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Thailand cabinet extends tax cuts on diesel to help with cost of living

Thailand's cabinet agreed to extend an excise tax cut on diesel for another two months to July 20 to help reduce the costs of living.

French protests are disrupting fuel supplies

Workers striking over proposed changes to France's pension system continued to block fuel deliveries and reduce electricity production at several sites.

AWS unveils startups selected for the Clean Energy Accelerator 3.0 program

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the startups selected for the Clean Energy Accelerator 3.0. The program is designed to facilitate collaborations with mature startups developing breakthrough clean energy technologies.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Process Service Specialists names Russell Gaudin as Vice President of sales and marketing

Editorial Comment: Juggling the increasing global demand for thermoplastics vs. reducing their environmental

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

If you were to review any forecast for global thermoplastics demand to 2050—high-density polyethylene (PE), low-density PE, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride and polyethylene terephthalate, among others—chances are that you will see a steady rise in consumption.

CNPC shuffles regional offices to better support global portfolio

China's CNPC has completed a months-long reshuffle with the addition of six regional offices that report to Beijing headquarters to better coordinate and supervise its sprawling global portfolio.

Pemex issued an "all clear" following fire at its Texas refinery

Mexican state oil company Pemex issued an all clear following a fire in a unit at its 312,500-bpd oil refinery in Texas.

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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

AMPP welcomes new Chair of its board of directors

A scalable mechanical integrity program to accelerate the energy transition—Mobile, visual and dynamic

GE Digital: Nair, V.  |  Vijayaraghavan, R.

As asset integrity and reliability managers, risk-based inspection (RBI) and corrosion analysts, and inspectors and contract inspection firms across asset-intensive industries look to optimize their mechanical integrity programs, there is a paradigm shift to implement a comprehensive, scalable and sustainable fixed-equipment reliability program to meet increasing reliability demands.

bp pulse builds Europe’s first public charging corridor for electric trucks

Six public charging locations with ultra-fast 300kw charge points aimed at E-Trucks have been launched along a 600km stretch of the Rhine-Alpine corridor across Germany.