Refining

The EIA expects crude oil prices to rise through April because of lower OPEC production.

PKN ORLEN has signed an oil supply contract with Rosneft, with the monthly contract volume amounting to 300 000 t of oil.

MOL Group has become a biofuel producer through the realisation of its investment in the Danube refinery.

The IEA reports that oil markets face uncertain future after rebound from historic COVID-19 shock.

The API has issued a statement regarding the Senate’s vote to confirm Secretary Debra Haaland to lead the US Department of the Interior.

Neste has selected Rotterdam, the Netherlands, as a location for its possible next world scale renewable products refinery.

COVID-19 and sustainability are among the top themes set to impact oil and gas industry in 2021, according to GlobalData.

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) with United Arab Emirates-based Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and Masdar to pursue collaborations across the energy value chain.

Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), in partnership with Aramco, have demonstrated a technology that results in the stable conversion of crude oil to light olefins in a single-reactor system.

A Rystad Energy report shows that natural gas flaring at US non-upstream onshore oil and gas facilities reached an 18-month high in February 2021.

The API has issued a statement regarding the Senate’s vote to confirm Administrator Michael Regan to lead the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Berndorf Belt Technology USA (BBT) has named Jeff Dallstream as Sales Executive of the Western Region North America.

Petrobras will carry out works at the Duque de Caxias refinery (Reduc) to adapt the Hydrotreatment Unit (HDT) for diesel and QAV. 

Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, a subsidiary of Lukoil, will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its Kstovo refinery to produce cleaner-burning high-octane fuels.

Neste Corp., has completed the acquisition of Bunge Loders Croklaan’s refinery plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.