Pundits and politicians often frame energy technologies like solar generation and liquid fuels as competitors, not companions. But a visit to Flint Hills Resources’ Pine Bend refinery might change their minds.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFPM Senior Vice President of Government Relations & Policy, Geoff Moody, issued the following statement today on Utah’s announcement of an agreement around House Bill 575.
There are many different opportunities and career paths in the fuel and petrochemical industries. Here are a few programs to help you get moving in the right direction.
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.
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.
Rosemount, Minn. – The flame at the top of a 400-foot stack here at the Flint Hills Resources' Pine Bend refinery used to burn so brightly and so consistently that some say it was used to train pilots to land planes at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.
If you read the headlines in the news lately — “Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Plastics Are Predicted to Rise,” “New Texas petrochemical projects add millions of tons of greenhouse gas pollution, report finds” — you’d think emissions from the petrochemical industry were getting worse.
This career requires you to spend long periods of time away from home and travel great distances, but you also have the opportunity to work independently and see the country.
Using a series of joysticks, levers, and pedals, crane operators use their knowledge of load calculations to place materials around a construction site. Crane Operators operate outside, often on 10-hour shifts.
