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NewsReuters, October 18, 2019U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will step down by the end of the year, President Donald Trump said on Thursday, a day before a deadline set by congressional Democrats for Perry to turn over documents in the impeachment probe.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety Board, October 16, 2019The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a factual update and preliminary animation detailing the events leading to the June 21, 2019, explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery in Philadelphia, PA.
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NewsReuters, October 16, 2019Peruvian state-owned oil firm Petroperú is seeking as much as $1.5 billion of government funding to complete expansion of its Talara refinery.
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NewsReuters, October 16, 2019Flames engulfed two ethanol holding tanks on Tuesday at a NuStar Energy petrochemical storage facility near San Francisco, prompting health authorities to urge residents of two adjacent towns to remain indoors for much of the day.
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NewsReuters, October 15, 2019Saudi refiner SASREF, owned by state oil giant Saudi Aramco, said two contractors had died and two more were injured in “an incident” during maintenance work on Sunday, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
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NewsReuters, October 15, 2019Groups vying for the idled Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery have entered the second phase of the bidding process and are reportedly gearing up for visits to the plant.
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NewsReuters, October 15, 2019A small earthquake on Monday night hit operations at two oil refineries in Martinez, California, the companies said on Tuesday.
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NewsU.S. Energy Information Administration, October 14, 2019The API gravity of crude oil input to U.S. refineries has generally increased, or gotten lighter, since 2011 because of changes in domestic production and imports. Regionally, refinery crude slates have become lighter in the East Coast...
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Press ReleaseSPRINT Robotics, October 11, 2019The two-day conference and exhibition focuses on the rapid developments, long-term industry priorities, and trends in the market of robotic techniques for inspection, cleaning & maintenance of capital-intensive infrastructure.
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Partner ContentAuto-refrigeration can impose low temperatures onto process vessels and piping causing them to be at risk of brittle fracture, the sudden break-before leak phenomena that can result in catastrophic rupture of the equipment.
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NewsEnterprise Products Partners L.P., October 8, 2019Enterprise Product Partners plans to build a 450,000 bpd pipeline that connects its 6 million barrel Midland, TX storage facility to its ECHO Terminal through its Eagle Ford system in South Texas.
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NewsReuters, October 7, 2019Union workers at Phillips 66’s 285,000-barrel-per-day Bayway refinery in Linden, NJ, voted against a three-year contract on Friday evening, raising the chances of a strike or lockout at the largest petrochemical complex on the U.S. East Coast.
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NewsReuters, October 7, 2019Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA, or Petrobras, said it has begun receiving non-binding offers for its 150,000 bpd Regap Refinery in the state of Minas Gerais.
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NewsHusky Energy Inc., October 4, 2019Husky Energy has reached an agreement for the sale of its Prince George Refinery to Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure for $215 million in cash plus a closing adjustment for inventory, and a contingent payment of up to $60 million over two years.
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NewsReuters, October 4, 2019China’s privately owned Bora Enterprise Group has started construction of a $2.5 billion petrochemicals plant in northeast China as it looks to finalize a planned joint venture with LyondellBasell Industries
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NewsAmerican Petroleum Institute, October 2, 2019API has released a suite of new Integrity Management (IM) standards outlining how floating production platforms should function to improve operational efficiency, safety, and environmental protection.
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