Oil refinery news

Permanent refining capacity closures expected for 2020 – 2021 have risen to about 1.7 million bpd, the IEA has said in its monthly report.

Shell will halve crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.

As of 30 October, US refinery runs were 14 million bpd, or about 13% lower than the average for this time of year, according to the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

Gemcorp, a trade and investment group in emerging markets, has taken the final investment decision for the construction of the Cabinda Refinery in Angola.

Samsung Engineering is to build a number of facilities for PEMEX at the Dos Bocas Refinery in Mexico.

BP Australia has announced that it will cease fuel production at its Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia and convert it to an import terminal.

PBF Energy will shut most refining units at its Paulsboro, New Jersey, US, refinery.

Shell is planning to shrink its refining and chemicals portfolio from 14 to six sites.

Imperial has started operation of a newly constructed cogeneration unit at the Strathcona refinery near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, increasing energy efficiency at the facility and helping reduce provincial greenhouse gas emissions.

Canada Business Holdings secured licence to produce refined products in the Special Economic Zone in Duqm in Oman on 30 June 2020.