Refining

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According EIA, natural gas storage capacity remained essentially unchanged in 2020; however, some operators revised earlier estimates, increasing working gas capacity. 

Lummus Novolen Technology has been awarded a polypropylene contract in Nigeria for BUA’s grassroots refinery and petrochemicals project.

Axens has been selected to supply several advanced technologies for CPCL’s Cauvery Basin Refinery Project in India.

UNICAT Catalyst Technologies LLC, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy, a US private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Jemmtec Ltd, trading as Magma Group, a UK based specialist in ceramics and catalyst manufacturing and related services.

Aramco and SABIC have announced plans to realign marketing and sales, commercial, and supply chain activities.

Neste will modify its existing renewables production capacity in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, to enable production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

South African company Engen has announced that it will be proceeding with its refinery to terminal (RTT) conversion initiative, concluding that the refinery is not sustainable long-term.

Avfuel Corp. has announced an agreement with Textron Aviation to supply and integrate SAF into its sustainability initiatives.

KBR, Inc. has received a contract from SAPREF for its fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) regenerator project at Durban, South Africa.

Acron and Haldor Topsoe have completed an ammonia unit revamp project to increase capacity up to 2500 mtpd.

ExxonMobil and Global Clean Energy have expanded their five-year agreement to increase ExxonMobil’s purchase of renewable diesel up to 5 million bbl/yr.

Neste’s renewable fuel oil has reduced greenhouse gas emissions from Lumene’s manufacturing process.

IDTechEx discusses its new report analysing the technical and commercial factors that could be key to the long-term success of carbon capture technology.

According to EIA analysis, planned refinery outages during the 2Q21 are unlikely to cause a significant shortfall in the supply of petroleum products in the US, particularly in transportation fuels including gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate fuel.