Safety
AFPM recognizes BrandSafway refinery, petrochemical plant site teams with 44 awards
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) Association has recognized 44 BrandSafway refinery and petrochemical plant site teams with Contractor Safety Achievement Awards, based on their safety performance in 2023.
Catalyst safety assessment: Making catalyst and adsorbent startups safer
An unease around potential high temperature and pressures during fresh catalyst and adsorbent startups—which can lead to situations where designed pressures and temperatures are exceeded—led the authors’ company to create the Catalyst Safety Assessment (CSA) methodology.
Why a closed-loop sampling system can help reduce fugitive emissions
The accidental release of emissions can happen at numerous locations throughout refineries and chemical plants.
Decarbonizing steam crackers: Key technical challenges of transitioning from natural gas to hydrogen
In the petrochemical industry, olefin crackers utilize significant amounts of heat to crack hydrocarbons into essential chemicals, such as olefins and aromatics.
Calcasieu Refining shuts Louisiana refinery after chemical overflow
Calcasieu Refining Company has shut down operations at its 135,500-bpd Lake Charles refinery after a chemical overflow caused heavy flaring, according to a local media report on Thursday.
Belarus' Mozyr oil refinery restoring operations after outage due to storm
The Mozyr oil refinery, one of two large oil processing plants in Belarus, is getting back on track following outages due to a storm on Sunday.
Customized valves and safety instrumentation for underground LPG storage in India
Hindustan Petroleum’s LPG mined rock cavern project reaches a new milestone as equipment from Svanehøj Tank Control Systems has been shipped to Mangalore. Here, a new range of special ESVs will be used for the first time in an underground storage facility.
Russia tests armored plating to protect energy infrastructure from drones
Russia's state-owned Rostec corporation said on Thursday it has successfully conducted trials of armored plating designed to protect critical infrastructure from drone attacks, grenades and bullets.
DuPont to drive PPE innovation, sustainability with stronger customer collaborations
DuPont says it will strengthen collaborations with existing and new customers to propel innovation and sustainability in personal protective equipment (PPE).
Update: Idemitsu Chiba CDU operating normally after lubricant plant's fire
Lubricant shipments from Idemitsu Kosan's Chiba refinery, near Tokyo, have been suspended due to a fire on Tuesday, but other facilities including a crude distillation unit (CDU) are operating normally.
- Clariant launches innovative PFAS-free polymer processing aids for more sustainable polyolefin extrusion 6/5
- Solvay and BASF together reduce scope 3 emissions in hydrogen peroxide production 6/5
- Equinor's Mongstad refinery shut after power outage, gas leak 6/5
- ~2,000 gallons of diesel spills in Baltimore waterfront, U.S. officials say 6/5
- Asia's fuel oil imports from Iraq hit 4-month high in May 6/5
- Japan's Eneos begins unplanned shutdown at 77,000-bpd unit at Kawasaki 6/5
