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Petrochemicals News - 2005
December 30, 2005
PHMSA Proposes Standards to Reduce Gas Pipeline Corrosion
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to control internal corrosion in new ... more
December 30, 2005
American Chemistry Council Challenges E.U. REACH Proposal
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) said further steps are needed to create a workable program from the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization ... more
December 29, 2005
REACH: EC Agrees on New Chemical Legislation
The European Commission agreed on details of Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH), a system aimed at ensuring greater ... more
December 20, 2005
API Releases Monthly Statistical Report for November 2005
The U.S. refining industry continued to recover in November from the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, according to the American Petroleum ... more
November 28, 2005
EPA Releases Final Rule Revising Gasoline Deposit Control Additive Regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amended the requirements on variability in the composition of additives certified under the gasoline ... more
November 28, 2005
API Issues New Pipeline Welding Standard
The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued the 20th edition of API 1104 - Welding of Pipelines and Related Facilities. ... more
November 14, 2005
CSB Issues Recommendations to Petrochemical Industry - Calls for Safer Worker Trailer Placement
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) issued two urgent safety recommendations in its investigation of the March 2005 ... more
October 27, 2005
ASTM Int'l to Launch Proficiency Testing for Dissolved Gas Analyses of In-Service Insulating Fluid
ASTM International will launch a new proficiency testing program (PTP) on dissolved gas analyses (DGA) of in-service insulating fluid in February ... more
October 24, 2005
Model Fuels Consortium Seeks to Accelerate Clean Fuels Development
Reaction Design announced the launch of the Model Fuels Consortium (MFC), which seeks to enable the design of cleaner-burning, more efficient ... more
October 21, 2005
Progress Cited in EU-Russia Energy Talks
The Sixth Progress Report on the EU-Russia Energy Dialogue reported steady progress in EU-Russia energy relations and underlined the importance ... more
September 22, 2005
EU REACH Chemicals Regulation Legislation Progresses
The huge legislative workload on the draft European Union (EU) chemicals regulation passed an important milestone in the European Parliament, ... more
September 21, 2005
API: August Petroleum Product, Gas Deliveries Drop
Petroleum product deliveries in August fell 1.1% from last year, and gasoline deliveries slipped 0.4% for the same period, according to a report ... more
August 9, 2005
New API Standard to Improve In-Line Pipeline Inspections
The American Petroleum Institute (API) issued a new industry standard intended to improve in-line inspections of pipelines. ... more
August 4, 2005
ANSI: Standards Play Role in U.S. Energy Bill
After several years of development and dispute, the complex and controversial Energy Policy Act of 2005 (H.R. 6), aka the U.S. Energy Bill, was ... more
July 21, 2005
Japanese Oil Company Granted East China Sea Exploration Permit
Thirty-five years after it filed an application for test drilling, Teikoku Oil was granted permission for experimental exploration in a disputed ... more
July 13, 2005
EPA Offers Incentives For Early Clean Diesel Distribution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Direct Final Rule to correct, amend and revise certain provisions of the Clean Highway ... more
July 5, 2005
Caspian Sea Poised to Become Major Oil Supplier
Energy experts attending a United Nations meeting in Geneva said that oil and natural gas from the Caspian Sea region could ease the world's ... more
July 1, 2005
BP, Sinopec, SPC Complete SECCO Manufacturing Site
BP, Sinopec and Shanghai Petrochemical Co. (SPC), the three parties in the SECCO joint venture, formally announced the successful construction ... more
June 24, 2005
Oil & Liquids Capacity to Outstrip Demand Until At Least 2010
Despite fears that oil will soon "run out," global oil production capacity is actually set to increase dramatically over the rest of this decade, ... more
June 24, 2005
API Issues Statistical Report For June and Mid-Year 2005
U.S. refineries set several production records in the first half of 2005, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API). ... more
June 21, 2005
API Issues Monthly Statistical Report For May 2005
Reversing an April decline, May's gasoline deliveries were almost 1% above those of May 2004, according to the monthly statistical report from ... more
May 20, 2005
API Issues Monthly Statistical Report for April 2005
Gasoline production for 2005 to-date, nearly 8.50 million barrels per day, remained at an all-time high for this time of year despite a decline ... more
May 18, 2005
DOE: Heavy Oil Potential Key to Alaskan North Slope Oil Future
Alaska's North Slope contains a massive heavy-oil resource that someday could underpin the survival of one of the U.S.'s most critical oil-producing ... more
May 18, 2005
USGS Oil & Gas Assessment of Alaska Central North Slope Released
A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the central part of the Alaska North Slope and the adjacent ... more
May 18, 2005
DOE-backed Consortium Delivers 6 New 'Stripper Well' Technologies
Joint ventures in technology development by government and industry delivered six new deployment-ready applications in four years to extend the ... more
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