Downstream news

Shell is planning to shrink its refining and chemicals portfolio from 14 to six sites.

Imperial has started operation of a newly constructed cogeneration unit at the Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, increasing energy efficiency at the facility and helping reduce provincial greenhouse gas emissions.

CITGO Petroleum Corp. has announced that its Corpus Christi refinery has received the 2019 ENERGY STAR® certification, awarded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Canada Business Holdings secured licence to produce refined products in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm in Oman on 30 June 2020.

AFPM Policy Analyst Mike Burnside outlines how drone technology is helping to improve safety and security at refineries and petrochemical plants.

The Amur Gas Chemical Complex has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for three world-scale PE reactor lines.

Compact Membrane Systems Inc. (CMS) has announced the developed a new line of Optiperm technology for the biogas industry.

The refinery has completed a scheduled overhaul of hydrocracking, hydrogen production, base oil production and elemental sulfur production facilities.

China has started building a mega petrochemical and refining complex in Shandong province this week, according to local state media reports.

HIMA has delivered a comprehensive safety solution consisting of hardware, software and engineering for BASF's new world-scale acetylene facility.