Refining

Petrofac has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract valued at approximately €550 million from PC ORLEN Lietuva at its Mažeikiai Refinery in North-West Lithuania.

Phillips 66 and Phillips 66 Partners have entered into a definitive agreement for Phillips 66 to acquire all of the publicly held common units representing limited partner interests in the partnership not already owned by Phillips 66 and its affiliates.

Nuberg EPC has won two sulfuric acid plant projects in Gamasa City, Egypt, and Oromia, Ethiopia.

The US Energy Information Administration believes that significant growth in electric vehicle sales will result in the global conventional gasoline and diesel light-duty vehicle fleet peaking in 2038.

India is likely to start the operations of 85 crude oil refinery projects accounting for about 52% of the upcoming crude oil refinery projects in Asia between 2021 to 2025, according to GlobalData.

GlobalData reports that strong petroleum products demand continues to boost the refining sector in China.

GAIL (India) Ltd has selected Lummus Technology's CATOFIN process and Clariant's tailor-made catalysts for India's first PDH plant.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has published a new standard to drive the adoption of additive manufacturing.

Axens has announced the 10th anniversary of its AxSorb and AxTrap adsorbents.

Shell has awarded Worley a significant low-carbon fuels services contract in the Netherlands. The facility will be able to produce approximately 820 000 tpy of low-carbon fuels every year.

Eni has launched the production of alternative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) that aims to significantly contribute to the decarbonisation of aviation in the short to medium term.

Clariant has completed the construction of its first full-scale commercial sunliquid plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues in Podari, Romania.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and Air Products Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer Seifi Ghasemi have announced a US$4.5 billion clean energy complex to be built in Louisiana that will make the state a leader in the US clean energy transition.

hte has been accepted by Haldor Topsoe A/S to perform rapid comparative catalyst tests including a flexible protocol for accelerated catalyst aging in a 16-fold high throughput test unit.

The IEA’s ‘World Energy Outlook 2021’ shows that a new energy economy is emerging, but not yet quickly enough to reach net zero by 2050.