Refining

The US EIA reports that the US trade gap for products has narrowed, with imports 1.5 times greater than exports.

S2 POLAR announced at Gulf Coast Conference.

China will add 900 000 bpd of crude distillation capacity between late 2018 and early 2019, but China’s overall production of transport fuels will grow less than one might think, according to ESAI Energy’s newly released China Watch.

This award follows a 2016 award to Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), McDermott's joint venture with Chevron, for its delayed coking technology, and highlights the significance of pull through opportunities that McDermott's Lummus Technology business offers other parts of the organisation.

Attendees at Honeywell User Group 2018 came to together to share the latest in industrial innovation.

Total has opened a new state-of-the-art lubricants oil blending plant in the Kaluga region of Russia.

New report forecasts Asia to be the major contributor to the growth of the global refinery coking units industry between 2018 and 2022.

Full scale commercial demonstration to take place at Imperial Oil’s Sarnia Refinery.

New laboratory to provide expanded focus on downstream refining, petrochemical, and upstream oil and gas processing applications.

KBC has announced a strategic partnership with HTRI to provide the oil and gas sector with enhanced engineering design.

OPIS has completed a benchmark assurance review for natural gas, NGL, refined and renewable products.

McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded a technology contract by INEOS for the license and engineering of a planned propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Europe.

Thermoplastic valve and pipe manufacturer Asahi/America Inc. has acquired fabrication shop Performance Plastics Inc.

A Rystad Energy report suggests that a swing producer can stabilise the market if the right heuristics are applied.

The EIA reports that the average density of crude oil produced in the US is becoming lighter as domestic production increases.