Refining

BP has launched the green hydrogen cluster of the Valencia, Spain region (HyVal) at its Castellón refinery.

The only petroleum refinery in Colorado, US, shut down in late December 2022 after sustaining damage. The outage has tightened the supply of gasoline and diesel, leading to higher retail prices for both.

Honeywell has been selected by Ecopetrol to develop an engineering study for an Advanced Solvent Carbon Capture (ASCC) modular demonstration unit to be used to evaluate CO2 capture from FCC units.

AVEVA has launched its AVEVA Predictive Analytics software – purpose-built for predictive monitoring of industrial assets in oil and gas, power, chemicals, mining and minerals, and manufacturing.

In 2022, refiners in China processed less crude oil than they did in 2021, which was the first year-over-year decrease in processing according to data going back to 2000.

The companies have entered into definitive agreements to partner in a 50-50 JV, St. Bernard Renewables LLC, for a biorefinery co-located with PBF Energy's Chalmette refinery in Louisiana, US.

Flowserve, a provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, and Velan, a manufacturer of industrial valves, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Flowserve will acquire Velan.

The EIA forecasts that US refinery utilisation will remain similar to 2022, at above 90% over the next two years, as the industry returns to more typical rates after low refinery utilisation in 2020 and 2021.

WSG has extended its reach into the European gas and petrochemicals sector with the acquisition of Nitrovia for an undisclosed sum.

API's Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer, Amanda Eversole, has sent a letter emphasising API’s commitment to common-sense energy policymaking.

As a result of the shutdown of Suncor's 103 000 bpd oil refinery in Commerce City, Colorado, US, supply of diesel and gasoline has been disrupted, and prices have risen.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies' global price increase of its refining and chemical catalyst products lines comes as a result of unprecedented global economic challenges.

AFPM President and CEO has issued a statement in response to President Biden’s State of the Union address and his specific remarks on US refinery earnings and investments.

LYTT and AWS have collaborated to enrich and scale LYTT’s sensor fusion insights platform using AWS’ cloud infrastructure, in order to support the energy sector and water utilities.

AspenTech has combined its AIoT Hub with inmation Software to create an expanded business unit, AspenTech DataWorks, which provides customers with a singular solution to access and manage industrial data.