Costs for six selected equipment items used in refining construction operations have been surveyed for the 3-year period 2014-16. The accompanying table shows Nelson-Farrar equipment indexes for these equipment items. Source: News

External floating single-roof tanks should not be used to store gasoline in hot regions unless the deck plate’s thickness exceeds 10 mm and it has been treated with an anti-corrosion coating. Source: News

US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) upcoming compliance deadline for refiners to measure and report ambient benzene concentrations at their fence lines will put petrochemical manufacturers with operations in close proximity to these refineries at risk for increased scrutiny and enforcement action. Source: News

Rosneft has started drilling the Tsentraino-Olginskaya-1 well in the Khatangsky license area on the Russian Arctic shelf. It is the first well drilled under the Laptev Sea, where water depth reaches 32 m. Source: News

Adopting “keep it in the ground” policies that antifossil fuel activists advocate could make the average US household’s energy costs jump $4,550 in 2040 from increased transportation fuel, electricity, home heating, and goods and services costs, a study commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute concluded. Source: News

Eni SPA encountered natural gas and condensate in the Metlaoui Group of Eocene age with well B1 16/3 in the Gamma prospect of contract area D, 140 km offshore Tripoli. Source: News