Environment
Mexico announces launch of cap-and-trade pilot program
Mexico will launch a year-long simulation of a cap-and-trade program in November as a test run for a national carbon market expected to launch in 2018.
Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals says 2 killed from ammonia leak at plant
Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Group said Tuesday that an ammonia leak at one of its plants in the eastern state of Sabah killed two employees and injured three.
Icahn urges EPA to change renewable fuel credit market
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has called on the top US environmental regulator to make changes to a market for renewable fuel credits or else risk "the mother of all short squeezes" that could bankrupt refiners.
ExxonMobil and Georgia Tech innovation could lead to reduced energy use and emissions in chemical manufacturing
Scientists from ExxonMobil and the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new technology that could significantly reduce the amount of energy and emissions associated with manufacturing plastics.
US EPA has not completed required review of biofuel mandate
The US Environmental Protection Agency has not complied with federal requirements to study the effects of the nation's biofuel use mandate.
Veolia to provide wastewater treatment system for LACC ethane cracker and Lotte MEG plant
CB&I has chosen Veolia Water Technologies to engineer and procure a wastewater treatment package for a Lotte Axiall Chemical Company ethane cracker and associated monoethylene glycol plant being constructed in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Canadian oil refinery to re-use 100% of water with GE’s wastewater treatment technology
Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.’s refinery complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, is installing General Electric’s advanced water recycling technology for a wastewater improvement project that will enable the refinery to clean 100% of its wastewater on-site.
Imperial Oil says Ontario refinery is not source of oily river sheen
Imperial Oil said Tuesday its Sarnia, Ontario refinery is not the source of an oily sheen observed on the St. Clair River, adding that there are no operational issues at the facility.
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge refinery shuts CDU due to flooding
ExxonMobil Corp. shut a crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery Tuesday as flooding disrupted operations at a LPG storage facility.
Australia's gas paradox: supply crunch looms despite rich reserves
Australia is on track to become the world's biggest LNG exporter by 2019, yet faces a looming shortage at home as states restrict new drilling onshore and cash-strapped oil and gas companies cut spending.
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- Plug Power seals huge deal with Allied Green Ammonia for 3-GW electrolyzer system 1/15
- Russian oil products trapped at sea by U.S. sanctions 1/15
- California (U.S.) withdraws clean truck EPA waiver request ahead of Trump inauguration 1/15
- Amazon orders 200 new electric heavy trucks from Daimler for Germany, UK 1/15
- Colonial Pipeline shuts main gasoline artery after potential gasoline spill 1/15
