Safety
EIA: Colonial pipeline shutdown disrupts gasoline supply in the southeast
A partial shutdown of the Colonial pipeline system, a major source of transportation fuels to the Southeast, has disrupted gasoline supplies, leading to higher prices and product shortages in parts of the region.
MSA Safety acquires laser-based gas detection technology provider Senscient
Safety equipment manufacturer MSA Safety Inc. has acquired Senscient, Inc., a provider of laser-based gas detection technology, useful in industrial, oil and gas production and petrochemical processing applications.
Callidus Technologies inaugurates flare testing facility
Callidus Technologies has inaugurated a new facility for the testing of gas combustion flares at its manufacturing facility in Beggs, Oklahoma.
GE to provide power solution for Petronas’ Pengerang complex
GE will supply 17 emergency diesel generator packages, five transportable switch rooms and the electrical balance for Petronas’ Pengerang Integrated Petrochemical Complex.
Saudi Aramco contains fire at Ras Tanura, eight injured
Eight workers were injured in a fire of unknown origin at Saudi Aramco’s Ras Tanura terminal.
Tripwire conducts study regarding IT confidence in industrial cyber security
A study conducted for Tripwire by Dimensional Research, evaluated the confidence of IT professionals regarding the efficacy of seven key security controls, which must be in place to quickly detect a cyber attack in progress.
Petrobras halts output at Getulio Vargas refinery
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA said that output at its Getulio Vargas refinery had been halted, because of storm damage to a cracking unit.
Linde Engineering NA expands use of AspenTech software
Linde Engineering North America Inc. has standardized Aspen Technology’s Aspen Capital Cost Estimator technology.
Four injured in fire at Iran petrochemical plant
A fire broke out at Iran's Mobin Petrochemical refinery complex in the southern port of Assaluyeh, leaving four people injured.
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