Oil refinery news
Maire Tecnimont subsidiary to engineer coking furnaces for Mexico refinery
KT – Kinetics Technology S.p.A. will engineer three large-scale coking furnaces for a new oil refinery in Mexico.
Total to suspend operations at Donges refinery
Union sources said the stoppage would take effect on Monday and could last for four months.
Shutdown of Convent refinery could begin next week
Shell may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211 146 bpd Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week.
Modi: India set to double oil refining capacity in 5 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India was also aiming to raise the share of natural gas in its energy-consumption mix by up to four times.
Renewable fuel production begins at Lysekil refinery
Renewable raw materials are being converted into Swedish Environmental Class 1 diesel at Preem’s refinery in Lysekil.
Xinhai to more than double refining capacity
China’s private refiner Xinhai Group expects to more than double its crude oil refining capacity by the end of 2021.
IEA: permanent oil refinery closures accelerating
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 cutting capacity at Singapore refinery
Shell will halve crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.
EIA: US refinery runs remain lower than the five-year range
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.
Final investment decision taken for Cabinda Refinery
Gemcorp, a trade and investment group in emerging markets, has taken the final investment decision for the construction of the Cabinda Refinery in Angola.