The US EPA has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Flint Hills Resources in Corpus Christi, Texas, to modify an existing petroleum refinery. Flint Hills will also modify equipment to allow their West refinery facility to increase capacity to process domestic crude oil. The permit became effective immediately upon signature.
The EPA has also awarded an ethylene cracker permit to Occidental Chemical Corporation (OxyChem) in Ingleside, Texas. Oxychem’s permit allows the company to build an ethylene cracker. OxyChem’s project is a 50/50 joint venture between OxyChem and Mexichem, S.A.B de C.V. The cracker will produce approximately 1.2 bln lbs/y of ethylene using cracking furnaces equipped with selective catalytic reduction technology to control emissions of nitrogen oxides.
03-Jun-14 
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