http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/s-oil-expects-q2-refining-margins-to-remain-steady-then-trend-upward/ South Korea's S-Oil forecast that second-quarter refining margins will be steady, supported by regular maintenance in the region, then trend upward in tandem with higher demand as the summer season gets underway. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/vitol-to-charter-supertankers-from-us-to-nigerias-dangote-refinery/ Commodities trader Vitol has agreed to charter two supertankers to deliver crude oil to Nigeria's giant Dangote refinery from the U.S. in May, according to a shipping source and fixtures data. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/refiner-valero-beats-profit-estimates-on-resilient-demand-tight-supplies/ Refiner Valero Energy beat first-quarter profit estimates, benefiting from sustained demand as supplies remained tight due to disruptions in Russia and maintenance work at U.S. refineries. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/imperial-oil-gets-q1-boost-from-higher-production-refining-throughput-weighs/ Canada's Imperial Oil saw higher profit in its first quarter on as the integrated oil firm was helped by robust production but saw maintenance activities weighing on its throughput volumes. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/nigerias-nnpc-partners-local-firm-on-new-100-000-bpd-refinery/ Nigeria's state-owned oil firm NNPC Ltd signed an agreement allowing a local refiner to build and operate a 100,000 bpd refinery within NNPC's Port Harcourt Refinery complex in the south of the country. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/stranded-cargo-shows-credit-challenges-at-nigerias-dangote-refinery/ Chinese state energy major PetroChina has been waiting to unload a cargo of U.S. crude at Nigeria's giant new refinery for nearly a month due to payment issues. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/basf-with-solid-start-to-the-year-ebitda-before-special-items-in-first-quarter-of-2024-slightly-above-analysts-consensus/ In 2024, BASF commenced the year strongly, unveiling first-quarter figures coinciding with the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim, Germany, anticipating a comparable turnout to the previous year of around 5,000 attendees. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/russias-oil-refining-near-11-month-low/ Russia's weekly oil refining hit a near 11-month low due to flooding and a slowdown in repairs to plants that were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/renewable-fuels-project-in-canada-begins-production/ A Fluor Corporation project reached a major milestone recently with the production startup of the Braya Renewable Fuels facility in Come by Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/04/russias-bashneft-oil-company-installs-anti-drone-nets-to-protect-refineries/ Russian oil producer Bashneft has installed anti-drone nets to protect key facilities at its refineries from potential Ukrainian attack, the head of the republic of Bashkortostan where the company is based was quoted as saying.