Refining

Global crude oil trade patterns have shifted since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and have particularly affected countries in Europe.

According to BreachBits, a cyber risk rating and monitoring company, the majority of companies across the US oil and gas industry are at risk of a successful cyber breach.

TOYO has been awarded a contract by IOCL for the EPCC of a new 2.5 million tpy vacuum distillation unit in Gujarat, Western India.

BP has reached an agreement to sell its 50% interest in the BP-Husky Toledo refinery in Ohio, US, to Calgary-based Cenovus – its joint venture partner in the facility.

DOE has announced up to US$32 million in funding toward the research and development of monitoring, measurement and mitigation technologies to detect, quantify and reduce methane emissions across oil and natural gas producing regions of the US.

The list of references associated with the article entitled 'MOFs for the energy transition', which featured in the September 2022 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has completed the acquisition of Brightly Software – a leading US-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider of asset and maintenance management solutions.

The API has filed comments with the EPA, highlighting concern that proposed changes to perchloroethylene regulations are not based on the best available science and could lead to serious impediments to the refining process.

In Asia and the Middle East, at least nine refinery projects are beginning operations or are scheduled to come online before the end of 2023.

Ecolab has transformed its System Assurance Center into the Ecolab Global Intelligence Center – an international network of remote intelligence facilities that specialise in analysing data from a variety of connected chemistries and technologies.

Johnson Matthey has announced that it is collaborating with ClimeCo to accelerate the deployment of enhanced carbon capture solutions for industry.

Siemens Energy is joining the AWS Partner Network to provide customers with industrial cybersecurity, analytics, and storage solutions.

In its June 2022 Oil Market Report, the IEA expects net global refining capacity to expand by 1.0 million bpd in 2022, and by an additional 1.6 million bpd in 2023.

TotalEnergies has announced the start-up of a new ethane cracker in Port Arthur, Texas, US.

According to GlobalData, Africa and Asia are set to drive the global refinery vacuum distillation unit (VDU) capacity additions globally from 2022 to 2026, contributing approximately 61% of the total capacity additions.