Esso fined £1M after UK refinery gas leak exposed workers to ‘life-threatening risks’

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined Esso, which is a trading name of ExxonMobil, £1M after a “failure to properly manage the integrity of plant and equipment” resulted in the leak of 2.4t of “highly flammable liquid petroleum gas” from its Fawley Refinery… The post Esso fined £1M after UK refinery gas leak exposed workers to ‘life-threatening risks’ appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Seven workers suspended from chemical job leave site

Seven construction workers who were suspended after downing tools at a refinery job over health and safety concerns will not be returning to the site. The employees were among a group of 30 suspended in December from client Johnson Matthey’s project, with unions alleging “unsafe”… The post Seven workers suspended from chemical job leave site appeared first on Construction News.

René Morkos: Makes Artificial Intelligence Work for Contractors for an Industrialized Future

René Morkos is a second-generation civil engineer who has worked on underwater pipeline construction, automation engineering on a $350-million gas refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi and as a project manager in Afghanistan.

Stardust Power Raises $15M to Advance Preconstruction Work at Okla. Lithium Refinery

What does a $15M million financing actually unlock for a lithium refinery, and why has Stardust Power’s Oklahoma project still in preconstruction a year after groundbreaking?

Government confirms sites for new munitions factories

Potential sites include the Grangemouth oil refinery complex in Scotland, Teesside in the North East and Milford Haven in Wales. The post Government confirms sites for new munitions factories appeared first on Property Week.