Refining

Petrobras has announced that it has started the disclosure of divestment opportunities in refining and logistics.

CITGO Petroleum Corp.’s Lubricants Manufacturing Plant in Oklahoma City, US, has achieved a new record of no lost work days.

Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Industries Co. has held a ceremony to mark the launch of construction work at the 230 000 bpd Duqm Refinery.

ExxonMobil is launching a mass flow metering system for marine gas oil in Singapore.

The US EPA has approved public participation changes to Texas’ clean-air plan.

McDermott has won a self-perform diving scope for a SAPREF Refinery in South Africa and BP Angelin Project in Trinidad and Tobago.

A total of 210 000 visitors attended HANNOVER MESSE, which focused on the interaction of humans with digitisation, robots and machine learning.

Shell has signed an agreement to sell its downstream business in Argentina to Raízen.

Albemarle Corp. has announced that it is the primary hydroprocessing catalyst manufacturer for the DuPont IsoTherming hydroprocessing technology.

Meridian Energy is preparing to commence the construction of the proposed Davis Refinery.

ADNOC is set to engage in non-speculative trading to optimise crude and product flows support downstream international growth.

McDermott International Inc. and CB&I have announced that the combined company intends to retain the name McDermott.

BCP has awarded Hyundai Engineering an EPC contract for its oil refinery in the Phra Khanong district of Bangkok, Thailand.

Calash supported Castle Harlan’s acquisition of Exterran Corp.’s oil and gas production equipment assets in North America.

Artificial intelligence is set to be a key theme at this year’s HANNOVER MESSE, which opens today.