Oil refinery news

Clariant has released CATOFIN 311, a propane dehydrogenation catalyst which the company says has greater selectivity and a longer lifetime.

Shell has sold its Martinez Refinery in California to PBF Energy.

Petrobras has signed a letter of intent with SBM Offshore for the lease and operation of the FPSO Mero 2 to be deployed in the Mero field offshore Brazil.

Wood has been awarded a FEED contract for DRPIC’s proposed onshore petrochemicals facility in southern Oman.

GlobalData analyses Pemex’s new upstream and downstream strategies, finding that despite a short term boost the company will continue to be challenged in the long run.

The President of Mexico hailed the refinery construction project in Dos Bocas as an act of justice for the state of Tabasco and the south-east of Mexico.

Reaching 5 million bpd, US hydrocarbon gas liquids production accounted for a quarter of total US petroleum products output in 2018, reports the EIA.

Sonangol and United Shine have signed an agreement for the construction of an oil refinery in the province of Cabinda, Angola.

Worley will provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for Thaioil’s refinery.

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