Refining

Members of OPEC+ have agreed to increase their output, with the aim of reducing prices.

Technip Energies has announced that the Bora LyondellBasell Petrochemical Co. Ltd’s 1000 tpy ethylene plant reached performance guarantees.

TotalEnergies has completed a transaction with GIP Australia (GIP) in relation to the downstream facilities of the Gladstone LNG project owned by its subsidiary Total GLNG Australia (TGA).

According to GlobalData, Asia is expected to lead the global polypropylene capacity additions with a capacity of 40.32 million tpy by 2025.

The technology group Wärtsilä is pioneering the adoption of hydrogen and ammonia as viable engine fuels through advanced testing in Wärtsilä’s fuel-flexible combustion engines.

A new advertising campaign from the AFPM spotlights the surging costs and unprecedented impact of biofuel mandates on the US’ refineries.

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has established the first end-to-end logistics chain for importing Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ (SAF) to Switzerland in collaboration with various partners.

Shell has announced a proposal to build a large-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at its Scotford complex near Edmonton, Canada.

Sulzer Chemtech has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity tray and phase separation technology.

The Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) will use Honeywell UOP Distillate Unionfining™ technology to produce diesel that complies with both AFRI 6 and Euro-V emission standards.

Haldor Topsoe has announced that it will build a 15 000 tpy hydroprocessing catalyst plant at the company’s existing Bayport production site in Texas, US.

Air Liquide, Borealis, Esso SAF, TotalEnergies and Yara International ASA have signed an MOU to develop a CO2 infrastructure including capture and storage to help decarbonise the industrial basin located in the Normandy region, France.

During the first six months of 2021, 120 million t were transhipped through the Port of Antwerp, an increase of 5% compared with the same period last year, despite the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

ESAI Energy reports on how China’s Shandong Province is retiring 500 000 bpd of refining capacity in 2020 - 2022 and another 500 000 bpd after 2022.

Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co. FZE (BPGIC) has signed a refinery agreement with an oil trading company for a 25 000 bpd modular refinery.