Environment
LyondellBasell 's Houston refinery returns to normal operations
LyondellBasell Industries returned its Houston refinery to normal operations Wednesday, one day after a power interruption on a unit cut production in half.
Ship and Shore Environmental introduces new emerging vapor recovery and destruction solution
S&SE’s proprietary method bypasses carbon using a unique vapor recovery solution that is more effective and offers superior results.
Honeywell's Envergent rapid thermal processing technology to be used in new renewable fuels facility in Quebec
Cote Nord project to produce 10 M gallons/year of renewable fuels from forest residuals.
Italy's IPLOM refinery remains closed due to pipeline issue
Italy's IPLOM oil refinery remained closed on Friday, awaiting a judge's decision on a plan to monitor a connecting pipeline that spilled oil earlier this year.
BP’s Whiting refinery reduces wastewater discharge into Lake Michigan
BP said the wastewater sediment discharge from its Whiting, Indiana refinery returned to permitted levels Thursday, after several days of exceeding allowed amounts due to an upset at a wastewater treatment plant.
AFPM requests EPA move the point of obligation of RFS
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a petition for rulemaking with the Environmental Protection Agency to move the point of obligation under the Renewable Fuel Standard to the same point where fuel excise taxes are collected.
API files suit against the EPA’s final oil and natural gas sector rule
API is challenging whether the EPA adhered to the specific limitations provided by the Clean Air Act on the way the agency can develop regulations.
Refiners and small fuel retailers disadvantaged by EPA biofuels program
US regulators should alter a much-debated biofuels program that disadvantages refiners and small fuel retailers.
Amec Foster Wheeler wins Thai Oil’s Clean Fuel Project contract
Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a FEED contract by Thai Oil Public Company Ltd. for its Clean Fuel Project at the Sriracha Refinery in Thailand.
Understand the sources of oil pollution in water
Oil in water is one of the most common types of water pollution.
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