Environment, Health, Safety & Security Archives - Chemical Engineering https://www.chemengonline.com/category/environment-health-safety-security/ Chemical Engineering essentials for the global chemical processing industries (CPI) Tue, 12 May 2026 18:06:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Technip Energies completes project to modernize ethane furnaces in steam cracker https://www.chemengonline.com/technip-energies-completes-project-to-modernize-ethane-furnaces-in-steam-cracker/ https://www.chemengonline.com/technip-energies-completes-project-to-modernize-ethane-furnaces-in-steam-cracker/#respond Tue, 12 May 2026 18:06:26 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=328377 Technip Energies (Nanterre, France; www.ten.com) successfully completed the Shell Skyline project at Shell Chemicals Park Moerdijk, Netherlands, modernizing the 16 oldest ethane furnaces of the steam cracker. The Engineering, Procurement and module Fabrication contract consisted in doubling the capacity of each furnace by using a multi-lane coil design. As a result, the total number of […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/technip-energies-completes-project-to-modernize-ethane-furnaces-in-steam-cracker/feed/ 0 Protected: Risk-Reduction Strategies with Material Selection for AI Data Center Cooling Systems https://www.chemengonline.com/risk-reduction-strategies-with-material-selection-for-ai-data-center-cooling-systems/ https://www.chemengonline.com/risk-reduction-strategies-with-material-selection-for-ai-data-center-cooling-systems/#respond Thu, 07 May 2026 14:53:19 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=327997 There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/risk-reduction-strategies-with-material-selection-for-ai-data-center-cooling-systems/feed/ 0 CSB opens investigation into chemical release in West Virginia https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-opens-investigation-into-chemical-release-in-west-virginia/ https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-opens-investigation-into-chemical-release-in-west-virginia/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:57:10 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=326499 The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) announced today that the agency is opening an investigation into the fatal chemical release on April 22 at the Catalyst Refiners, Inc. facility in Nitro, West Virginia that resulted in the death of two workers and injured several others.  Catalyst Refiners conducts silver […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-opens-investigation-into-chemical-release-in-west-virginia/feed/ 0 Consistent Articulation of Data is Vital for HAZOP Success https://www.chemengonline.com/hazop-data-articulation-is-crucial-for-success/ https://www.chemengonline.com/hazop-data-articulation-is-crucial-for-success/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:01:48 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=324410 From cause statements to documenting scope to traceability, the value of HAZOP data depends strongly on how results are articulated and maintained. While the categorical structure of HAZOP records is well-established in industry, considerable variation exists in how causes, consequences and safeguards are described within that structure. Differences in phrasing, level of specificity and implicit assumptions can lead to materially different interpretations of entries that are, in principle, addressing similar issues.

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/hazop-data-articulation-is-crucial-for-success/feed/ 0 ACC leads coalition supporting improvements to TSCA https://www.chemengonline.com/acc-leads-coalition-supporting-improvements-to-tsca/ https://www.chemengonline.com/acc-leads-coalition-supporting-improvements-to-tsca/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:25:20 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=323773 The American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) and a coalition of over 100 organizations representing a broad spectrum of the U.S. economy today sent a letter urging Congress to advance targeted improvements to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and support a chemical regulatory program at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that is […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/acc-leads-coalition-supporting-improvements-to-tsca/feed/ 0 CSB releases update on investigation into explosions at Tennessee explosives-manufacturing facility https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-releases-update-on-investigation-into-explosions-at-tennessee-explosives-manufacturing-facility/ https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-releases-update-on-investigation-into-explosions-at-tennessee-explosives-manufacturing-facility/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:18:31 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=323771 The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) today released an update on the agency’s ongoing investigation into the catastrophic October 10, 2025, explosions at the Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC (AES) explosives manufacturing facility in McEwen, Tennessee that killed 16 people and injured several others.   At approximately 7:47 a.m. on October […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-releases-update-on-investigation-into-explosions-at-tennessee-explosives-manufacturing-facility/feed/ 0 thyssenkrupp Uhde will install industrial emissions system at nitric-acid plant in Australia https://www.chemengonline.com/323262-2/ https://www.chemengonline.com/323262-2/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2026 16:07:35 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=323262 thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany; www.thyssenkrupp-uhde.com) has been selected by CSBP (Kwinana, Western Australia; www.csbp.com.au) – a chemicals and fertilizers business that forms part of Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) – to deliver its patented EnviNOx® technology for two nitric acid plants at CSBP’s Kwinana site in Western Australia. This follows the successful delivery of the EnviNOx® technology […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/323262-2/feed/ 0 Catalyst and Process Innovation in Low-Carbon Methanol Production https://www.chemengonline.com/catalyst-and-process-innovation-in-low-carbon-methanol-production/ https://www.chemengonline.com/catalyst-and-process-innovation-in-low-carbon-methanol-production/#respond Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:25:43 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=323110 The role of methanol in the global chemical and energy-transition industries is evolving. Innovations in the production of methanol are reducing its carbon footprint Methanol is undergoing a transformation from a commodity chemical to an important enabler of the global energy transition. Already one of the most widely produced and traded chemicals globally, it is […]

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/catalyst-and-process-innovation-in-low-carbon-methanol-production/feed/ 0 Drive to Zero Process Safety: Mapping Cultural Risk Factors https://www.chemengonline.com/drive-to-process-safety-mapping-cultural-risk-factors/ https://www.chemengonline.com/drive-to-process-safety-mapping-cultural-risk-factors/#respond Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=321861 Proactive culture evaluation closes the gap between root causes and cultural factors to promote sustainable safety leadership while also preventing recurring accidents and chronic incidents

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]]> https://www.chemengonline.com/drive-to-process-safety-mapping-cultural-risk-factors/feed/ 0 CSB issues final investigation report on July 2023 ethylene oxide release at Dow site in Louisiana https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-issues-final-investigation-report-on-july-2023-ethylene-oxide-release-at-dow-site-in-louisiana/ https://www.chemengonline.com/csb-issues-final-investigation-report-on-july-2023-ethylene-oxide-release-at-dow-site-in-louisiana/#respond Fri, 27 Feb 2026 21:05:27 +0000 https://www.chemengonline.com/?p=322596 Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) released its final investigation report into the July 2023 explosions, fires, and toxic ethylene oxide (EtO) release at the Dow Chemical Company’s (Dow) Louisiana Operations Glycol II plant in Plaquemine.   At approximately 9:15 p.m. on July 14, 2023, a series of explosions […]

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