Safety
No damage, injuries reported in Iran petrochemical fire
An explosion and fire in a naphtha storage tank at Iran's Bu Ali Sina petrochemical refinery has been extinguished. News reports claim that no personnel fatalities nor damage to the plant have been sustained.
Rompetrol to perform scheduled maintenance work at Petromidia Refinery
Rompetrol has begun scheduled maintenance at its Petromidia refinery and conducting an investigation into the August 22 explosion.
Sulfur tank explosion and fire at Tesoro Carson refinery
A fire erupted at Tesoro’s Carson refinery after a 1-ton sulfur tank exploded.
Iran detects malware in petrochemical plants
Iran has detected and removed malicious software from two of its petrochemical complexes after announcing last week it was investigating whether recent petrochemical fires were caused by cyber attacks.
Phillips 66 shuts gasoline-producing unit at Westlake refinery
Phillips 66 shut a gasoline-making reformer unit at its Westlake, Louisiana refinery earlier this month, and advanced planned work on the unit.
Total halts Grandpuits' fluid catalytic cracking unit for maintenance
French oil and gas company Total has shut down the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 102 Mbpd Grandpuits refinery for maintenance.
Unit at Venezuela's Amuay refinery offline after leak
The catalytic cracker at Venezuela's largest refinery Amuay was offline on Tuesday after a problem with a valve.
Four people injured in Romanian Black Sea refinery fire
Four people were injured when a nitrogen tank exploded at Romania's Black Sea Petromidia crude refinery.
Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery delays shutdown
ExxonMobil Corp. put off plans to shut its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery after it managed to start a LPG processing unit in the adjoining chemical plant.
Lyondell Houston refinery restoring production after steam loss
LyondellBasell Industries was restoring production at its 263 Mbpd Houston refinery after a midday power interruption robbed the plant of steam supply last week.
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