Refining

All Axens’ units of the Egyptian Refining Co. (ERC) refinery project are now successfully operating and reaching full production.

Neste has said that it has successfully processed 400 t of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this autumn.

EnerMech has appointed Paul Cockerill as its Regional Director for the Middle East and Caspian as it seeks to further grow its upstream, downstream and petrochemical sectors in 2021.

For the week of Thanksgiving 2020, estimated consumption of major transportation fuels was 11% lower than during Thanksgiving week 2019, according to the EIA.

API has issued a statement confirming that it stands ready to work with the Biden administration on energy and climate policy.

Sinopec Corp’s Qilu refinery has resumed operations after a more than three-month overhaul.

John Bel Edwards has announced potential investment by ExxonMobil totalling more than US$240 million at the company’s Baton Rouge Refinery.

As part of the transaction, Petroleum Service Corp. will absorb Fryoux's tankerman operations along the US Gulf Coast.

The company's Refining capital budget includes US$521 million of sustaining capital for reliability, safety and environmental projects.

The company has been selected by a global O&G major to be the primary engineering partner to support two of the major's integrated refining and chemicals manufacturing facilities in the US.

OEG LLC has announced a significant new strategic learning partnership with AVEVA.

Lummus Technology and Chevron Lummus Global have announced multiple technology contracts with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia.

The EIA reports that US petroleum refining capacity has fallen to its lowest level since May 2016.

Coding challenges faced by operators implementing asset performance management software are to be significantly reduced or even removed, according to Lloyd’s Register.

This is the first in a series of reports that will explore the impact that reliability has on various global industries including the oil and gas, chemical, wastewater, and other industrial processing industries.