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Businesswire | July 11, 2023

Resurgens Technology Partners, a software-focused private equity firm, today announced its platform investment in Detechtion, a leading provider of real time asset performance management solutions. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in San Luis Obispo, California; Calgary, Alberta; and Brisbane, Australia, Detechtion was founded in 1999 with the mission to improve field asset performance and field workforce efficiency for energy companies. The company offers a complem...

Chemical Management

Shell | June 02, 2022

Shell Retail and Convenience Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Products US has completed the acquisition of certain company-owned fuel and convenience retail sites from the Landmark group of companies. The acquisition also includes supply agreements for the independently operated fuel and convenience sites. Building on the strength of its existing networks, this acquisition brings Shell closer to its customers and enhances Shell's market presence by growin...

EPA | January 14, 2020

Environmental and trade union organisations have sued the US EPA for gutting regulations designed to improve safety at chemical facilities. The lawsuits aim to reverse a Trump administration rollback of the Obama-era Chemical Disaster Rule. The original rule – which took the form of an amendment to the Risk Management Program (RMP) – was meant to make it easier for the public to access hazard planning documents, provide increased information to local officials and require more coordi...

media7 | March 11, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with The Uni-Kool Partners (Uni-Kool) corporation to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act. The violations pertain to chemical accident prevention requirements at Uni-Kool’s produce storage and distribution facility in Yuma. Uni-Kool will pay a $26,250 civil penalty and spend at least $98,438 to further improve environmental, health and safety conditions at the facility. Uni-Kool’s industrial refr...