
IEA: refining throughput set to increase in 4Q20
Global refining throughput will increase in the last quarter of the year by more than 2 million bpd, according to the International Energy Agency.
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Global refining throughput will increase in the last quarter of the year by more than 2 million bpd, according to the International Energy Agency.

Alfa Laval has won two orders to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China and a refinery in Mexico.

Sinopec has started operation of a 800 000 tpy ethylene facility at its Zhanjiang refinery.

Canada-based oil refinery operator Irving Oil has terminated an agreement for the purchase of North Atlantic Refinery Ltd.

Two consortiums led by Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Technip Italy are bidding for a US$1.8 billion project to upgrade and expand the Dung Quat refinery in Vietnam.

The review will consider all options for the facility’s operations and for the connected supply chains and markets it serves.

KP Engineering will design and install a new waste heat boiler (FCC flue gas cooler), orifice chamber and flue gas slide valve with associated refractory lined ductwork, piping, structures and instrumentation.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has applied for permits to convert its Martinez, California, refinery to a renewable diesel facility.

The company has closed its 115 000 bpd crude distillation unit at its Osaka refinery.

BELCO wet scrubbing technology licensed by DuPont was installed at the Gazpromneft Omsk Oil Refinery during a fluidised catalytic cracking unit revamp.

The alliance will deliver next-generation refinery maintenance solutions in Malaysia and Indonesia.

The 2016 Environmental Permit Application at the Lysekil Refinery in Sweden will be withdrawn in favour of a re-prioritisation centred around renewable production.