Refining

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.

Exion Systems has awarded its first two contracts to build and install the Exion LT system.

The companies have announced the formation of two new joint ventures for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project in Malaysia.

The company has delivered two heavy and oversized columns to Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery for the construction of its new combined facility.

One project is to introduce crude oil processing flexibility and the other is to recover power and water, both at the ADNOC-owned Ruwais oil refinery.

Chevron Lummus Global has announced the start-up of Saudi Aramco’s Luberef II Yanbu Refinery Expansion for the production of premium base oils.