Environment & Safety

bp's Whiting refinery (U.S.) continues to flare days after severe thunderstorm

bp's 440,000-bpd refinery in Whiting, Indiana, continued to flare after flooding disrupted its operations earlier this week, the company said.

Bachmann introduces latest version M-Target for Simulink

Bachmann electronic presents the new version of its software solution M-Target for Simulink®. A key highlight of M-Target 2.75 is hot-standby redundancy, which provides protection for critical applications with high availability requirements.

Digital Exclusive: Monetizing stranded offgases from oil and gas facilities

The objective of this article is to explore various viable solutions to monetize the stranded offgases produced in upstream oil and gas production and processing facilities.

Digital Exclusive: Safety, stability and standards in the oil and gas industry

Idemitsu restarts Yokkaichi's No. 3 CDU on Aug 11 after maintenance

Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan restarted the 155,000-bpd No.3 crude distillation unit at its Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on August 11, following scheduled maintenance, a company spokesperson said.

Phillips 66's Bayway refinery's gasoline unit at reduced rates after fire

Phillips 66 has reduced gasoline output at its 258,000-bpd Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey after a fire near the plant's gasoline producing unit

Japan's Eneos shuts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki No.3 CDU for maintenance

Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp, has shut the 77,000 barrel-per-day No. 3 crude distillation unit at its Kawasaki refinery, near Tokyo, on August 9 for scheduled maintenance

Orlen Unipetrol to shut ethylene unit at Litvinov plant for several days

The ethylene unit at Orlen Unipetrol's Litvinov plant in the Czech Republic must be shut for several days due to a technical fault, the company said in a statement.

India's HMEL plans to shut refinery for 40-day maintenance, sources say

India's HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) plans to shut its Bathinda oil refinery in the northern Punjab state for about 40 days from early November for maintenance

ASTM announced proposed standard for a rapid diagnostic fuel quality test procedure

ASTM International is developing a proposed standard (WK95172) that describes a rapid diagnostic fuel quality test procedure that measures the levels of microbial contamination in fuel or fuel-associated water samples.