Refining

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers recently released its first sustainability report.

The cold snap that affected much of the central part of the US in mid-February disrupted energy systems, particularly in and around Texas, US.

Lummus Technology have announced the startup of its CDAlky® C5 alkylation unit at Valero's St. Charles refinery in Norco, Louisiana, US.

The Prax Group has completed a supply arrangement to purchase crude oil and refinery feedstocks from Trafigura for all of its requirements for the Prax Lindsey oil refinery, UK.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies has signed a licensing and basic engineering agreement with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PT PRPP).

DuPont Clean Technologies has signed a contract with ISAB S.r.l. to revamp the existing trickle bed diesel hydrotreater at the Priolo Refinery in Siracusa, Italy.

Through the addition of EPS Customer Solutions, Becht is establishing a broader physical presence in the EMEA region in order to provide support for the refining and petrochemical industries.

The Beaumont refinery in Texas, US, is starting up after a shutdown prompted by severe cold weather.

The terminal has the capacity to store more than 2 million bbl of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Rystad Energy's VP Oil Markets, Paola Rodriguez-Masiu, has commented on the outages affecting Texas's oil refining sector in the wake of Storm Uri.

IHS Markit currently estimates more than 5.2 million bpd of Gulf Coast refining capacity and 730 000 bpd in PADD 2 has been impacted by the winter weather.

Worley will provide early phase engineering services to Chevron’s global downstream projects over a five-year period.

The solution being studied involves using a 20 MW electrolyser powered by renewable energy produced onsite to provide green hydrogen to be used as a raw material at Saras' refinery in the province of Cagliari, Italy.

Axens has been selected by NRL to license a naphtha hydrotreating unit, a continuous catalytic reforming unit, a C5-C6 isomerisation unit, and a FCC gasoline selective desulfurisation unit.

Unusually harsh weather for the US southern states has knocked out more than 3 million bpd of refining capacity in the US Gulf, according to Reuters calculations.