Refining

Sulzer looks at the advances in digitalisation and new manufacturing techniques for rotating equipment.

Neste is to sell its fuel retail business of 75 fuel stations and a terminal in the St Petersburg region to Tatneft.

Focusing on developing their relationship in the downstream industry, Tatneft and Slovnaft have signed a cooperation agreement.

Well Resources has announced the completed construction of two Ionikylation units at Sinopec’s Anqing and Wuhan refineries.

Total and Air Liquide are among eight companies that have signed a manifesto on Artificial Intelligence for Industry.

ExxonMobil launches Mobil Pegasus 610 Ultra oil for modern medium- and high-speed four cycle gas engines.

Total has started up production at the La Mède biorefinery in southeastern France.

Part of LOTOS’ EFRA project, the delayed coking unit with auxiliary infrastructure has reached the ready for start-up phase.

ESAI Energy expects OPEC+ countries to extend their production restraint another six months, due to weak demand and soft crude oil prices.

The nomination deadline for the Inaugural Downstream Industry Awards, taking place in Houston, Texas, US, on 19 November 2019, has been extended.

The US EIA reports that there was an increase in petroleum and natural gas consumption in 2018, although coal consumption fell 4.3%.

ValvTechnologies Inc. has met the requirements of API 641 through third party witnessed testing.

Nine US Senators have urged the administration to ensure that qualified small refineries continue to have protection from disproportionate economic hardship brought on by the Renewable Fuel Standard.

The EIA has reported that US refinery capacity reached a record high of 18.8 million b/cd at the start of 2019.

Petronas’ BeyondHome programme was organised to encourage local oil and gas vendors to expand into foreign markets.