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US 2nd-largest petroleum refinery to pay more than $5.3M for Clean Air Act violations

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Croix, US Virgin Islands refinery. Hovensa LLC became the owner and operator of the former Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. The government of the US Virgin Islands has joined in the settlement and will receive a portion of the civil penalty. HOVIC) refinery on 30 October 1998.

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IMO sets 2020 date for ships to comply with low sulfur fuel oil requirement; 5000 ppm

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The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the regulatory authority for international shipping, decided to implement a global sulfur cap of 0.50% m/m (mass/mass) (5,000 ppm) on fuel oil starting 1 January 2020 during its Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC), meeting for its 70 th session in London.

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Wising Up About Energy Use

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Diana Mott, who we had the pleasure of meeting at the Maho Bay Eco Resort on the island of St. John in the US Virgin islands. If only we could plug those dumb power users into this new brain-in-a-box from Sentilla: A big Greenius “thank you&# to our pal in New York City, Ms.