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NewsReuters, March 18, 2019Exxon Mobil Corp cut back gasoline production at its 560,500 barrel per day (bpd) Baytown, Texas, refinery after a hydrotreater fire on Saturday, said sources familiar with plant operations. There were no injuries reported in the blaze.
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NewsKHOU 11, March 18, 2019A large fire broke out this weekend at Intercontinental Terminals Company's (ITC) storage facility in La Porte, TX, just outside of Houston. The fire originated on Sunday in one storage tank holding Naptha, but has since spread to seven other tanks.
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NewsReuters, March 18, 2019An Indian Oil Corp worker reportedly died and two others sustained serious burn injuries in a major fire on Sunday at the state-owned company's Panipat oil refinery in Haryana.
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NewsHouston Chronicle, March 14, 2019Mexico to release bidding documents on its first new refinery in several years as early as next week, says Mexican Energy Minister Rocio Nahle.
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NewsInternational Energy Agency, March 13, 2019The U.S. will drive global oil supply growth over the next five years thanks to the remarkable strength of its shale industry, triggering a rapid transformation of world oil markets according to the IEA's annual oil market forecast.
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Press ReleaseAsInt, March 13, 2019AsInt is excited to announce the launch of CORE Inspection, a mobile Inspection Data Management System (IDMS) that will change the way the industry performs inspections.
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Press ReleasePetrochemical Update, March 12, 2019Organizers have announced this week that registration to the largest Downstream exhibition in the world is now open.
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NewsReuters, March 12, 2019
Royal Dutch Shell has struck a deal with Dutch tank terminal firm HES International to partially restart a German oil refinery mothballed since 2011 in response to new restrictions on marine fuels.
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NewsKPAX.com, March 8, 2019An explosion and fire were reported yesterday at the Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP 24,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Great Falls, Montana.
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Press ReleaseBecht Engineering, March 6, 2019Becht has experienced outstanding growth and continues to solidify its position as a premier provider of multi-discipline Central Engineering services and serving in the owners’ role for Maintenance, Projects and Turnarounds.
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NewsADNOC, March 5, 2019The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company recently announced it is building the world’s largest oil storage facility, with a capacity of 42 million barrels of crude oil, in the Emirate of Fujairah on the eastern coast of the United Arab Emirates.
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NewsBayport Polymers LLC, March 5, 2019Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar™) held its official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar® polyethylene unit at its production site in Pasadena, Texas, with an anticipated start-up in 2021.
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NewsExxonMobil, March 4, 2019ExxonMobil recently announced that it will fund the construction of a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge that will expand production capacity along the Gulf Coast by up to 450,000 tons per year.
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Press ReleaseJohns Manville, March 3, 2019Johns Manville announces the release of their upcoming webinar, which will discuss the details you need to know about hydrophobicity to ensure your systems are designed and installed with a robust defense against corrosion under insulation (CUI).
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NewsHouston Chronicle, February 27, 2019A new joint venture between two pipeline companies will allow their customers to move more crude oil, natural gas and produced water on the New Mexico side of the Permian Basin.
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