
Aster expands Bukom refinery capacity
Aster is set to expand capacity at the Bukom refinery, Singapore, with US$155 million rejuvenation drive for growth and supply resiliency with key projects planned.
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Aster is set to expand capacity at the Bukom refinery, Singapore, with US$155 million rejuvenation drive for growth and supply resiliency with key projects planned.

The API has joined organisations representing ethanol producers, oil refiners, fuel marketers, travel plazas, truck stops, and convenience store retailers to express the need for long-term policy certainty across the fuel sector.

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd has partnered with Kanematsu Corp. to become the first Japanese oil refiner to begin supplying bio-blended fuel, a blend of heavy oil and FAME, to ocean-going vessels.

ERGIL has announced the successful engineering, design, and manufacturing of two internal floating roof (IFR) systems for Total Energies’ new storage terminal development in Equatorial Guinea.

ITT Inc., a provider of highly engineered critical components, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Lone Star Funds to acquire SPX FLOW, a provider of highly engineered equipment and process technologies.

DataPARC has announced a strategic partnership with Hitachi Systems to integrate dataPARC’s industrial data platform into Hitachi’s suite of digital manufacturing solutions.

Reganosa Servicios has been chosen by Squadron Energy to operate and maintain the onshore part of the Port Kembla Energy Terminal, New South Wales, Australia.

In the December issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Yoshito Sato, Yokogawa, details the collaboration between Shell and Yokogawa in machine vision and robotics.

Shell has signed a long-term agreement to purchase SAF from Green Sky Capital, which has contributed to providing commercial certainty for investors to move forward with plans to build a commercial-scale SAF plant in Egypt.

US retail prices have fallen below US$3/gal., the lowest price since 2021, the US Energy Information Administration has reported.

AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson has issued a statement on the Trump administration’s proposed revised 2027 - 2031 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards.

LBC Vlissingen has been awarded a €6.6 million subsidy to further develop its terminal in Zeeland, the Netherlands.