In 2025, the US imported an average of 490 000 bpd of crude oil from the Middle East Gulf region – Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, the US EIA has reported.
In this latest Hydrocarbon Engineering Spotlight Interview, Senior Editor, Callum O'Reilly is joined by Fernán Serralunga, Specialist in Energy and Emissions Management Systems, at KBC, A Yokogawa Company.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced that it has underwritten US$2.5 billion in the US$4-billion senior syndicated term loan in favour of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.
The European Investment Bank and Eni have signed a 15-year loan for €500 million to convert selected units of Eni’s Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery, Italy, into a biorefinery.
Phelan Green has announced that it has selected Honeywell’s renewable fuel process technology for its planned eSAF facility in Saldanha Bay, Western Cape, South Africa.
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MAIRE has announced that Nextchem, through its subsidiary KT Tech, has been awarded a contract for early engineering works and proprietary equipment supply for an SAF plant under development in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia.
OCI Global have announced the completion of the sale of 100% of its equity interests in OCI Ammonia Holding B.V. to AGROFERT, a.s., a significant European nitrogen products manufacturer.
HES International has joined the German Carbon Management Allianz to advance Europe's CO2 infrastructure.
BASF is launching Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexylacrylate RE, two new products that are manufactured at BASF’s Freeport, Texas site, US, with attributed electricity from renewable sources.
Gevo Inc. has announced that it is developing plans for a potential expansion at the site of its Richardton, North Dakota facility in the US, by adding a second ethanol production facility.
Integrated solvent dewaxing and deoiling systems gradually replace conventional wax separation units in refineries. The combination of solvent dewaxing and solvent or solvent-free deoiling improves operational efficiency and final products qualities. It reduces investment and operating costs. Refineries are unlocking additional value while meeting increasingly stringent market and regulatory requirements.
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