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Benzene Exposure in the Petroleum Refining Industry

Applied Industrial Hygiene, 1987
Abstract Benzene exposure data, submitted by nine petroleum refining companies, were studied with the general objective of characterizing the distribution of exposures within work operations and job categories. The data were collected by company hygienists over the period of years between 1978 and 1984.
Robert C. Spear, Steve Selvin, Jane Schulman, Marcie Francis   +3 more
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Regulatory Capture in the Petroleum Refining Industry

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
The capture theory of regulation concludes that regulatory agencies tend to be captured by the firms they are regulating. This paper tests the capture theory in the recent environment of nuanced agency regulation by the administrative state, focusing on the U.S. oil refining industry.
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Survival in the U.S. petroleum refining industry

Journal of Applied Statistics, 2012
Of the 324 petroleum refineries operating in the U.S. in 1982, only 149 were still in the hands of their original owners in 2007. Using duration analysis, this paper explores why refineries change ownership or shut down. Plants are more likely to ‘survive’ with their original owners if they are older or larger, but less likely if the owner is a major ...
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Petroleum Refining and Selected Chemical Industries

1957
Several important chemical industries, including petroleum refining, the synthetic rubber industry, the coke chemical industry, and the synthetic ammonia industry, are featured in common by largely unhoused plants and unenclosed units, by tall structures, and by great use of water and other liquids in their operations.
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Environmental Issues Related to the Petroleum Refining Industry

2013
Environmental considerations are increasingly affecting the profit margins of petroleum refineries and thus ought to be taken into account in the design and operations of refineries. This chapter is divided into three main parts, each addressing the three major types of environmental pollution related to the operations of a petroleum refinery: water ...
Cheng Seong Khor, Ali Elkamel
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Will Biochemical Catalysis Impact the Petroleum Refining Industry?

Energy & Fuels, 2002
The potential application of biochemical catalysis in the petroleum refining industry is discussed by a prospective analysis of the available data on the microbial and enzymatic modification of oil products. The proposed biotechnological processes can be considered either alternative or complementary to conventional oil refining technologies ...
Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt, Eduardo Torres, Brenda Valderrama, Sylvie Le Borgne   +3 more
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Profitability of the petroleum refining industry

Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils, 1972
D. Notkin, V. Sukhanov
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Regulatory capture in the US petroleum refining industry

Journal of Industrial and Business Economics, 2019
The capture theory of regulation concludes that regulatory agencies tend to be captured by the firms they are regulating. This paper tests the capture theory in the recent environment of nuanced agency regulation by the administrative state, focusing on the US oil refining industry.
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Cleaner production indicator system of petroleum refining industry：From life cycle perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022
Guangxin Liu, Yutao Wang
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Outlook of Japanese Petroleum Refining Industry

Journal of the Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1980
Yutaka KATAYAMA, Haruo KANAZAWA
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