Oil refinery news

The Indian newspaper The Economic Times is reporting that the state-owned Saudi oil giant is aiming to purchase a majority stake in a proposed refinery and petrochemical complex in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

The new system is intended to protect refineries from drone intrusion.

Eni has been contracted to construct two refining lines using Eni Slurry Technology at Zhejiang Petrochemicals’ facility.

SUEZ and CNPC inaugurated the International Downstream Congress, which will focus on wastewater treatment and water recycle plants for refineries and petrochemical complexes.

The company has received two orders for replacement equipment in Graham’s installed base and one order for a new ejector system in a refinery revamp project.

BASF has welcomed a fluid catalytic cracking additive that aims at addressing refinery demands.

A new technology from Koch-Glitsch and IPT allows refiners to increase the octane and reduce the RVP of light paraffinic naphtha streams.

hte and Instituto de Tecnología Química have announced the successful commercialisation of their micro downflow unit for fluid catalytic cracking catalyst testing.

Honeywell UOP has introduced a new high-activity hydrotreating catalyst that allows companies to meet Euro V clean fuels specifications.

Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd has awarded Petrofac a lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction contract for its Kochi Refinery.