Gulf Coast LNG export plants, refineries, production facilities brace for Francine
Tropical Storm Francine was intensifying and on track to become a hurricane on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut-in Gulf of Mexico production.
Two killed in fire from waste overflow at top Pemex oil refinery in Mexico
Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex.
AIChE and IChemE sign MoU to strengthen international STEM talent pool
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)—two professional societies dedicated to advancing the application of chemical engineering expertise internationally—have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further collaboration for the benefit of chemical and process engineering and society as a whole.
Port of Rotterdam power outage affects bp's refining operations
A power outage in the Rotterdam port area in the Netherlands briefly interrupted operations at bp's 400,000-bpd oil refinery.
Marathon's Detroit refinery workers to strike starting Wednesday, Teamsters says
About half of the workforce at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit (U.S.) refinery will begin striking on Wednesday, following months of unsuccessful negotiations over pay and safety concerns.
Digital Feature: Cracking the chemical industry’s carbon code
This article focuses on how Evonik is decarbonizing chemical processing operations at its Herne site in Germany. This work details the installation of an advanced proprietary proton exchange membrane electrolyzer that will produce H2 and oxygen onsite from renewable energy.
Indorama Ventures, Dhunseri and Varun Beverages plan multiple cutting-edge recycling facilities in India
Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., a global sustainable chemical producer, through its direct subsidiary IVL Dhunseri Petrochem Industries Ltd., and Dhunseri Ventures Ltd. have formed a joint venture (JV) with Varun Beverages Ltd., PepsiCo's second-largest bottling company globally outside the U.S., to establish several greenfield state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling facilities in India.
DNV and Mumbai Port Sustainability Foundation sign MoU to advance sustainability efforts
Classification society DNV has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Mumbai Port Sustainability Foundation (MPSF), a non-profit entity under the Mumbai Port Authority, to cooperate on activities and projects related to decarbonization, digitalization, emissions management and safety.
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- Shell restarts hydrodesulphurization unit at Pernis oil refinery after unplanned outage 7/24
- Orlen's Unipetrol will start commissioning ethylene unit after power outage experienced earlier in July 7/24
- Dow forecasts sales below estimates, slashes dividend as downturn takes a toll 7/24
