.December 12, 2024

 

 

Five states drove record U.S. natural gas production in 2023

Five states produced more than 70% of the record 113.1 Bcf/d of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023. Texas accounted for 28% of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023 followed by Pennsylvania (18%), Louisiana (10%), West Virginia (8%), and New Mexico (8%). Read More

Managing risks of hazardous material releases

In high-risk industries like petrochemicals, accidental releases of hazardous materials pose serious safety and health challenges. Manage risks from explosions, fires and toxic releases with services like facility siting and toxic refuge assessments, ensuring safer, accident-free operations. 

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bp and JERA joining forces to create global offshore wind JV

The combination will create a global business, to be called JERA Nex bp, with a balanced mix of operating assets and development projects with total 13GW potential net generating capacity. Formation of JERA Nex bp is intended to accelerate development from the combined pipeline and bolster access to competitive financing. Read More

Is your facility prepared for the unexpected? Learn how siting studies can help

Process industry history is sprinkled with catastrophic incidents that acted as drivers of regulatory change, such as the 1974 Flixborough explosion, the 1984 Bhopal toxic release disaster, and the 2005 Texas City Refinery flammable material release and explosion. Read More

 

Phillips 66 teams with NextEra Energy Resources to power Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex

Phillips 66 is teaming up with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to power Phillips 66’s Rodeo Renewable Energy Complex with a 30.2 MW solar facility. The solar facility will reduce the complex’s grid power demand by 50% and is expected to avoid approximately 33,000 metric tons a year of carbon dioxide emissions beginning in the first quarter of 2025. Read More

Chevron upgrades Pasadena Refinery to increase capacity

Chevron has completed a retrofit of its refinery in Pasadena, Texas, which is expected to increase product flexibility and expand the processing capacity of lighter crudes by nearly 15 percent to 125,000 barrels per day. Read More

 
 

Valuable Resources

  • BIC Podcast: BIC Weekly Industry Report

  • BIC Webinar: PFAS regulations and compliance: Strategies for Gulf Coast businesses
  • BIC Video: Modern Hydrogen: Decarbonizing natural gas with methane pyrolysis
  • Featured Content: More power: ALL Crane sets two generators that double Minnesota dam’s capacity for electricity
 

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