Downstream news

Statoil has selected a seawater sulfate removal system designed by SUEZ and Halvorsen TEC for the Johan Castberg Project in Norway.

Transneft Diascan and Sonatrach discuss in-line inspection projects.

Mammoet has demolished and replaced five heater furnaces in the centre of a congested, 86-year old refinery in Texas City.

Air Products has inaugurated a new industrial gas complex within the Integrated Refinery Expansion Project of the BPCL Kochi Refinery.

API has reported that the first four months of 2018 saw US petroleum demand average 750 000 bpd above the same period in 2017, despite higher prices.

The EIA reports that the US remains the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons.

Novvi and Chevron enter agreement to develop new renewable base oil technologies.

Eddyfi Technologies has launched the first standard pulsed eddy current array solution.

The pumps will be featured in the NETZSCH booth, number 1394, highlighting the capability to pump everything from light fuel oil to viscous asphalt.

Reuters is reporting the proposed US$44 billion Ratnagiri refinery on India’s west coast is running into substantial opposition from local farmers who are refusing to surrender their land.