Refining

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract for India’s largest hydrogen generation unit by Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

Meridian Energy Group Inc. has commenced civil construction of the Davis Refinery in North Dakota, US.

Total creates a digital innovation centre in India in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services.

Neste is aiming to use waste plastic as a raw material for fuels and plastics.

Praxair has renewed a long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery.

The EIA reports that US refining capacity was virtually unchanged between 2017 and 2018.

Maire Tecnimont SpA has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for Borouge's new polypropylene unit.

MGX Minerals Inc. and Highbury Energy Inc. have reported that additional work has commenced on gasification of petroleum coke into a synthetic liquid equivalent.

WorleyParsons has been awarded a three-year contract by NOVA Chemicals for continued engineering on the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project.

Sulzer’s latest advance in random packing design provides higher capacity and efficiency compared to conventional designs.

Yokogawa and Shell have developed a software suite that brings together advanced plant process control technology and real time control technology.

BCCK has appointed Bob Swann as Director of Project Management and Controls.

Cepsa will convert an alkylation unit using hydrofluoric acid to Honeywell UOP’s solid bed Detal-Plus™ technology.

SATORP has selected Axens to evaluate, develop, and implement an Advanced Process Control system for its aromatics complex.

SGS and BHGE have announced a strategic alliance agreement for the deployment and commercialisation of a real time software and sensor-based solution.