Americas
Brazil seizes $655 M in assets from Odebrecht, OAS, executives
Brazil's federal auditing court, ordered the seizure of about $655 M worth of assets from engineering firms Odebrecht SA and OAS SA and some of their executives, to recoup losses from contracts related to the country's biggest ever corruption scandal.
Veolia to provide wastewater treatment system for LACC ethane cracker and Lotte MEG plant
CB&I has chosen Veolia Water Technologies to engineer and procure a wastewater treatment package for a Lotte Axiall Chemical Company ethane cracker and associated monoethylene glycol plant being constructed in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Flint Hills Resources to construct $20 M fuel terminal expansion
Flint Hills Resources will begin construction on a $20 M expansion of its Waupun, Wisconsin fuel terminal.
Canadian oil refinery to re-use 100% of water with GE’s wastewater treatment technology
Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.’s refinery complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, is installing General Electric’s advanced water recycling technology for a wastewater improvement project that will enable the refinery to clean 100% of its wastewater on-site.
EIA: US crude oil exports are increasing and reaching more destinations
The number of countries receiving exported US crude oil has risen since the removal of restrictions on exporting US crude oil in December 2015.
Imperial Oil says Ontario refinery is not source of oily river sheen
Imperial Oil said Tuesday its Sarnia, Ontario refinery is not the source of an oily sheen observed on the St. Clair River, adding that there are no operational issues at the facility.
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge refinery shuts CDU due to flooding
ExxonMobil Corp. shut a crude distillation unit at its Baton Rouge refinery Tuesday as flooding disrupted operations at a LPG storage facility.
Total's Port Arthur refinery reformer, SRU shut by fire; no injuries reported
Total SA shut a reformer, sulfur recovery unit and a pressure swing adsorption unit at the company's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery after a small fire.
CSB issues safety alert stemming from fatal Tesoro Anacortes investigation
The US Chemical Safety Board issued a safety alert entitled “CSB Safety Alert: Preventing High Temperature Hydrogen Attack” focused on preventing accidents similar to the fatal 2010 explosion and fire at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, WA that resulted in 7 worker fatalities.
Venezuela restarts Cardon refinery unit after four months offline
Venezuela has restarted the catalytic cracker at its Cardon refinery after completing a four-month maintenance program, adding 70 Mbpd to the OPEC nation's oil output.
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