Oil refinery news
China's refineries achieved record throughput in 2020
Annual throughput stood at 674.41 million t in 2020, or about 13.45 million bpd, up roughly 410 000 bpd from 2019, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.
DuPont scrubbing technology to control emissions of Chilean refinery
ENAP Refinerías S.A. has selected BELCO scrubbing technology for use at the Aconcagua refinery.
Dastur to design and evaluate techno-economic feasibility of CCUS project at Koyali refinery
Dastur will lead a joint project to evaluate the feasibility for India's largest carbon capture and utilisation project.
Essar and Progressive Energy set up JV to produce low carbon hydrogen in UK
The joint venture will manufacture hydrogen at Essar’s Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, UK.
Altrad awarded contracts at Lindsey Oil Refinery
The contracts are for general site services and the provision of access, insulation and painting services.
Mammoet supports modernisation of Karlsruhe refinery
Mammoet assisted with the replacement of the reactor head of the FCC plant.
Asia had highest crude oil refinery maintenance globally in 2020, says GlobalData
The region had a refining capacity of 11.5 million bpd under both planned and unplanned maintenance in 2020, according to GlobalData.
Consortium expresses interest in renovating Esmeraldas refinery in Ecuador
A consortium including Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd and KBR Inc has expressed interest in a contract to renovate Ecuador’s 110 000 bpd Esmeraldas refinery.
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering awarded EPCC contract by HRRL
The contract is for setting up a dual feed cracker unit and fluidised catalytic cracking for the Rajasthan Refinery Project in Barmer, Rajasthan, India.
CPC receives first cargo of Chadian crude
The first cargo of crude oil from the Oryx Concession in Chad arrived in Taiwan at the Dalin Refinery earlier this month.