Refining

Shell has appointed Sinead Gorman as Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 April 2022. She will become a member of the company's Executive Committee and Board of Directors.

The European business community has been united in condemning the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. As such, Neste has replaced most Russian crude oil with other crudes, such as North Sea oil.

Wood Mackenzie analyses the risks to commodities and corporate exposure, as well as the wider economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

BP has held a 19.75% shareholding in Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft since 2013.

IBM Security’s ‘2022 X Force Threat Intelligence Index’ reveals that the energy industry accounted for 24% of all cyberattacks in the UK last year.

Rising crude oil prices, low refinery production, and high consumption of distillate fuel – which includes diesel fuel and heating oil – have contributed to the highest nominal middle distillate prices since 2014.

AspenTech, a global leader in asset optimisation software, has announced that Numaligarh Refinery Ltd has chosen to deploy its software products in order to sustain optimal plant performance.

Integrated Global Services Inc. (IGS) has acquired international cleaning and inspections solutions provider, Tube Tech.

In a blog post on its website, the AFPM has published a series of comments submitted recently to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from leading labour groups.

In November 2021, more residual fuel oil was consumed in the US, measured as product supplied, than during any month since January 2017.

Elliott Group has developed a new, configurable compressor arrangement designed to enhance operational flexibility in hydrogen applications.

New ABB study on industrial transformation unveils critical relationship between digitalisation and sustainability.

Tüpras has chosen the ISOALKY™ technology to produce high-quality alkylate at its refineries in order to meet demand for cleaner-burning fuels.

Petrobras reached an average of 88% total load factor for its refineries in the last three months of 2021, and in early February 2022 it recorded close to 90%.

Essar Oil UK has announced plans to install a new £45 million furnace at Stanlow that’s capable of using hydrogen as its fuel source.