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US refining group to sue EPA over failed renewable fuels mandate

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers filed a notice of intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for failure to issue the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard.

US snow may delay oil shipments to East refiners

East coast refiners may see delays in Bakken oil supplies

PBF offers insight into US, global refining trends

PBF Energy's executive chairman Thomas O’Malley focused on three topics―the US crude oil export ban, pricing environment on oil and the state of the refining industry.

Praxair to supply hydrogen at Repsol Peru refinery

The new steam methane reformer (SMR) will be constructed at Repsol’s La Pampilla Refinery, in the Callao district, near Lima, and is expected to start up in 2016.

CB&I to build hydrogen plant for Kansas refinery

The project scope includes the engineering, procurement, fabrication and field construction of a 22 million standard cubic feet/day hydrogen plant at its refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas.

Technip forms new alliance with Biochemtex for bioethanol technologies

Proesa technology is one of the world's leading processes for converting cellulosic feeds into petroleum products. The second-generation bioethanol product will also meet future regulatory specifications.

UK’s Milford Haven refinery to close as sale fails

Murphy Oil is now closing the Milford Haven refinery in Wales after the sale to Klesch Group collapsed, ending a four-year search for a buyer and resulting in “significant” redundancies.

Heater training improves safety and operations

John Zink Co. LLC: Baukal, C.  |  Luginbill, R.
HollyFrontier: Basquez, D.  |  Baker, M.

As a part of an initiative to conserve energy and other valuable resources, an independent petroleum refiner began a two-year training program in the summer of 2013 for more than 900 operators at six ..

Environmental regulations: How much do they really cost?

Kleinfelder: Allen, K.

Processors should instead grasp some understanding of the costs and benefits by asking themselves: “How much will these changes really cost, and what’s in it for me?”

An examination of three recent accidents in the downstream industry

School of Engineering, University of Aberdeen: Jones, J. C.

With these accidents, has refining internationally fallen sub-standard in terms of safety? Such a question is likely best addressed by examining the existing HPI standard.