Oil refinery news
Mammoet supports modernisation of Karlsruhe refinery
Mammoet assisted with the replacement of the reactor head of the FCC plant.
Asia had highest crude oil refinery maintenance globally in 2020, says GlobalData
The region had a refining capacity of 11.5 million bpd under both planned and unplanned maintenance in 2020, according to GlobalData.
Consortium expresses interest in renovating Esmeraldas refinery in Ecuador
A consortium including Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd and KBR Inc has expressed interest in a contract to renovate Ecuador’s 110 000 bpd Esmeraldas refinery.
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering awarded EPCC contract by HRRL
The contract is for setting up a dual feed cracker unit and fluidised catalytic cracking for the Rajasthan Refinery Project in Barmer, Rajasthan, India.
CPC receives first cargo of Chadian crude
The first cargo of crude oil from the Oryx Concession in Chad arrived in Taiwan at the Dalin Refinery earlier this month.
Tatneft starts up diesel fuel production facility
Production of Euro-6 diesel fuel at the TANECO Oil Refining Complex will increase by 3.6 million tpy.
Seplat Petroleum to supply Waltersmith refinery with crude
The agreement is for the supply of between 2000 and 4000 bpd from the Ohaji South Field in Nigeria.
Citgo planning overhaul of Corpus Christi refinery in 4Q21
The move is motivated by the company’s desire to maximise profit from the plant during the coming year when a vaccine for COVID-19 is being widely deployed.
Galp to shut Matosinhos refinery
The company will focus on enhancing the resilience and competitiveness of the Sines industrial site.
Neste completes first industrial-scale processing run with liquefied waste plastic in Finland
Neste has said that it has successfully processed 400 t of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this autumn.