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UK oil lobby warns May post-Brexit tariffs could double trade costs

LONDON (Reuters) -- The cost of Britain's oil and gas trade with the rest of the world could nearly double if the country fails to agree new tariffs when it leaves the European Union, the country's oil lobby group has warned Prime Minister Theresa May.

Russia's Evraz to supply pipes for Kinder Morgan's pipeline expansion

(Reuters) -- Evraz Plc, Russia's No. 2 steelmaker, signed an agreement with Kinder Morgan Inc to supply about 250,000 metric t of pipe to the US pipeline company for the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline.

German minister to try to persuade US to remain in climate pact

BERLIN (Reuters) -- German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks said on Tuesday she would seek to convince the administration of US President Donald Trump to remain part of the Paris Climate Agreement during her trip to the United States later this month.

Gas leak at chemical firm Ineos contained at Scotland's Grangemouth

EDINBURGH (Reuters) -- A gas leak inside chemical firm Ineos' Grangemouth site in Scotland was successfully contained on Tuesday after emergency services rushed to the scene, police said.

Alfa Laval to supply heat exchangers to China refinery

LUND, Sweden -- Alfa Laval has won an order to supply compact heat exchangers to a refinery in China. The order has a value of approximately SEK 210 MM. It is booked in the Welded Heat Exchangers unit of the Energy Division, with deliveries scheduled for 2018.

Vitol to acquire Rotterdam splitter from Koch Supply & Trading

LONDON (Reuters) -- Commodities trader Vitol has agreed to buy an 85,000-bpd condensate splitter in the Netherlands from Koch Supply and Trading, a subsidiary of US conglomerate Koch Industries, Vitol said in a statement on Tuesday.

Equipment critical analysis: The need for an effective maintenance program

Toyo Engineering Canada Ltd.: Zardynezhad, S.

Oil refineries and large petrochemical plants contain thousands of pieces of process and utilities equipment that are subject to wear, erosion, deterioration, aging, etc., resulting in increasing breakdowns and outages. Imagine being a maintenance engineer and receiving 50 work orders during an overhaul with a limited budget, time, labor, spare parts, tools, machines, etc. How does that engineer prioritize the work?

HP announces launch of IRPC Europe, WGLC Europe, and HP Awards in Vienna

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

Three co-located events allow for ease of networking and attendance in one of Europe’s most renowned cultural and artistic centers.

Automation Strategies: Adopting the IIoT: How the industry needs to rethink IT and OT relationships

Stratus Technologies: Fryer, J.

For the connected enterprise, what was once just a futuristic ideal is now becoming a reality. Step by step, organizations are beginning to put together the pieces of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

Global Project Data

A global LNG supply glut has put many mega-LNG projects in doubt in 2017. This predicament has many industry experts heralding it as the end of the mega-LNG project era.