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The blow-out took place in April 2010, resulting in 11 deaths and in the worst offshore oil spill in US history.
The executive had said the estimated flow was about 5,000 bpd, but internal BP documents from the time showed the company believed the rate was likely much higher.
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper took his case for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to the United States, burnishing Canada's environmental credentials and saying the arguments for the project are "overwhelmingly on the side of approval."
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The Cost Reduction Task Force, which authored the report, found that carbon capture and storage technology could be a viable option for the UK government in meeting its carbon reduction targets. The report estimated that CCS technology could soon generate electricity at a breakeven cost.
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Petrobras was informed that a federal judge suspended environmental licenses granted by INEA for the refinery under construction in Rio de Janeiro state. The judge ruled that IBAMA had jurisdiction over licensing the project, forcing a halt in construction until IBAMA issued new licenses.
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Petrobras says it is evaluating all possible measures related to the halt, which would stop work on one of the company's largest projects. The Comperj refinery will have installed capacity to process 165,000 bpd of crude oil when it enters operation in April 2015, with a second phase coming by 2018.
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Cleanup is currently under way in Indianapolis after about 500 bbl of diesel fuel leaked there from a Marathon Petroleum pipeline last week. The "vast majority" of product has been recovered, and the affected section of pipe has been cut out and sent for testing.
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Nearly half of the Lone Star State's 663 million metric tons of CO2 emissions came from petroleum fuels in 2010, according to a Energy Information Administration report. Coal and natural gas use and operations in the state contributed roughly a quarter each of the rest.
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The pipeline wasn't flowing at the time of the leak due to a lull in market demand, Marathon spokesman Shane Pochard said, but it was still pressurized with diesel in it. The company believes the leak occurred slowly over time and wasn't due to a sudden break or external forces.
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The EPA gave the US State Department's review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline a 'C' grade, adding that there is "ample time and ability" to upgrade the analysis.
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Under the new venture, the companies will provide consulting and training services in the areas of employee and contractor safety and training, process safety management, asset productivity, energy efficiency, integrated operations, sustainability strategy and environmental management.
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This award is among the industry's top honors and is reserved for companies that demonstrate excellence in safety. The award is presented to companies with the lowest Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable injury and illness incident rates for employees and contractors.
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One of the two gas tanks broke away from the truck in the San Pedro Xalostoc neighborhood just off the highway, setting fire to everything flammable in its path. The truck was identified as belonging to a company called Termogas, which distributes gas in several Mexican states.
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Alon said a malfunction of a sulfur recovery unit at its refinery in Big Springs, Texas, resulted in reduced charge rates at several processing units to minimize emissions. A sour water stripper was taken out of service and steam was vented as necessary to safety flare devices, according to the company.
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PG&E has admitted liability for the blast in public statements and in radio and TV ads. But in legal documents filed with the state utilities commission, it denied most of the state's allegations that it violated safety rules. The company has set aside $200 million to pay for potential penalties.
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Environmental consciousness among ordinary Chinese has risen further in recent months after a spate of severe air pollution blanketed large swaths of the country this winter.
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ExxonMobil agreed to implement a fatigue management system regulating how many days in a row someone can work and to accept a process safety representative position in the new three-year deal.
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The 'Clean Diesel Project,' under way since May, 2011, was completed in April at a cost of $85 million. The new construction enables the refinery to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel that meets or exceeds all federally mandated on-road diesel specifications, according to the company.
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NNPC said that it has no plan to set up an agency to protect pipelines in the country. A NNPC spokeswoman, said that the corporation and its subsidiary Pipelines and Produce Marketing Co. aren't privy to any plan by the federal government to up the agency or a commission to protect the pipelines.
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Shell said it had put out a fire caused by a "tube burst" at its Netherlands refinery. The company added that the fire had a limited effect on operations at its 400,000 bpd Pernis refinery, one of its largest.
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A resident notified the company that oil had stained the pipeline. Exxon is investigating the cause of the incident. The Pegasus pipeline has been out of service since March 29, when a breach in the line led to thousands of barrels of oil spilling into a residential neighborhood in Mayflower, Arkansas.
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The online training program features 3-D, interactive graphics to help first responders better visualize response to pipeline incidents. Content includes the basics of gas and crude pipeline operations, how to safely handle products transported by pipelines and emergency response tactics.
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