Oil refinery news

VEGA Americas discusses swapping displacers for guided wave radars, in order for refineries to save time and money.

Mammoet explains how expert planning was required to tackle the demanding scale of the Dangote refinery, Nigeria, in terms of cargo weights, volumes and the vast web of delivery schedules.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) celebrates the start of trading of the United Arab Emirate’s (UAE) flagship crude oil, Murban.

Petrobras has approved the sale of its Landulpho Alves refinery (RLAM) in São Francisco do Conde, Bahia, Brazil, and its associated logistical assets for Mubadala Capital for the amount of US$1.65 billion.

‘Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) 2021 – 2040’, a new report from IDTechEx, has explored the technical and commercial factors key to the success of CCUS.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies has signed a licensing and basic engineering agreement with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PT PRPP).

The Beaumont refinery in Texas, US, is starting up after a shutdown prompted by severe cold weather.

Rystad Energy's VP Oil Markets, Paola Rodriguez-Masiu, has commented on the outages affecting Texas's oil refining sector in the wake of Storm Uri.

IHS Markit currently estimates more than 5.2 million bpd of Gulf Coast refining capacity and 730 000 bpd in PADD 2 has been impacted by the winter weather.

The solution being studied involves using a 20 MW electrolyser powered by renewable energy produced onsite to provide green hydrogen to be used as a raw material at Saras' refinery in the province of Cagliari, Italy.