US refinery news
Topaz embraces Internet of Things with Baker Hughes collaboration on VitalyX Lubricant Monitoring System
Topaz Energy and Marine, an offshore marine logistics company, has signed a long-term agreement and placed an order with Baker Hughes, a GE company, to deploy Baker Hughes’ lubricant condition monitoring system, VitalyX.
Chevron completes acquisition of Pasadena Refining
Adding a second refinery to its Gulf Coast downstream business, Chevron acquires Pasadena Refining System, Inc.
Record US petroleum product exports in 2018
The EIA has reported that the US exported an average of 5.6 million bpd of petroleum products in 2018, a new record.
Value of US petroleum products exported to Mexico nearly triples between 2008 – 2018
The EIA has reported that the US energy trade with Mexico involves importing crude oil and exporting petroleum products.
SDK Group starts mass production of liquefied carbon dioxide in Oita Petrochemical Complex
Showa Denko Gas Products Co., Ltd. (SGP) has established a new plant to produce liquefied carbon dioxide.
LyondellBasell's Bayport Complex Propylene Oxide plant turns 50
LyondellBasell's Bayport Complex in Pasadena, Texas, US, has commemorated 50 years of operation.
Wood to install delayed coking technology at Texas refinery
Wood has been awarded an EPC support services contract for the installation of a 55 000 bpd, four drum delayed coking unit at a Port Arthur refinery in Southeast Texas, US.
Ownership of FT reactors transferred to Velocys from ENVIA
Velocys has announced the return of two FT reactors after the demonstration run was completed last year in Oklahoma City.
US Gulf Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers
As demand for hydrogen increases, US Gulf Coast refiners are consuming more hydrogen from merchant suppliers than from their own production.
EIA: The US imports and exports substantial volumes of petroleum
US net trade of petroleum has fallen in recent years, reaching 2.3 million bpd in 2018.