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Lightning Eliminators & Consultants-Lightning Protection for Petroleum Storage Tanks and Refineries
2015-11-23 18:06:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Lightning Eliminators specialises in designing customised and comprehensive systems to protect petrochemical facilities, tank terminals and batteries in the petrochemical and hydrocarbon industries.T...
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Institute Index: Dirty tar sands oil flows to South's refineries despite Keystone XL rejection
2015-11-14 11:50:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Year in which TransCanada's Keystone Pipeline carrying carbon-heavy tar sands oil from Canada to the United States was approved by the Bush administration: 2008 Year in which the first phase of the pipeline, from eastern Alberta to Nebraska and then on to Illinois, was completed: 2010 Year of completion for the third phase, known as the Gulf Coast Extension and running from Oklahoma to refineries at Port Arthur, Texas: 2014 Year in which another piece of the Gulf Coast Extension, connecting to refineries in Houston, is expected to begin operating: 2016 Date on which President Obama, citing concerns about climate change, rejected the fourth phase of the project, known as the Keystone XL, which would have essentially duplicated the initial phase between Alberta and Nebraska: 11/6/2015 Percent more greenhouse gas emissions produced from an average gallon of tar sands oil than from ... (more)
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Beyond what #Exxonknew, refineries face flooding dangers
2015-11-13 16:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: Exxon Mobil Corp., the giant oil producer that's drawn outrage and a legal investigation for its handling of internal climate change research, may have a lot to lose from a warming planet, at least according to one measure. Two of Exxon's biggest refineries, in Beaumont and Baytown, Texas, are in low-lying areas that are already prone to flooding, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. And they're in a section of coastline that, projections show, could see...
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US EPA adopts rules limit oil refineries' emissions into neighborhoods
2015-09-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopted new rules Tuesday intended to clean the air around oil refineries across the nation, including communities near six major refineries in Southern California. The rules for the first time require refineries to monitor and report levels of benzene, a cancer-causing compound, at the boundaries of their properties and to cut emissions if they are too high. The rules target about 150 oil refineries across the nation, strengthening standards on storage...
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EPA updates air pollution standards for petroleum refineries; fenceline monitoring
2015-09-30 11:55:31| Green Car Congress
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