Refining

The Kilpilahti power plant, jointly owned by Neste, Borealis and Veolia, is planned to be commissioned in 2018.

Emerson and Flexim have announced they are combing their flow portfolio in order to help customers achieve more efficient and effective capital projects.

The power plant, located northeast of Rawalpindi, is powered by heavy fuel oil (HFO) and supplies electricity to an Attock Refinery facility.

In his recent paper, Dr Mamdouh G Salameh notes that the enabling technologies of renewable energy are not developed enough to properly impact consumption levels of oil in the transport sector.

The consumption of US finished motor gasoline reached a new high of 9.7 million bpd in June 2016, surpassing the previous one month high of 9.6 million bpd set in July 2007.

Colonial Pipeline has shut its main gasoline and distillate lines in Alabama for the second time in two months after an explosion.

World Fuel Services has acquired ExxonMobil's on-airport fuelling operations in Canada and France.

In 1908, the United States produced less than 500 000 bpd of oil, with crude oil production having only started approximately 50 years earlier, according to the EIA.

Downstream earnings declined to US$1.2 billion, primarily due to weaker refining margins.

Peter Finegold, Head of Education and Skills at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has responded to calls for the UK Government to do more on careers advice.

DuPont has announced its DynaWave units will be installed at the PRPC refinery and cracker.

NKNK has awarded GTC with a contract for a benzene production complex modernisation project in Russia.

Fluid Components International has announced the establishment of Fluid Components Saudi Arabia Ltd, a joint venture with GAS Arabian Services Co., Ltd.

The American Petroleum Institute’s Global Industry Services department has established a new Source Inspector Electrical Equipment (SIEE) certification.

API Chief Economist Erica Bowman has highlighted the positive impact that improved energy infrastructure could have on utility prices.