War in the Middle East has triggered severe global supply disruptions in oil and gas, with reported damage and shutdowns affecting LNG trains, refineries, fuel terminals, and critical gas-to-liquids facilities across the region, according to Rystad Energy.
Ketjen Corp. and Aramco have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop, test, and deploy next-generation fluid catalytic cracking catalysts and additives.
SWEP has announced a strategic partnership with Microchannel Devices (MCD) which will expand SWEP’s market offering with MCD’s printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHE).
Econotherm has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply a heat pipe-based fired heater air-preheater to a major refiner in Thailand.
REZEL Catalysts Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply catalysts for a 600 000 t CATOFIN™ PDH unit operated by Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. in China.
BASF has started up the world’s first production plant for catalysts based on X3D® technology at its Ludwigshafen site, Germany.
BP has reached an agreement to sell its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses to Klesch Group, an independent European refiner.
Abundia has announced that it has entered a multi-project licensing agreement with Topsoe to deploy its HydroFlex® technology for the upgrading process at Abundia's waste-plastics-to-renewable products recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, US.
TwinThread has announced the release of Perfect Batch, an AI-powered manufacturing analytics solution designed to optimise batch production processes by empowering manufacturers to standardise and consistently replicate their best performing or ‘golden batches.’
Baker Hughes has announced a substantial 60 month service award from Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for Brazil’s offshore operations as well as a major refinery.
INA has marked the completion of the Rijeka Refinery Upgrade Project which involved an investment of nearly €700 million, representing the largest single investment in INA’s history.
The 32 Member countries of the IEA have agreed to make 400 million bbl of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
America First Refining has announced the construction of the first new oil refinery built in the US in 50 years, to be located at the Port of Brownsville, Texas.
Annual US crude oil exports in 2025 decreased 3% from 2024, the first annual decrease since 2021, reports the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).