Refining

As the peak of the hurricane season approaches, refiners and petrochemical manufacturers in the US are working to ensure that their facilities are secure and prepared to withstand storms.

MPLX LP has confirmed that it has completed the acquisition of Andeavor Logistics LP in a unit-for-unit transaction.

Zeeland Refinery has announced that it is to expand the refinery’s hydrocracker with an additional reactor.

EthosEnergy has taken over operations and maintenance of a Louisiana cogeneration facility for ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refining and chemicals complex.

Raising Eni’s refining capacity by 35%, the company has acquired a 20% equity interest in ADNOC Refining and the pair enter a trading joint venture with OMV.

Emerson has opened its newest cybersecurity laboratory in Pune, India, to help manufacturers confidently adopt digital transformation strategies.

Metso has signed new distributor agreements in eight European countries for its valve business.

Chevron Lummus Global has been awarded a licence and engineering contract for a lubricants base oil plant at IndianOil’s Haldia Refinery.

Yokogawa Electric Corp. has received the Global Customer Value Leadership Award for Integrated Performance Management from Frost & Sullivan.

ABB has received an order to modernise a major oil refinery in Kazakhstan.

Following his opening keynote speech at ERTC 2018, Richard de Caux, Head of Refining Analysis, BP, discussed the long-term future of oil demand with WRA.

Detailing the statistics of world oil, natural gas, and renewables, Eni has released its annual World Oil, Gas and Renewables Review.

Burns & McDonnell has announced an expansion of its office space in Houston, Texas, US.

Charles E. Schwenck has joined Meridian Energy Group as Executive Vice President, Law, and Chief Commercial Officer.

The acquisition reflects the growing importance that Fluke Corp.’s customers place on reliability systems.