Refining

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.

Total and Corbion have announced they will form a joint venture in bioplastics, producing polylactic polymers.

BP has announced it will propose the appointment of Deloitte as its auditor from 2018.

According to GlobalData, the UK will account for the majority of crude and natural gas projects in North Sea, with 22 operations expected to commence operations in the region, by 2025.

Douglas-Westwood has recently undertaken analysis to understand prospects for the industry should it see a near term upswing in oil prices.

EPA should avoid imposing additional, unnecessary burdens on a promising US energy renaissance, according to the API.

EMEX has released a statement questioning whether the recent president-elect, Donald Trump, will have a positive effect on energy bills in the UK.

The Ballsh oil refinery suffered an explosion in it's hydrogen unit on Friday 11 November, fatally injuring one worker.

The Oman Oil Company has signed an MoU with Kuwait Petroleum International for the latter to invest in the Duqm Refinery and Petrochemical Complex project.