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LyondellBasell, Motiva, Phillips 66 technology experts share insight on refinery optimization

Lack of manpower is often cited as the most pressing barrier to the adoption of multiunit or refinery-wide optimization, as more and more workers retire out of industry and plants scramble to hire and train a new workforce to take their places. Read More

Safe space for high-risk areas made simple

To gain extra space on the jobsite and increase the efficiency of workers, blast resistant modules (BRMs) can be the go-to solution for refineries, petrochemical plants and other high-risk industrial facilities. BRMs offer functional and comfortable space while providing guaranteed protection against blasts as strong as 8 psi and 200 ms in duration.

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U.S. marketed natural gas production forecast to rise in 2022 and 2023

Around 97 percent of production over the next two years will come from the lower 48 states, excluding the U.S. federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The other 3 percent will come from Alaska and the GOM. Read More

Chemours, Dow explain key challenges facing procurement

Region-specific shutdowns, supply disruptions and shortages created by volatile demand are just some of the new challenges facing project execution, efficiency and capital expenditure returns on investment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More

Celanese to acquire majority of Dupont's Mobility & Materials business
Celanese Corp., a global chemical and specialty materials company, announced plans to acquire a majority of the Mobility & Materials business of DuPont for $11.0 billion in cash. Read More

Strategic Biofuels, a developer of negative carbon footprint renewable fuels plants, announced that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards awarded the company’s Louisiana Green Fuels project (LGF) a $250 million bond allocation. Read More