Oil refinery news

Valero Logistics UK Ltd has signed an agreement with SemLogistics for the purchase of a fuel storage facility in Wales, UK.

If authorised, the expansion could make Beaumont the largest crude processing plant in the US.

The Star refinery will supply feedstock to Turkish petrochemicals firm Petkim and also produce diesel, naphtha and xylenes.

Ras Tanura Refinery has completed a major turnaround and inspection project.

Duqm Refinery has signed EPC contracts for the construction of a 230 000 bpd refinery.

Mammoet has been contracted to provide heavy lifting and transport solutions for a Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria.

Bestgrand Chemical Group has successfully started-up a wet gas sulfuric acid plant in China, with a production capacity of 300 000 tpy of sulfuric acid.

Petrofac has celebrated the completion of the Suhar Refinery Improvement Project in Oman.

API has welcomed the Bureau of Land Management’s new proposal to fix an oil and natural gas venting and flaring rule.

LOTOS’ Gdansk refinery is operating at full performance after being temporarily halted due to interruption in its electricity supply.