Refining

The EIA notes that positive US ethanol margins are driving ethanol production growth.

A report from Marsh suggests that energy executives are increasingly concerned about the impact of cyber-attacks on their operations.

ESAI Energy notes that US exports of gasoline and diesel to Latin America will remain stable this year.

Sinochem Group has started up a DuPont wet gas scrubbing system at its sulfur recovery unit to reduce emissions in order to meet current SOx regulations.

Orbital has been awarded a US$2.1 million sole-source integration project for a major US energy company.

Wattco has announced the opening of a new building in LaSalle, Quebec, Canada.

Neste is rebuilding the wastewater treatment plant at its refinery in Porvoo, which is expected to enhance the refinery's competitiveness and reduce its environmental impact.

CB&I has announced that its CDAlky technology has been selected by Valero Refining for its St. Charles Alkylation Project in the US.

The EIA reports that net imports of jet fuel into the US West Coast have increased as regional jet fuel consumption has outpaced production.

A new survey from Aspen Technology Inc. suggests that digitalisation can help energy companies save OPEX.

Sulzer has designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned 15 pump skids in a successful 10 month project.

Linde will provide optimised and highly integrated HDA applications to the petrochemicals industry.

AVEVA and Schneider Electric’s industrial software business have combined to create a leading engineering and industrial software company.

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station has named Dr Eric Petersen as the new Turbomachinery Laboratory Director.

Scott Lehmann, Petrotechnics, UK, explains why it is essential to get the digital approach right if operators are to achieve operational excellence in the fourth industrial revolution.