Oil refinery news
Petrobras to sell a number of refineries
Petrobras has restarted the sale processes of the Abreu e Lima refinery, Presidente Getúlio Refinery Vargas, and Alberto Pasqualini refinery, all located in Brazil.
Howden supplies hydrogen compression solution to refinery expansion mega project
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. is expanding its refining capacity from its current 3 million tpy to 9 million by installing a new 6 million tpy capacity Crude Oil Distillation Unit / Vacuum Distillation Unit and associated downstream process units as part of the NREP.
New multi-million pound hydrogen-powered furnace arrives in Liverpool, UK
The furnace has been commissioned by Essar Oil UK as it transitions to run its operations on hydrogen as part of HyNet, the UK’s leading decarbonisation cluster and will be the UK’s first refinery-based hydrogen-powered furnace.
Phillips 66's Humber Refinery advances carbon capture project
The Phillips 66 Humber Refinery in the UK is on track to become the first refinery in the world to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions using a technology pioneered by Shell Catalysts & Technologies.
Aramco and PTT sign MoU
The companies have signed an MoU aimed at strengthening cooperation across crude oil sourcing and the marketing of refining and petrochemical products and LNG in Thailand.
High crack spreads to drive elevated refinery utilisation in the US
The EIA forecasts that US refinery utilisation will reach as high as 95% on a monthly average basis this summer in response to high product prices and crack spreads for gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and jet fuel.
Phillips 66 to convert San Francisco refinery to renewable fuels facility
Phillips 66 has made a Final Investment Decision (FID) to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, US, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities.
St1 Refinery deploys AspenTech solutions
AspenTech, a leader in asset optimisation software, has expanded its 12-year partnership with St1 Refinery AB in Gothenburg, Sweden – part of St1 Nordic Oy Group.
BASF and Henkel focus on renewable raw materials in Henkel’s consumer goods products
Around 110 000 tpy of fossil-based ingredients will be substituted with renewable carbon sources using BASF’s certified biomass balance approach. The measure will ramp up quickly and avoid around 200 000 t of CO2 emissions in total.
Petroperú selects Honeywell Forge solution
Petroperú, a hydrocarbon producer, refiner and distributor in Peru, has implemented Honeywell Forge Workforce Competency solutions to train its industrial workforce for safer and more efficient operations.