Refining

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a statement welcoming the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Fuels Regulatory Streamlining Rule.

The parties have agreed to develop products and technical solutions that will contribute to the efficiency of production, transportation, processing, refining and sales of hydrocarbons.

Wood Mackenzie’s 2020 Energy and Commodities Summit Asia Pacific edition recently started, with experts sharing their views on how the energy sector is changing in light of the oil price crash, COVID-19 and the latest carbon-neutrality trends.

Environment Protection Authority Victoria has granted Mobil Refining Australia Ltd permission to handle excess butane in alternative ways to allow it to continue to produce fuel at its Altona refinery.

China is expected to lead Asia and Oceania’s refinery capacity growth, contributing around 71% of the region’s total capacity growth by 2024.

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.