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NewsReuters, December 4, 2020An explosion rocked South Africa’s second-largest crude oil refinery in Durban on Friday injuring seven people, local emergency services said.
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NewsReuters, December 4, 2020Royal Dutch Shell Plc plans to complete the permanent shutdown of its 211,146 barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery within 10 days, sources familiar with the company’s plans said.
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NewsReuters, December 4, 2020Chevron said it expects total capital and exploratory budget through 2025 to be between $14 billion and $16 billion, well below the prior forecast of up to $22 billion.
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NewsReuters, December 3, 2020A fire at Norway’s Tjeldbergodden industrial facility on Wednesday triggered an evacuation of staff and the shutdown of Europe’s largest methanol plant and a gas processing terminal.
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NewsSasol Ltd., December 3, 2020LyondellBasell and Sasol recently announced the closing of their Louisiana-based Integrated Polyethylene Joint Venture (JV) transaction following required regulatory and shareholder approvals.
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Press ReleaseOlympus, December 1, 2020Enabling fast, easy and accurate long-distance inspections, Olympus' IPLEX™ GAir long videoscope solution combines maneuverability with high-quality, wide-view images to make complex pipe inspections fast and efficient.
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NewsReuters, November 30, 2020Neste will shut down its refinery in Naantali, Finland and cut 370 jobs to seek savings worth 50 million euros ($59.9 million) due to declining demand for fossil oil products, the Finnish biofuel producer and oil refiner said on Monday.
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NewsReuters, November 27, 2020Royal Dutch Shell PLC may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211,146 bpd Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week, people familiar with plant operations said on Monday.
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NewsBloomberg, November 24, 2020China is on track to eclipse the U.S. as the world's top refining power, a position it has held since the mid-19th century, following a series of major refinery closures in the states.
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NewsReuters, November 24, 2020
Sasol Ltd said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its 50% interest in a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing plant in Texas, to INEOS Gemini HDPE Holding Co for $404 million.
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NewsPhillips 66, November 23, 2020Phillips 66 recently started up two natural gas liquids fractionators at its Sweeny Hub in Texas, quadrupling processing capacity to 400,000 barrels per day.
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NewsReuters, November 19, 2020A U.S. subsidiary of state-owned Thai oil and gas company PTT PCL said it is working to “move forward” a proposed petrochemical plant in Ohio that will turn ethane into plastics and provide a regional economic boost.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety Board, November 18, 2020Bruce Walker has been appointed to a Senior Advisor post at the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), where he will work in policy and outreach in support of Chairman Lemos.
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NewsReuters, November 18, 2020BP Plc notified officials in Chicago and the state of Illinois of possible layoffs affecting more than 250 salaried employees at the company’s offices, BP said in a statement.
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Press ReleaseOlympus, November 17, 2020Olympus’ release of its WeldSight™ companion PC software for the OmniScan™ X3 phased array flaw detector provides inspectors with powerful tools to push the boundaries of flaw characterization and sizing.
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