Oil refinery news
Aemetis India biodiesel plant completes capacity expansion
The expansion enables full production of 50 million gal./yr of biodiesel and bio-oil.
Husky Energy considering sale of non-core downstream assets
The company will potentially sell its Canadian retail and commercial fuels business and its Prince George Refinery.
Bilfinger, Teknokon awarded maintenance and repair services framework agreement by Tupras
The companies will carry out work at Tupras’ Izmir refinery.
Meridian Energy, Axens and McDermott hold engineering summit for Davis Refinery
The meetings begin an intensive effort to complete the FEED of the refinery located in Belfield, North Dakota.
Grace licenses polypropylene technology to Hanwha Total Petrochemical
UNIPOL PP Process Technology will be used for a new 400 000 tpy facility in Daesan, South Korea.
Sinopec forecasts 50% jump in 2018 profit
The group’s refined oil sales reached 40 million t for the first time, while chemicals marketing volume also rose from the previous year.
Shell starts production at new petrochemicals unit on US Gulf Coast
Completion of major expansion project makes Shell’s Geismar chemicals manufacturing site the largest producer of alpha olefins in the world.
Alfa Laval wins SEK180 million pumping orders
The company will supply Framo pumping systems to an oil facility in the Middle East and to an FPSO to be built in China.
Syndial begins transforming organic waste into bio-oil
Eni’s environmental services company has begun operating at its pilot plant at the the Gela, Italy refinery.
WorleyParsons awarded EPCM contract by INEOS Styrolution America
Services relate to the construction of a new acrylate styrene acrylonitrile facility on the US Gulf Coast.