Oil refinery news
Maire Tecnimont and SOCAR sign EPC contracts for refining units in Baku
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.
Chevron Lummus Global awarded contract for Assam refinery expansion project
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.
Lukoil opens high-viscosity index oils production complex at Volgograd refinery
The production facility includes a de-asphalting unit and a fractionation unit for unconverted oil.
Hengyi Industries selects Univation technology for polyethylene project in Brunei
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.
Limetree Bay refinery resumes operations
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.
Diamond Green Diesel given go-ahead to begin construction of renewable diesel production facility
The facility will be located at the Port Arthur refinery in Texas, US.
CVR Energy selects Haldor Topsoe technology for revamp to renewable diesel production
CVR Energy is revamping its refinery in Oklahoma, US, to produce approximately 100 million gallons of renewable diesel per year.
Baker Hughes to provide digital solutions across Petrobras sites
Baker Hughes will support Petrobras’ refineries, gas treatment units, and production plants with its technologies.
OMV makes petrochemical investments at Burghausen Refinery
The measures aim to increase the site’s ethylene and propylene production capacity.
China's refineries achieved record throughput in 2020
Annual throughput stood at 674.41 million t in 2020, or about 13.45 million bpd, up roughly 410 000 bpd from 2019, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.