Refining

VTTI will work with Wastefront on the deployment of eight world-scale tyre recycling plants at VTTI sites, using Wastefront’s Blueprint licence.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecast higher oil prices in 2H23, and into 2024.

Gemcorp, Africa Finance Corp. and Afreximbank have announced the financial close of the Cabinda Oil Refinery with a US$335 million project financing facility.

Asia is expected to witness the highest refinery fluid catalytic cracking unit capacity additions globally during 2023 – 2027, says GlobalData.

According to the annual Refinery Capacity Report by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), US refining capacity increased this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has urged the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reverse course on its proposal for new emissions standards for vehicles.

Technip Energies has been selected by Aramco for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract to develop the master plan for Ras Al Khair, a new industrial city in Saudi Arabia.

ABB has developed the new generation AMI 5800 NEMA modular induction motor for use in demanding applications such as pumps, compressors, fans, extruders, conveyors and crushers.

Alleima has received an order for its Sanicro® 35 super-austenitic alloy for overhead exchanger tubes in a crude upgrader facility in Canada.

TotalEnergies and VNG have signed an agreement to initiate the future supply of green hydrogen to the Leuna refinery, which is operated by TotalEnergies.

Honeywell has introduced its new Honeywell Digital Prime solution, a cloud-based digital twin for tracking, managing and testing process control changes and system modifications.

DNV will fully acquire Helsinki-headquartered cybersecurity services firm, Nixu, following a public tender offer which resulted in DNV taking ownership of more than 93% of Nixu’s shares.

The API has released a statement urging House Ways and Means Committee members to support H.R. 3938, the Build It In America Act, to help US oil and natural gas companies unleash economic growth.

Pemex is not expected to start up its new 340 000 bpd Dos Bocas Olmeca refinery until late 2023, or even early 2024, according to an IIR Energy Alert.

Hytera has been selected as the supplier of a professional communications solution for the Yulong Island Refining and Petrochemical Integration project in Shandong Province, China.