Refining

Pemex heavy crude oil has arrived at Genoil’s engineering centre for a commercial and scientific demonstration run of a desulfurisation process.

Parkland Fuel Corp. has completed a turnaround project at the Parkland Burnaby Refinery.

Vivakor Inc. has engaged Inland Recycling in an MoU for joint oil reclamation services throughout the US.

Wood has secured a new contract, under which it is delivering front-end engineering design for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery.

The risks to safety and revenue associated with corrosion in refineries and petrochemical plants are too high to ignore. Phil Yule, Cosasco, explains.

Buckeye Partners has announced the expansion of its Chicago Complex, as well as the execution of a long-term agreement with BP Products North America Inc.

ExxonMobil has completed the heavy lift of a new lubricants reactor at its Singapore Refinery.

FluidOil is set to form a joint venture to advance the commercialisation of its VHTL upgrading technology in Mexico.

GlobalData analysis suggests that China has the highest planned hydrocracker capacity globally during 2018 to 2022.

JXTG and PETROLIMEX have signed a memorandum of understanding to carry out a feasibility study utilising a refinery in Japan.

STATS Group has extended its relationship with OSD Pty Ltd in order to target new opportunities in the Australia and Papua New Guinea.

W. R. Grace & Co. has completed a US$416 million acquisition of the Polyolefin Catalysts business of Albemarle Corp.

Through a new feedstock supply and processing agreement with Platon Gas Oil Ghana, Petrogress is expanding its downstream presence in Ghana.

ADNOC has signed two new three-year deals for the sale of up to 1.5 million tpy of naphtha as part of its 2030 smart growth strategy.

Petroecuador has selected Siemens’ industrial gas turbine for power generation at its Shushufindi refinery.