Refining

The API has released a statement in support of the EPA’s final proposal to maintain existing Particulate Matter (PM) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

Tüpras uses Honeywell technology to further increase diesel fuel production at the Izmit Refinery.

The five-year corrective maintenance contract includes the provision of maintenance and repairs for all mechanical and electronical instruments at the lube oil blending facility in Bangkok.

With the US$69 billion acquisition of SABIC in June and investments in oil-to-chemicals technology, Aramco has positioned itself for downstream growth.

Neles has signed seven new distributor agreements and one agent agreement in South and Central America during the last three quarters of 2020.

The 50/50 JV includes a 1.5 million t ethane cracker, 0.9 million t low-density and linear-low density polyethylene plants, and associated infrastructure near Lake Charles, Louisiana, US.

The consulting firm's index will account for the typical crude run in US West Coast refineries, the cost of compliance with greenhouse gas-reduction regulations, and local refined product prices.

For the week ending 13 November US distillate inventories fell to 143 million barrels, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

hte has been selected by Bechtel for processing refinery waxes to make white petroleum waxes.

AMETEK Land has announced that it has enhanced its flare stack monitoring thermal imaging solution.

PKN Orlen is shifting focus to building clean energy sources rather than oil refining.

Pilipinas Shell has opened another import facility in Subic to strengthen its supply chain to the northern parts of the Philippines.

TechnipFMC has an EPC contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Co. (ANOPC) for the construction of a new hydrocracking complex for the Assiut refinery in Egypt.

The Naantali refinery is due to close by the end of March 2021.

As global oil demand weakens, planned refinery additions will far exceed closures towards 2025, reports Rystad Energy.