Refining

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) has issued a statement following California’s request to ban sales of new gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2035.

Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) and TAQAT Development Co. have announced a license and engineering agreement for a needle coke/synthetic graphite complex.

Lummus Technology has announced that it has reached an agreement with Siemens Energy to acquire assets from its water solutions portfolio including intellectual property and copyrights, trade secrets, and research and development properties.

The Fergana oil refinery in Uzbekistan has made significant progress with its ambitious renovations.

McDermott has been awarded a project management consultancy contract from IOCL for the maleic anhydride unit at the Panipat refinery and petrochemical complex, located 62 miles from New Delhi, India.

With record high margins in 2022 pushing toward increasing market tightness, volatility, and potential long-term challenges, players can use this time as an opportunity to become more resilient. Cherry Ding, Tim Fitzgibbon, Hari Govindahari and Brian Roth, McKinsey, discuss.

The UAE's economic growth prospects for 2023 face key obstacles, including a decline in oil output resulting from OPEC-agreed production cuts, a slowdown in the non-oil sector due to higher interest rates, and subdued external demand.

API has signed two separate MoUs with ASNT and NDTMA to support the industry’s shared goal of promoting quality non-destructive testing and examination, and enhanced safety for the natural gas and oil industry.

Aspen Technology's process simulation software is being integrated with BPCL's real-time crude assaying platform to achieve greater agility and more accurate decision making in feedstock selection.

ONEOK Inc. and Magellan Midstream Partners L.P. have announced that they have executed a definitive merger agreement under which ONEOK will acquire all outstanding units of Magellan in a cash-and-stock transaction.

An oil sludge processing plant has commenced operations at Saneg’s Fergana oil refinery in Uzbekistan.

With rising inflation and increasing capital cost borrowing posing challenges for upcoming oil and gas projects, the industry’s disclosed contract value saw a significant quarter-on-quarter decrease of 48% in 1Q23.

In accordance with its ambition to reach carbon-neutral production by 2035, Neste is working on a 120 MW electrolyser project to produce green hydrogen at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

All political parties must engage with the oil and gas industry to secure the strong pipeline of talent and skills needed to reach its legally-binding climate targets, according to a survey of Westminster MPs by Offshore Energies UK.

Five Phillips 66 refineries have been honoured by the AFPM for outstanding safety performance in 2022.