Refining

The PHMSA has announced a new award package valued at almost US$8 million that will fund 10 US pipeline safety and R&D projects.

In a recent AFPM webinar Bruce Taylor, Director of digital transformation at Sinclair Oil, described digital transformation as focusing on getting incremental value from all of the investments made through digitalisation.

Two consortiums led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Technip Italy are bidding for a US$1.8 billion project to upgrade and expand the Dung Quat refinery in Vietnam.

Chevron Corp. has completed its acquisition of Noble Energy Inc.

The review will consider all options for the facility’s operations and for the connected supply chains and markets it serves.

The company to planning to expand the biorefinery's capacity by 250 million gallons to 340 million gal./yr.

KP Engineering will design and install a new waste heat boiler (FCC flue gas cooler), orifice chamber and flue gas slide valve with associated refractory lined ductwork, piping, structures and instrumentation.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has applied for permits to convert its Martinez, California, refinery to a renewable diesel facility.

The company has closed its 115 000 bpd crude distillation unit at its Osaka refinery.

The joint venture will operate under the name Louisiana Integrated PolyEthylene JV LLC.

GE completes gas turbine upgrade at Italian refinery’s CHP plant to help increase revenue and sustainability.

NES Fircroft and Energy Jobline have released the results of the second Women in Energy Global Study.

Axens’ contribution to producing BS-VI-compliant fuels significantly improves air quality in India.

BELCO wet scrubbing technology licensed by DuPont was installed at the Gazpromneft Omsk Oil Refinery during a fluidised catalytic cracking unit revamp.

The alliance will deliver next-generation refinery maintenance solutions in Malaysia and Indonesia.