- November 20, 2009 | BY Lynn Baker Weekly List of Refinery Events The USW is providing a weekly list of process safety upsets and refinery events to inform our members and the public of how frequent these incidents happen at U.S. oil refineries. The information listed is from the Department of Energy website and only includes incidents that have been reported to the government and the media.
- November 21, 2009 USW Issues Statement on Valero Refinery Closure in Delaware City Valero announced today that it was permanently closing its Delaware City, Del., refinery because of “financial losses caused by very poor economic conditions, significant capital spending requirements and high operating costs.”
- November 10, 2009 United Steelworkers Union Holds Community Educational Forum, Press Conference in Corpus Christi on Dangers, Alternatives to Hydrogen Fluoride Use in Refineries The community educational forum will include presentations by an expert on hydrogen fluoride and a vendor offering an alternative chemical process. A question and answer session will follow the program. The press conference is open only to the press and will give journalists an opportunity to ask questions of most of the speakers.
- September 11, 2009 USW Incident Report: We Need Your Help The USW is documenting the daily incidents that take place at your worksites: pump trips that lead to unit upsets or flaring; leaks in pipes, vessels and tanks whether they are product or utility leaks; safety system activations including PRV (process relief valve) relief on a process unit or tank whatever the cause.
- September 11, 2009 USW Applauds EPA Rejecting Portions of Texas Clean-Air Permitting Program The United Steelworkers (USW) Union today applauded the EPA for its proposal to disapprove parts of the Texas clean-air permitting program that do not meet federal Clean Air Act requirements.
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- November 13, 2009 USW Criticizes Absence of Elected Officials at Community Forum on Hydrogen Fluoride The United Steelworkers Union (USW) is asking why elected officials from Corpus Christi did not appear at a community forum Nov. 11 to discuss the dangers of using hydrogen fluoride (HF) in area refineries and its alternatives.
- November 10, 2009 United Steelworkers Union Holds Community Educational Forum The community educational forum will include presentations by an expert on hydrogen fluoride and a vendor offering an alternative chemical process. A question and answer session will follow the program. The press conference is open only to the press and will give journalists ... more
- August 31, 2009 United Steelworkers Union Calls for Industry-wide Phase-out of Hydrogen Fluoride in Oil Refinery Alkylation Units The United Steelworkers (USW) announced today that it is calling for the nationwide phase-out of hydrogen fluoride alkylation units. “Hydrogen fluoride is such a deadly component, and there are new and safer technologies available,” said USW Vice President Gary Beevers, who is in charge of the union’s oil sector.
- August 07, 2009 USW Reiterates Need for Tariffs to Halt Surge of Chinese Tires Flooding U.S. The United Steelworkers today presented a comprehensive overview before the U.S. Trade Representative of its Section 421 trade case filed in April against a flood of 46 million passenger and light tire truck tires from China valued at $1.7 billion in 2008. Click here for the entire press release.
- August 04, 2009 USW Withdraw from Talks with American Petroleum Institute, Oil Industry The United Steelworkers withdrew from talks today with the American Petroleum Institute and the oil industry because of safety issues. Click here for more.
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