Oil refinery news

Groupe ADP, GMR Airports, Airbus, Axens and Safran have signed a MoU to conduct a joint study on Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and their potential in India.

BASF has launched Fourtitude – a new FCC catalyst designed to maximise butylenes from resid feedstocks.

China is expected to dominate Asia’s refinery crude distillation unit (CDU) capacity additions from 2022 to 2026, says GlobalData.

Tüpras has chosen the ISOALKY™ technology to produce high-quality alkylate at its refineries in order to meet demand for cleaner-burning fuels.

Petrobras reached an average of 88% total load factor for its refineries in the last three months of 2021, and in early February 2022 it recorded close to 90%.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A.’s subsidiaries have signed an EPC contract with Rosneft for the implementation of a VGO Hydrocracking Complex at RORC’s production site in Russia.

Shell has completed the sale of its interest in the Deer Park Refining Ltd partnership, a JV between Shell Oil Co. and P.M.I. Norteamerica, S.A. De C.V. (a subsidiary of Pemex).

In 2021, Petrobras beat its record investment in preventative maintenance at its refineries, with a spend of R$2.3 billion.

Neste has been included in the Corporate Knights 2022 Global 100 Index of the most sustainable companies in the world for the 16th consecutive time.

Lanaz will use Honeywell UOP modular naphtha hydrotreating and fixed-bed platforming process units to produce cleaner-burning fuels at its refinery in Iraq.