The head of a federal agency investigating last Friday’s explosions and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions called the incident “catastrophic” and said the main unit where blasts occurred is ...

ExxonMobil's 588,000 b/d Baytown, Texas, refinery had an unplanned shutdown of its alkylation unit due to a compressor trip that started on Monday, the company notified the Texas Commission on ...

File - Flames and smoke emerge from the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex in Philadelphia, June 21, 2019. Hydrogen fluoride, which can travel for miles, was released, but most was ...

PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a tentative $4.2 settlement with a firm that owned and operated a major East Coast refinery that was shuttered after an explosion ...

San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. on Monday, July 15, restarted a gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit and an alkylation unit at its 135,000-barrel-a-day ...

A spokesperson for Monroe said the safe operation of the refinery is of paramount importance and the plant’s alkylation unit, where HF is used, is constantly inspected. The company has invested ...

As the South Bay community marks the 10th anniversary of an explosion at Torrance Refinery, advocates and elected officials are renewing their efforts to ban modified hydrofluoric acid at the facility ...

HOUSTON, March 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that CVR Energy, Inc.'s Board of Directors has approved the next phase of the revamp of the alkylation unit at its subsidiary's ...

TOKYO, Feb 23 (Reuters) - A fire which hit a gasoline-making alkylation unit at the Mizushima-A refinery in western Japan temporarily halted some product shipments but did not stop the sole 150,000 ...

Motiva Enterprises has begun a planned startup of its fluid catalytic cracking and alkylation units at its 659,700 b/d Port Arthur refinery, according to a filing with the Texas Commission on ...

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters) - India's Reliance Industries Ltd has started an alkylation unit at its 580,000 barrels a day (bpd) refinery in western Gujarat state, a trade source said, a move aimed at ...