Refining

Lummus Technology has announced a recent contract award from Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL).

Neste has become the first Finnish company to be granted IPCEI (Important Project of Common European Interest) status by the European Commission, which enables national public funding for Neste's clean hydrogen projects at Porvoo refinery.

Sulzer is investing £1 million to expand and upgrade the Ellon facility in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, creating an advanced rotating equipment service centre with the capability to overhaul electric motors, pumps, gearboxes and turbocompressors under one roof.

According to GlobalData, the rapid digitalisation of the oil and gas industry has made it increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks, and so companies must fortify their cybersecurity posture in line with their digitalisation strategy.

Plug Power has been awarded a contract to deliver a 5 MW containerised PEM electrolyser system to Irving Oil for the production and distribution of hydrogen at its Saint John, New Brunswick refinery in Canada.

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.