Refining

API has announced the addition of Shannon DiBari, Rhonda Bentz, and Bianca Domally to the organisation’s senior staff.

The World Petroleum Congress has announced 10 sponsors for the event, which will take place in Houston, Texas, US, in December 2020.

INEOS Phenol has broken ground at its world scale cumene investment in Marl, Germany.

Husky Energy has received the required permit approvals to begin reconstruction at its fire-damaged refinery in Superior, Wisconsin.

DIALOG has officially launched Phase 3A of its Pengerang Deepwater Terminals development, Malaysia.

AMETEK has signed an agreement to acquire instrumentation and software company, Gatan.

In this Q&A, Opportune’s Matt Flanagan addresses the challenges and opportunities presented by IMO 2020, and examines whether the downstream sector is prepared.

The EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2019 projects a nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050.

DuPont Clean Technologies recently held a symposium dedicated to the topics of alkylation and sulfuric acid recovery.

Emerson has established a dedicated organisation focused on digital transformation technologies and programmes.

Former AirAsia X CEO Azran Osman-Rani to speak at OPITO Global Conference

John Crane has announced the opening of its service centre in Livorno, Italy.

Lloyd’s Register has released a new report on the technologies used by oil and gas companies to manage and maintain their assets.

The EIA has reported that fossil fuels continue to account for the largest share of US energy production.

IHS Markit reports that the oil price jump resulting from the attacks in Saudi Arabia will not have any impact on the trajectory of 2019 US shale production.