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US safety board identifies weak refining standards in Chevron fire review
The US agency found shortcomings in industry standards related to comprehensive inspection, effective facility upgrades, and the need for minimum safety requirements.
BP to cut Houston jobs, reduce US Gulf business
This announcement follows job cuts at Houston-based oil field service giants Schlumberger, Halliburton and Baker Hughes, which have announced a combined 17,000 employee layoffs in recent weeks.
Petrobras develops new FCCU technology to capture CO2, cut emissions
Company officials at Petrobras say this is the first pre-industrial scale FCCU to use oxy-combustion technology to capture CO2 released by industrial processes in refineries.
Petrobras lifts annual processing volume to record at Brazilian refineries
The average volume processed was 2.1 million bpd of oil, up 34,000 bpd (1.7%) from the previous record, set in 2013. Petrobras also achieved a number of monthly records at its refineries.
Total inks new labor agreement with global union
A committee made up of members from Total and IndustriALL will meet annually to ensure that the agreement has been implemented and to identify and promote best practices.
Blast at Brazilian refinery burns three workers
The fire and explosion at Petrobras' 323,000-bpd Landulpho Alves (RLAM) complex is the second major accident to occur at Brazil's second-largest refinery within a week.
Axens, IFPEN, Anellotech to develop bio-aromatics production technology
The technology will address large-scale units and produce purified aromatics streams suitable for modern derivative production processes at a very competitive price.
Petrobras ships first naphtha to Braskem from Abreu e Lima refinery
The first batch of petrochemical naphtha from Petrobras' Abreu e Lima refinery will be delivered to customer Braskem, a petrochemicals group with operations across Brazil.
Pacific Ethanol installs cogeneration technology to cut California emissions
The cogeneration system will displace purchased electricity by using Ener-Core's gradual oxidizer technology to convert waste gas from ethanol production and natural gas into electricity and steam.
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- Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak 12/12
