Refining

Ecopetrol has awarded Stork a framework agreement for plant turnaround services for its Barrancabermeja and Cartagena refineries in Colombia.

Stork Consortium has been awarded a four-year turnaround framework agreement by Ecopetrol in Colombia.

BHGE and C3.ai have announced a joint venture aiming to combine their expertise and offer AI solutions to the oil and gas industry.

ESAI Energy forecasts that Singapore will face a challenging demand shift from IMO 2020.

GlobalData reports that the oil and gas industry is gearing up for robotics adoption to drive productivity and efficiency.

SUEZ’s Optisea uses new chemical and monitoring offering to eliminate deposition and fouling in seawater cooling systems.

AVEVA selected by Husky Energy for the provision of an end-to-end supply chain management solution for their downstream business.

ClearSign and ASHCOR will collaboratively develop, manufacture and market flares globally.

Air Liquide has signed two long-term supply agreements with Marathon Petroleum for up to 900 tpd of oxygen in the Gulf Coast.

Global Compressor LP has announced the expansion of its headquarters in Houston, Texas, US.

Sulzur looks at how weld overlay for coker drums can be carried out effectively, using finite element analysis.

Rystad Energy believes that OPEC+ countries will not be able to increase oil production levels in the second half of 2019 without having a detrimental effect on oil prices.

Aramco Trading’s new Fujairah office will handle all gasoline and fuel oil storage and blending activities, as part of a push into new markets.

INVISTA and Koch-Glitsch will offer their ExoS solvent extraction technology to refineries, pledging to preserve octane and reduce the hydrotreater load.

Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding, Aspen Technology and Hexagon are to collaborate to offer digital solutions to process industries.