Refining

The EIA reports that average monthly prices for regular-grade retail gasoline in the US could increase by more than 10 cents per gal. if refinery output is lower than expected.

KBR has been awarded a contract by OCI Global to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility in Texas, US.

Worley has been selected to design and evaluate carbon dioxide gathering, handling and sequestration facilities for the Bayou Bend CCS LLC joint venture.

This agreement formalises an important alliance aimed at strengthening collaboration and technical exchanges between both organisations and its members.

EET Fuels will host a series of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Stanlow Refinery.

Integrated Global Services (IGS) has been recognised as a major contributor to the successful Ras Tanura Refinery (RTR) 2024 Mega Turnaround and Inspection (T&I) for Aramco.

BASF and International Process Plants (IPP) have entered an agreement to market ammonia, methanol and melamine plants located at BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

TotalEnergies and SINOPEC have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to deepen their collaboration, notably in low-carbon energies.

Cerilon GTL ND Inc. has awarded Worley an agreement for the FEED phase of its gas-to-liquids (GTL) project in North Dakota, US.

ClearSign Technologies Corp. has announced the receipt of two purchase orders to complete the engineering of burners for the fitting of two additional process heaters in a California refinery for a total of four burners.

Axens Regional Operations Center (ROC) Americas has announced plans to relocate and expand Axens North America, Inc. and Petro-Chem Development Co., Inc. offices.

Clariant has announced numbers that highlight how the use of its catalyst products enabled the avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions in 2023.

The EIA reports that China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil, imported 11.3 million bpd of crude oil in 2023, 10% more than in 2022, according to China customs data.

Fluor provided engineering and procurement (EP) services to convert an idled petroleum refinery into a modern facility that produces renewable diesel fuel from soybean oil.

Following the recent AFPM Annual Meeting in Dallas, Texas, US, the AFPM has released a snapshot of some of the key themes discussed throughout the conference.