Refining

Many operators will be aiming to take advantage of the price pressures on the supply chain due to the current market downturn.

Veolia has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by Aibel Singapore on behalf of Woodside Petroleum Ltd for the supply of a customised water flood water treatment system.

On 1 December, the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) new diesel engine oil standards, API CK-4 and FA-4, will begin appearing in the marketplace on licensed products and marketing materials.

A group of delegates, led by the Azerbaijani Energy Minister, have visited several West African countries to discuss oil and gas operations for the future.

Petrobras has reported that its Board of Directors approved the signing of the contract for the sale of Liquigás Distribuidora S.A. to Companhia Ultragaz S.A.

The American Chemistry Council (ACC) has issued a statement in response to the Department of the Interior's (DOI) final Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Programme for 2017 – 2022.

Tricor Refining has awarded a follow-on contract to ClearSign Combustion to retrofit a Duplex system into a Cleaver-Brooks water tube boiler.

Total petroleum deliveries in October moved up 3.0% from October 2015 to average 20.1 million bpd, and were the highest October deliveries in nine years, since 2007.

A refinery in North America commissioned and installed a high fidelity STRATCO operator training simulator (OTS) for two sulfuric acid alkylation units.

As a result of major transformations in the global energy system that take place over the next decades, renewables and natural gas are the winners in the race to meet energy demand growth until 2040.

Johnson Matthey has reported half year results for the six months ended 30 September 2016.

Canadian refinery, North West Redwater, has announced it will begin to recycle its water with GE’s wastewater and chemical treatment technologies.

The oil and gas industry, led by its skill organisation, OPITO, is calling for immediate clarity on how the money from the new tax, raised through the Apprenticeship Levy, will be redistributed.

Wood Group has been awarded a US$40 million automation services contract for the ExxonMobil polyethylene plant.

One of the industry's latest pay benchmarking report has shown a 4% increase in engineering graduates’ pay, according to EEF.