Industry News for May:

 

AI Technology for Industrials:

 

  • Finding efficiencies and cost savings  Read More 
  • Nividia makes a splash at Computex for AI’s future in everything - more 
  • Ecosperity targets climate change solutions in heavy industries… more. 
    • Heavy Industries find support in funding and grants from government and foundations for AI transformation… more. 
  • Taiwan sets punitive measures in the quest for Netzero by 2050 ..more 

 

Industry news: 

 

  • Oil price fluctuations send trading to reprice and hedge as OPEC agrees to boost oil production….more. 
  • Indonesia considers reducing refinery capabilities to Singapore amidst pricing disagreement… more. 
  • Supply chain mismatch and tariffs instability affect production planning…more ,

May Incidents:

 

  • Spotlight safety and equipment maintenance
  • China:  Weifong, Shandong chemical plant (May 27) explosion – 6+ deaths, 17+ injured... more
  •  Bahrain BAPCO Refinery – leak in safety valve – 3 deaths (May 2)… more 
  • Ecuador Esmeraldas refinery (May 26)  fire in a fuel oil tank, no injuries... more  
  • India –Effluent Treatment Plant, Tamil Nadu (May 22):explosion at an industrial unit's effluent treatment plant: 35 sickened, 10 residential houses damaged... more 
  • Mexico Diesel Distillation Plant, Cadereyta, Nuevo León (May 21): Explosion related to 14 tanks, 37,000 gallons of diesel: 11 injuries... more 
  • US Hunt Refining Company, Alabama (May 7) fire during efforts to restart the refinery following a power failure: 4 injured... more