Refining

The company is exploring the shutdown of its refinery operations in Naantali and focusing the Naantali site on the terminal and harbour operations.

Burckhardt Compression initially purchased a 60% interest in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, a Chinese compressor manufacturer based in Shenyang, in March 2016.

Implico Group and Aquarius Software collaborate to drive the digitalisation of the oil and gas industry.

Fluor Corp. has announced that its joint venture (JV) with Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Hyundai Heavy Industries, FDH JV, has successfully started up two boilers at the new Al-Zour Refinery.

In order to reach this goal, by 2030 the company will reduce CO2 emissions from its current refining and petrochemical assets by 20%.

Shell Global Solutions International B.V. has awarded Kongsberg Digital an enterprise framework agreement for the supply of digital twin software.

Wood and Aspen Technology have formed a partnership to deliver optimised asset performance management solutions for global enterprises.

The partnership will establish the “Clariant-TJU Academy”.

The engineering services will optimise the refinery’s existing process units’ performance and will address operability and maintenance issues.

The behavioural and economic ramifications of COVID-19 will permanently reduce global energy demand, according to DNV GL’s newly published Energy Transition Outlook.

The technology will be used to increase crude oil conversion and produce cleaner-burning Euro-V standard gasoline and diesel fuel.

The Geelong refinery is operating at reduced production levels due to the impacts on fuel demand as a result of the Victorian Government restrictions on mobility and workplaces.

The two lines, which will use INVISTA’s latest P8 PTA technology, will be installed in Rudong, Nantong City, Jiangsu province, China.

The software will be deployed to help improve refinery margins with real-time, closed-loop, dynamic optimisation increasing the flexibility of operations.

The company will use C3 Oleflex™ technology for propane dehydrogenation for the production of 750 000 t of polymer-grade propylene at its plant in Qinzhou, Guangxi, China.