Oil refinery news
Axens to provide technology for Numaligarh refinery expansion project
Axens has been selected by NRL to license a naphtha hydrotreating unit, a continuous catalytic reforming unit, a C5-C6 isomerisation unit, and a FCC gasoline selective desulfurisation unit.
Deep freeze shuts refineries in US Gulf
Unusually harsh weather for the US southern states has knocked out more than 3 million bpd of refining capacity in the US Gulf, according to Reuters calculations.
Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Nagapattinam refinery
A grassroots refinery with 9 million tpy capacity is to be set up at Nagapattinam by a joint venture between IndianOil and Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
Howard Energy Partners closes on acquisition of Javelina facility
Javelina is a treating and fractionation plant that extracts olefins, hydrogen, and NGLs from the gas streams produced by local refineries.
20% of Japan's refining capacity shut down by earthquake
As much as 743 000 bpd of oil-processing capacity has been idled, nearly 22% of Japan’s roughly 3.4 million bpd capacity.
GEA to supply gas cleaning systems to two refineries in Spain
The gas cleaning systems were ordered by Compañía Española de Petróleos SA for their refineries in La Rabida and San Roque.
GlobalData: global oil and gas contracts saw relatively steady activity during 4Q20
Significant contracts in 4Q20 included Samsung Ingenieria Manzanillo and Asociados Constructores’ US$3.6 billion EPC contract for various units of Dos Bocas refinery project in Mexico; and Samsung Engineering’s US$1.07 billion contract for the provision of licensor, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (LEPCC) services for a methanol production facility in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
ExxonMobil to close Altona refinery and convert it to import terminal
The decision was made following an extensive review of operations at Australia’s smallest refinery, which commenced operation in 1949.
ORLEN Lietuva contracts DuPont Clean Technologies for alkylation technology
The STRATCO alkylation unit will enable ORLEN to generate low-sulfur, high-octane, low-Rvp alkylate with zero olefins that meets the criteria of the EURO VI standard.
CVR Energy proceeds with KBR on next phase of alkylation revamp project
A subsidiary of CVR Energy, Inc. is proceeding with the next phase of the KBR Solid Acid Alkylation Technology project for its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, US.