Refining

The FMC Technologies Board of Directors has appointed Douglas J. Pferdehirt President and CEO of FMC Technologies, effective 1 September 2016.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has reported that energy production has hit a record high, but consumption and CO2 emissions have fallen.

KP Engineering has won an EPC contract for a crude condensate splitter and an associated tank farm at Targa’s storage and marine terminal facility.

The Energy Institute (EI) has released a new publication, A guide to energy management, as part of its Energy Essentials collection.

PKN ORLEN has signed its first long term contract to supply crude oil to Saudi Aramco.

On a per barrel basis, consolidated refinery gross margin was US$7.59 per produced barrel, a 55% decrease compared to US$16.69 for the first quarter of 2015.

The Catalysis Research Centre is home to MuniCat, the Munich catalysis research alliance between TUM and the specialty chemicals company Clariant.

Fluor’s Energy, Chemicals & Mining segment reported segment profit of US$182 million in the first quarter of 2016.

The EIA has found that in 2015 US oil imports had a higher API gravity than domestically produced crude.

Supported by slow fleet growth and ongoing positive refinery margins, VLCC earnings in 1Q16 were up from a year ago, but down from 4Q15.

Tesoro’s total refining throughput increased by 86 000 bpd compared to the first quarter of 2015.

LUKOIL has obtained an approval of the General Board of State Expert Review for the engineering project of light oil products delivery to the OAO AK Transneft pipeline transportation system in Kstovo.

Blends of petroleum-based gasoline with 10% ethanol, commonly referred to as E10, account for more than 95% of the fuel consumed in motor vehicles with gasoline engines.

US demand for corrosion inhibitors is forecast to rise 3.1%/y to US$2.8 billion in 2020, while volume will approach 1.7 billion lbs.

Harald Großmann, Sulzer Neuss Service Center, looks at the maintenance challenges facing petrochemical refineries and how to improve asset performance and reliability.