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NewsBBC News, March 22, 2019A massive explosion at a chemical complex in China yesterday has killed at least 47 people and sent more than 600 to the hospital.
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NewsReuters, March 22, 2019Valero Energy Corp may restart the small crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 335,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery next week, sources familiar with plant operations said on Friday.
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NewsHouston Chronicle, March 20, 2019A shelter in place has been issued at Shell's Deer Park Refinery upon detecting low levels of benzene at the facility, according to company officials.
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NewsReuters, March 20, 2019Firefighters on Wednesday extinguished a fire at a Mitsui & Co petrochemical storage site outside Houston that has been billowing acrid smoke for days, the company said.
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NewsReuters, March 19, 2019Ecuador will launch an international bidding round for the construction of a new 300,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery and making upgrades to the 110,000 bpd Esmeraldas Refinery.
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NewsReuters, March 19, 2019Aruba will resume a refurbishment project at a 209,000 barrel-per-day refinery operated by a unit of Citgo Petroleum Corp, the island’s prime minister said on Sunday, after a change to U.S. sanctions on Citgo parent PDVSA last week.
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Partner ContentAET is a powerful, non-intrusive inspection technique to verify the structural integrity of pressure vessels, spheres, high-temperature reactors and piping, coke drums, above-ground storage tanks, cryogenic storage tanks, and more.
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NewsReuters, March 19, 2019Mexico invited a host of international firms, including three U.S. companies, to bid on the construction of a new $8 billion oil refinery
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Press ReleasePinnacleART, March 19, 2019PinnacleART and Metegrity, Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to improve the mechanical integrity program of a natural gas service provider’s operations in the southwest region of the United States.
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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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