Shell news

Digital twins to become mainstay for oil and gas operations as companies look to optimise costs, according to GlobalData.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies has signed a licensing and basic engineering agreement with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PT PRPP).

The plant in Saudi Arabia uses the Shell OMEGA process, which is based on the catalytic conversion of both ethylene to ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide to ethylene glycol.

Investment agreements for Varennes Carbon Recycling have been signed by Proman and its partners, Shell, Suncor, the Government of Québec, and Enerkem.

Once completed, the plant will treat more than 200 000 t of non-recyclable waste and wood waste per year with an annual production of nearly 125 million litres of low carbon fuels.

Use of Durasorb Cryo-HRU technology in the pre-treatment section of an LNG production plant offers a solution for the removal of trace HHCs, BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene), and water to cryogenic specifications in a single unit.

Shell will halve crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.

Shell is planning to shrink its refining and chemicals portfolio from 14 to six sites.

Linde GmbH and Shell have announced an exclusive collaboration agreement on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production.

Shell's petrochemical complex near Pittsburgh remains on track to enter service in the early 2020s, according to the company.