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NewsReuters, April 17, 2021A severe cold spell in mid-February knocked out a third of U.S. oil refining capacity. A sharp drop in temperatures that lasted five days shut individual units and sometimes entire plants at 25 refineries.
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NewsReuters, April 15, 2021Exxon Mobil Corp has reached an agreement with U.S. and Illinois regulators to reduce air pollution at its refinery near Chicago in Joliet, Illinois, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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NewsChevron Corporation, April 13, 2021Chevron Corporation and Honeywell today announced the commissioning and start-up of the world’s first commercial-scale ISOALKY™ process unit that utilizes ionic liquids to produce alkylate.
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NewsReuters, April 13, 2021Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said on Tuesday the Lazaro Cardenas oil refinery it operates in the eastern city of Minatitlan is out of service after a fire last week.
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NewsReuters, April 12, 2021Exxon is considering whether to close down its Slagen oil refinery in Norway, which has a capacity to process 120,000 barrels of crude per day, turning the site into an import terminal, the U.S. energy major said on Thursday.
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NewsReuters, April 8, 2021Seven people were injured after a major fire broke out Wednesday at Pemex's 285,000 bpd Lazaro Cardenas refinery in the eastern city of Minatitlan.
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NewsReuters, April 8, 2021Spanish energy firm Repsol said on Thursday it will furlough up to 830 workers at its La Coruna and Puertollano refineries in Spain as pandemic restrictions have led to an “unprecedented” slump in demand for fuels.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), April 8, 2021The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene of a fatal explosion and fire at the Yenkin-Majestic Paints and OPC Polymers manufacturing site in Columbus, Ohio.
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NewsOxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC, April 7, 2021Oxy Low Carbon Ventures has partnered with bio-engineering startup Cemvita Factory to construct and operate a pilot plant that will use human-made carbon dioxide, instead of hydrocarbon-sourced feedstocks, to produce bio-ethylene
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NewsInter Pipeline Ltd., April 6, 2021Inter Pipeline announced it will receive CAD $408 million (USD $323 million) under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Program in support of the continued development of its Heartland Petrochemical Complex.
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NewsReuters, April 6, 2021Operations at Indonesia’s state oil company PT Pertamina’s 125,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Balongan may return to normal this week, following a fire in some parts of the refinery, a company director told parliament on Monday.
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NewsReuters, April 5, 2021Archer Daniels Midland said on Thursday it would restart ethanol production at two of its U.S. corn dry mills this year, as the grains trader expects demand for the biofuel to rebound from a pandemic-led slump.
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NewsReuters, April 5, 2021RusGazDobycha, a business partner of Russian gas giant Gazprom, plans to start building a chemical plant later this month as part of a massive gas processing cluster on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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Press ReleaseGecko Robotics, Inc., March 31, 2021Industrial plants are asking to access more equipment for inspections by robots, particularly piping systems. Gecko Robotics has designed the TOKA Flex - their most maneuverable and adaptable robot to-date - to address this need.
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NewsThe White House, March 31, 2021On Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled a $2 trillion package labeled the "American Jobs Plan" that is aimed at creating millions of good jobs, rebuilding our country’s infrastructure, and positioning the United States to out-compete China.
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