Refining

Tranter to replace traditional shell-and-tube heat exchangers in a refinery in Israel with more efficient plate technology.

Emerson and AspenTech have announced the successful closing of the combination of Emerson’s industrial software businesses – OSI Inc. and its Geological Simulation Software business – with AspenTech to create 'new AspenTech'.

VMC and Howden have grown their market share by reaching 1001 compressors sold in South America.

Neste, MAN and Altens have signed a partnership contract aimed at promoting biofuels in France.

Tüpras will license Honeywell UOP’s technology to produce biofuels at its refinery in Izmir, Türkiye.

The official signing occurred on 5 July, during the Saudi Aramco Namaat Industrial Investment Program event, held in the Al-Ghawar Hall at Aramco’s main office in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. and the United Company for Industry (UCI) have announced the signing of an agreement with Aramco to construct and operate a ‘Metals Reclamation Complex’.

AFPM has filed a petition for the D.C. Circuit Court to review the Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s final fuel economy standards for vehicles model year 2024-2026.

Petrobras has restarted the sale processes of the Abreu e Lima refinery, Presidente Getúlio Refinery Vargas, and Alberto Pasqualini refinery, all located in Brazil.

Baker Hughes and Petrosafe, a subsidiary of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp., have announced a contract that will mark the first deployment of Baker Hughes’ flare.IQ technology in refinery operations in Egypt.

Lummus Digital has announced an agreement with LACC to develop AI powered remote performance monitoring for an ethane cracker unit.

Operable atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity, the primary measure of refinery capacity in the US, totalled 17.9 million bbl/d as of 1 January 2022, down 1% from the beginning of 2021.

The Connected OEM offering is an Internet of Things (IoT) solution that allows OEMs and skid manufacturers to remotely monitor the health and condition of their assets.

Maire Tecnimont has been granted a FEED contract by African Refineries Port Harcourt Ltd for a 100 000 bpd refining plant.

Vattenfall and Preem have entered into a feasibility phase to assess the possibility of accelerating the development of a value chain connecting offshore wind and hydrogen with the refining industry on the Swedish west coast.