Environment & Safety
ISA publishes second edition of Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide
The International Society of Automation (ISA) announces the publication of Alarm Management: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition, by Bill Hollifield and Eddie Habibi.
NPRA says court decision on GHGs bad for consumers
Charles Drevna, president of NPRA, the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association, issued the following statement regarding the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on the motion by NPRA and several other trade associations to partially stay implementation of pending Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulations.
Flint Hills Resources facility in Illinois breaks safety record
Employees at the Flint Hills Resources chemical facility in Peru, Illinois, reached a safety milestone last month.
ASTM International wants to launch new standards on diesel exhaust fluid
ASTM International, with support from the American Petroleum Institute (API), will be hosting an organizational meeting to discuss the development of consensus standards for support testing of diesel exhaust fluid.
New report urges US to take lead in international climate finance
The Alliance for Climate Protection and the Center for American Progress today released a joint report entitled, “The US role in international climate finance: A blueprint for near-term leadership.” The paper asserts that the US can and must take the lead on international climate finance—even under the current difficult political and economic conditions.
Consider new coatings for maintenance turnaround
Epoxy system provides speed of application as well as environmental benefits for large storage tanks
Convert waste heat into eco-friendly energy
New developments, such as the organic Rankine cycle, help operations go ‘green’
HP Impact: European downstream oil industry safety performance
CONCAWE has released a report that parses statistics on work-related personal injuries for the European downstream oil industry’s own employees, as well as contractors, for the year 2009. Data we..
Scientists to produce super absorbents from CO2
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has pledged €2.2 million in funds for a project by the BASF-supported Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) and hte AG, a company in which BASF has a majority interest.
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in Texas
Technip has an engineering, procurement and construction support lumpsum contract with Valero Refining for two flare gas recovery units at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.
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