Oil refinery news

The Carlyle Group has agreed to increase its shareholding in Varo Energy, which owns the Cressier refinery in Switzerland.

The project consists of a supplying a replacement burner for a single burner process heater incorporating the ClearSign Core NOX reduction technology.

The scope of the first contract entails the installation of an FCC gasoline hydrotreating unit, while the other contract refers to the installation of an LPG mercaptan oxidation unit and an amine treatment and LPG pretreatment unit.

Projected to start up in 2025, Numaligarh Refinery's plant in Assam, India, will employ Chevron Lummus Global's LC-FINING technology with an integrated VGO hydrotreater to upgrade vacuum residue and clarified oil from existing and new units.

The production facility includes a de-asphalting unit and a fractionation unit for unconverted oil.

Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd., has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL PE Process for its world-scale 600 000 tpy polyethylene plant to be located in Palau Muara Besar, Brunei.

The refinery is capable of processing over 200 000 bpd of crude oil and other feedstocks and will help transition the maritime fuel sector towards new international standards.

The facility will be located at the Port Arthur refinery in Texas, US.

CVR Energy is revamping its refinery in Oklahoma, US, to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year.

Baker Hughes will support Petrobras’ refineries, gas treatment units, and production plants with its technologies.