Safety
Update: Three workers sue Pemex for injuries at Texas refinery
Three workers filed a lawsuit in a Texas state court in Houston on Monday against Mexico's national oil company Pemex for injuries they allege they received in a hydrogen sulfide (H2S) release at a Deer Park, Texas, refinery last Thursday.
Pemex says two workers dead, dozens injured from leak at oil refinery in Texas
Two people were believed to have died and dozens injured after a chemical release at Pemex's 312,500-bpd Deer Park oil refinery in Texas, the Mexican national oil company said.
Woodside Energy: Fatality at Beaumont Clean Ammonia project
An incident occurred Thursday morning at the Beaumont Clean Ammonia site in Texas that tragically resulted in the death of an employee of one of OCI's construction contractors.
Taiwan refiners brace for super Typhoon Krathon as ports shut ahead of landfall
Taiwan oil refiners are bracing for heavy rain and winds ahead of super Typhoon Krathon's anticipated landfall, with the storm likely to delay some fuel shipments and prolong maintenances, while key ports are shut.
Digital Exclusive: Unlocking the power of hydrogen processing: Ensuring safety and driving profits
Harnessing the potential of hydrogen for energy generation requires a deep understanding of the associated safety considerations. When it comes to hydrogen processing, it’s important to examine hydrogen’s unique challenges and the innovative approaches that business leaders can adopt to ensure safety while driving profitability in the hydrogen processing industry.
IATA announces Matchmaker platform for airlines and SAF suppliers
The U.S. International Air Transport Association (IATA) will create the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Matchmaker to link airlines and SAF suppliers.
Truly effective reliability requires predictive maintenance
To navigate this new digital world, organizations must find ways to bring in new technologies to support the limited personnel they have, but without increasing the complexity of those people’s jobs or overwhelming them with raw data they are not trained to use. The solution is to implement a predictive maintenance technology plan founded on a boundless automation vision of seamlessly moving contextualized data wherever it is needed.
Configure safety communication to unleash your safety culture’s true potential
From an industrial perspective, effective communication is an integral part of achieving an injury-free workplace. This article provides the benefits of developing a safety management system to build a culture of safety in plants.
Alarm management and operator training: Case studies for a sulfur recovery unit
This article will provide an in-depth insight of an operator training simulator, as well as the basic features of creating a virtual plant in which the operators are allowed to train and test various operating scenarios. It will also highlight the inbuilt scenarios inside the model—most importantly, the startup, shutdown and specific upset scenarios.
Seven tips to achieve a smoother plant turnaround
This article provides seven best practices that should be kept in mind for successful plant turnaround management.
- Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN launch commercial licensing of the Rewind® PET process 10/22
- ProSep to deliver its Multiphase Adjustable Xtreme test units to Polish refiner 10/22
- BGEN signs five-year contract with INEOS O&P UK 10/22
- Wizz Air and Airbus to launch SAF trial ahead of EU mandates 10/22
- Four new petroleum liquids pipelines have been completed in the U.S. since 2023 10/22
- Australia fuel supplier Viva Energy's retail and refining challenges continue to hurt 10/22
