Environment & Safety
Japan's JX to fuel power plant from refinery waste
Japan's JX Nippon plans to install equipment within the refinery to solidify and extract heavy oil left over after gasoline and light oil are produced from crude. It will also modify idle turbines and boilers on adjoining land to use the oil for power generation. The project will cost a total of Y25 billion.
India's Hindustan shuts portion of Visakhapatnam refinery following fatal fire
Television news channel NDTV said a person was killed and 10 others were injured in the fire at the refinery in the coastal city of Visakhapatnam. The company has shut the refinery as a precautionary step and it is too early to estimate the loss from the fire, according to Hindustan officials.
Sabic picks Linde to build key Saudi plant for CO2 purification, liquefaction
The plant will be designed to compress and purify around 1,500 tpd of raw carbon dioxide coming from two nearby ethylene glycol plants. The purified gaseous CO2 will be pipelined through the piping corridor to three SABIC-affiliated companies for enhanced methanol and urea production.
Clashes erupt at oil terminals in Eastern Libya
The closure of Libya's key oil ports by striking guards and workers, which has more than halved the country's oil production in recent weeks, has helped push oil prices higher, in addition to the Egypt crisis.
Foster Wheeler wins top UK award for health, safety performance
The RoSPA program recognizes commitment to accident and ill-health prevention and is open to businesses and organizations of all sizes from both the UK and overseas.
LanzaTech works with India to develop low-carbon fuels from waste CO2
This unique application of LanzaTech's gas fermentation technology will enable a new supply of biofuels, according to the company, creating economic growth and reducing CO2 emissions across India.
Canada suspends license of railway involved in Quebec oil train disaster
Canada's transportation regulator suspended the operating license of the railway involved in July's crude train derailment in a small Quebec town. The incident killed 47 people.
Chevron Phillips Chemical wins permit to build new Texas ethane cracker
Pending final board approval to be sought later this year, the 1.5 million tpy ethane cracker would be built at CPChem's Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas, while the two new polyethylene facilities, each with an annual capacity of 500,000 tpy, would be built on a site near the company's Sweeny facility.
Study: Keystone XL pipeline would not impact US greenhouse gas emissions
According to the new IHS study, the proposed Keystone XL pipeline would have “no material impact” on US GHG emissions. In the absence of the pipeline, alternate transportation routes would result in oil sands production growth being more or less unchanged, the study says.
US officials tighten crude-by-rail shipping rules
Federal railroad officials are investigating whether some crude shipments contain chemicals from fracking that make them more hazardous than their classification indicates.
- INEOS to invest €250 MM in Lavera cracker modernization project in France 11/19
- BASF adds ISCC EU certification to certified biomass-balanced methanol portfolio 11/19
- Siam Cement to invest an additional $500 MM in Long Son chemical complex 11/19
- LanzaJet produces first jet fuel from ethanol at a commercial scale 11/19
- Ducor Petrochemicals, Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene 11/18
- World's first: Air Liquide’s innovative technology converts ammonia into hydrogen at industrial scale 11/18
