Refining

Chevron Phillips Chemical has broken ground on a new world-scale unit for on-purpose 1-hexene in Old Ocean, Texas, US, near its Sweeny facility.

In the build-up to the 2021 hurricane season, the AFPM has addressed a number of frequently asked questions.

Shell has sold its Mobile Chemical refinery and associated co-located logistics infrastructure, including product racks, an associated dock, and the Blakeley Island terminal, to Vertex Energy.

Axens has signed an agreement with Hengyi Industries to provide FLEXICOKING technology.

One of EEMUA’s main activities is helping its members in the inspection and integrity management of industrial assets, to keep them operating safely and efficiently.

Aspen Technology Inc. has announced that Shell Catalysts & Technologies is implementing Aspen Schedule Explorer software in multiple plants throughout North America and Europe.

Advanced process control (APC) systems are increasingly used in facilities such as oil refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, and LNG trains.

Nacero has selected Bechtel for t the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for its natural gas-to-gasoline manufacturing facility in the US.

Refineria di Kòrsou (RdK) and CORC B.V. have signed a ‘Draft Deed’, laying the foundation for management and operation of the refinery, the utility plant and the terminal at Bullenbaai, Curaçao.

New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) reveals the number of floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) leases set to expire in 2022 is significantly higher than the yearly average of ~3 since 2015.

Haldor Topsoe has revamped Preem’s renewable hydrotreater unit at its refinery in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Shell has confirmed that it is to sell its interest in the Deer Park refinery to Pemex, following an unsolicited offer.

According to Global Data, Asia is expected to register the highest refinery fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCU) capacity additions globally during 2021 to 2025, contributing about 56% of the total capacity additions by 2025.

ITOCHU group has upgraded its existing MOU for accelerating the joint development on ammonia fuel supply chain in Singapore by inviting Pavilion Energy, MOL and TOTAL.

Axens has announced the launch of SeLene, a newly created family of catalysts dedicated to selective hydrogenation.