Refining

BP and Petrobras have formed a strategic alliance to explore potential joint commercial agreements in upstream, downstream, trading and across low carbon initiatives.

KBR has been awarded a license and basic engineering design contract by ENAP Refinerías SA at its Bío Bío refinery in Concepcion, Chile.

KBC and Phillip Townsend Associates Inc. have formed a new strategic partnership for energy business.

NERA has welcomed the Australian federal government's announcement of a Future Fuels Cooperative Research Centres programme.

Saudi Aramco has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ratnagiri Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd to develop and build an integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex.

IHS Markit reports that one third of the US Gulf Coast heavy oil market could be supplied by Canada by 2020.

Pemex heavy crude oil has arrived at Genoil’s engineering centre for a commercial and scientific demonstration run of a desulfurisation process.

Parkland Fuel Corp. has completed a turnaround project at the Parkland Burnaby Refinery.

Vivakor Inc. has engaged Inland Recycling in an MoU for joint oil reclamation services throughout the US.

Wood has secured a new contract, under which it is delivering front-end engineering design for Statoil’s Mongstad refinery.

The risks to safety and revenue associated with corrosion in refineries and petrochemical plants are too high to ignore. Phil Yule, Cosasco, explains.

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.