Oil refinery news

Lukoil has opened a new bitumen development centre in The Nizhny Novgorod Region of Russia.

ESAI Energy has reported on the global LPG market and the effect this will have on US exports.

Due to refinery outages and declining inventories, California is experiencing gasoline price increases, reports EIA.

BED and FEED contracts awarded to KBR for the redevelopment of the Sonatrach and Cepsa joint venture in Algeria.

GlobalData looks at the difficulties posed to the global refining industry by the imminent IMO 2020 low sulfur regulation.

Grupa LOTOS has announced that its Gdansk refinery has continued to operate at full capacity, relying on deliveries of crude oil by sea and the release of mandatory stocks.

Duqm Refinery has announced that its project is running ahead of schedule, with 19.5% completion at the end of April.

Ballast water advisory updated to assist 6 000 vessels anticipated to be retrofitting ballast water management systems each year until 2024.

Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore marine logistics company, has signed a long-term agreement and placed an order with Baker Hughes, a GE company, to deploy Baker Hughes’ lubricant condition monitoring system, VitalyX.

Aspen asset optimisation software will be used at the Zeeland Refinery to improve efficiency and maximise profit generation.