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Baseball and our Industries

March 29, 2018

Baseball and the fuels and petrochemicals industries are inextricably linked.

A New Mission for Veterans: Finding A Fresh Sense of Purpose

July 3, 2018

After serving their country honorably, many members of the armed forces face a transition to civilian life that can often be exciting and confusing.

Trump can reap the full benefits of tax reform by keeping NAFTA intact

February 20, 2018

*The op-ed below originally appeared in the Houston Chronicle on Monday, February 19, 2018 President Trump clinched a historic victory with tax reform. Now he needs to avoid making a historic mistake...

Gasoline Fuels Ambition—and First Jobs

March 10, 2018

Last spring,11-year-old Q’yaron Gadsonrode his bicycle up to a neighbor mowing his lawn to ask if he could assume the job that summer to gain work experience.

On National Manufacturing Day, Industry Job Growth Holds Strong

October 5, 2018

As American manufacturers champion their contributions to economic competitiveness and product innovation today, the industry has yet another reason to celebrate – U.S. manufacturing employment is still on the rise.

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Safety Performance

6 December 2018

Refining and Petrochemical industries rank sixth and seventh of 519 manufacturing segments for the lowest rates of injuries and illnesses.

After Active Duty, Veterans Find New Purpose in Refinery Work

November 30, 2018

What comes next for returning service members varies greatly. For McNeill and Harbin, both found rewarding work that instilled pride in them not too dissimilar from what they felt serving their country - in the fuel refining and petrochemical industries.

How ‘Big Oil’ and small business work hand in hand

November 20, 2018

Over the past two decades, as the HollyFrontier Navajo Refinery has more than doubled its output, the surrounding community of Artesia, New Mexico has developed its local business district to support this unprecedented growth.

In Petrochemical Industry, A Second Wave Of Growth Brought By Shale

April 11, 2018

BAYTOWN, TEXAS – A decade ago, when Mike Zamora ran ExxonMobil’s Baytown petrochemical plant, his vision to expand the facility and boost its capacity was nothing but a pipe dream.

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Advancing Process Safety Programs

12 December 2018

Our members continuously look for opportunities to enhance safety and recognize that an effective way to improve process safety performance throughout the industry is to learn from one other. Advancing Process Safety is a collection of programs that provide the industry with more frequent and effective opportunities to share experiences and knowledge.