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Four Seriously Injured in ExxonMobil Fire

28.11.2016 - As a spate of autumn accidents at chemical plants continues, ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was hit last week by a major fire. Four workers – at least two of...

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Air Liquide and Exxxon Mobil in Licensing Pact

18.06.2015 - Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, the engineering and construction arm of the French industrial gases group, has signed a global technology licensing agreement with ExxonMobil...

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At Least Five European Refineries Cut Runs

10.05.2013 - At least five refineries in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean have been reducing output since the second half of April due to weak margins, particularly for gasoline and...

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Texas Oil Sails to Canada, Refiners Fume Over Tanker Law

01.05.2013 - Oil traders including commodities giant Trafigura and Australian bank Macquarie have quietly begun shipping U.S. crude oil from Texas to Canada, raising the ire of U.S. East Coast...

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U.S. Shale May Force More European Refinery Closures

21.02.2013 - Europe's hard-pressed refining industry faces more closures as its competition in the United States enjoys the double bonus of growing domestic shale oil supply and cheaper...

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Big Crop, Policy Revive Brazil's Sugar-ethanol Mills

12.02.2013 - Brazil's big sugarcane mills have begun to invest in ethanol production again, after licking their wounds from years of slim margins, as an expanding crop and favorable government...

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U.S. Shale Boom Redraws LPG Market Map

18.01.2013 - Soaring U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a side product of the shale boom, are giving energy markets a taste of the tectonic changes they could see if and when the...

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US Government Mandate or No, Fuel Ethanol Is Here to Stay

24.08.2012 - For the past five years, the U.S. government has paid fuel companies billions of dollars in subsidies to buy home-grown, corn-based ethanol, making it a viable part of the nation's...