Refining

Global refining throughput will increase in the last quarter of the year by more than 2 million bpd, according to the International Energy Agency.

Alfa Laval has won two orders to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China and a refinery in Mexico.

CleanBay Renewables Inc. has announced the selection of Evoqua Water Technologies LLC as a key partner for its Westover, Maryland bio-refinery.

Lummus Technology has announced that it has formed a new business entity called Green Circle LLC, to capture new opportunities in the energy transition.

Sulzer has delivered a customised mass transfer solution to PT Enerco RPO Internasional’s grassroots plant in Batam, Indonesia.

The parties have agreed to develop a joint location and structural concept for the establishment of the Corporate Center of Siemens Energy in Berlin.

Sinopec has started operation of a 800 000 tpy ethylene facility at its Zhanjiang refinery.

Canada-based oil refinery operator Irving Oil has terminated an agreement for the purchase of North Atlantic Refinery Ltd.

The PHMSA has announced a new award package valued at almost US$8 million that will fund 10 US pipeline safety and R&D projects.

In a recent AFPM webinar Bruce Taylor, Director of digital transformation at Sinclair Oil, described digital transformation as focusing on getting incremental value from all of the investments made through digitalisation.

Two consortiums led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Technip Italy are bidding for a US$1.8 billion project to upgrade and expand the Dung Quat refinery in Vietnam.

Chevron Corp. has completed its acquisition of Noble Energy Inc.

The review will consider all options for the facility’s operations and for the connected supply chains and markets it serves.

The company to planning to expand the biorefinery's capacity by 250 million gallons to 340 million gal./yr.

KP Engineering will design and install a new waste heat boiler (FCC flue gas cooler), orifice chamber and flue gas slide valve with associated refractory lined ductwork, piping, structures and instrumentation.