Refining

AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson has issued a statement today on the EPA’s announcement of a record-breaking final Renewable Fuel Standard rule covering years 2026 and 2027.

MAIRE has announced that Tecnimont has been awarded a rehabilitation study contract worth US$50 million for the upgrading of the Guaracara Refinery Complex, located in Point a Pierre, Trinidad and Tobago.

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan, have announced an extension of the second open season for the Western Gateway Pipeline, a newly proposed refined products pipeline system.

War in the Middle East has triggered severe global supply disruptions in oil and gas, with reported damage and shutdowns affecting LNG trains, refineries, fuel terminals, and critical gas-to-liquids facilities across the region, according to Rystad Energy.

Ketjen Corp. and Aramco have entered into a joint development agreement to co-develop, test, and deploy next-generation fluid catalytic cracking catalysts and additives.

SWEP has announced a strategic partnership with Microchannel Devices (MCD) which will expand SWEP’s market offering with MCD’s printed circuit heat exchangers (PCHE).

Econotherm has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply a heat pipe-based fired heater air-preheater to a major refiner in Thailand.

REZEL Catalysts Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply catalysts for a 600 000 t CATOFIN™ PDH unit operated by Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. in China.

BASF has started up the world’s first production plant for catalysts based on X3D® technology at its Ludwigshafen site, Germany.

BP has reached an agreement to sell its Gelsenkirchen refinery and related businesses to Klesch Group, an independent European refiner.

Abundia has announced that it has entered a multi-project licensing agreement with Topsoe to deploy its HydroFlex® technology for the upgrading process at Abundia's waste-plastics-to-renewable products recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, US.

TwinThread has announced the release of Perfect Batch, an AI-powered manufacturing analytics solution designed to optimise batch production processes by empowering manufacturers to standardise and consistently replicate their best performing or ‘golden batches.’

Baker Hughes has announced a substantial 60 month service award from Petrobras to support critical turbomachinery equipment for Brazil’s offshore operations as well as a major refinery.

INA has marked the completion of the Rijeka Refinery Upgrade Project which involved an investment of nearly €700 million, representing the largest single investment in INA’s history.

The 32 Member countries of the IEA have agreed to make 400 million bbl of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East.