Refining

Aspen DMC3 software will be used to accelerate digitalisation at Hengli's integrated refining and chemical plant in Dalian, China.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) and North America’s Building Trades Unions have urged the Senate to act on the National Apprenticeship Act, which was recently passed by the House.

KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. will engineer three large-scale coking furnaces for a new oil refinery in Mexico.

Union sources said the stoppage would take effect on Monday and could last for four months.

Shell may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211 146 bpd Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week.

Digital transformation may be one of the few saving graces that can help oil and gas producers cope with their roller-coaster, rapidly transitioning and COVID-19-impacted markets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was also aiming to raise the share of natural gas in its energy-consumption mix by up to four times.

The companies aim to create AI solutions that enable more connected, sustainable and data-driven operations for heavy-asset, infrastructure and industrial clients.

Frames has announced the successful start-up of a LAMINOL sulfur removal and recovery unit for a refinery in Antwerp, Belgium.

The company has invested approximately €21 million in order to increase the Petrobrazi refinery's bio-blending capacity.

The partnership will guide and support oil and gas companies in Latin America, the Iberian Peninsula and Italy in their digitisation endeavors.

The joint venture will work with Lummus’ existing customers and potential customers to implement digital analysis and operative solutions to their refining, petrochemical and gas processing assets.

The contract was awarded by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China's Nanshan Group.

GlobalData reports that global refinery maintenance activities are gradually getting back on track.

Renewable raw materials are being converted into Swedish Environmental Class 1 diesel at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil.