Americas
Ecopetrol successfully started-up its HDT complex project
Ecopetrol has successfully started-up two new units for the production of ultra low-sulfur-diesel (Prime-D) and ultra low-sulfur-gasoline (Prime-G+), as part of its hydrotreating project (HDT) at its Barrancabermeja refinery, located in the Santander department of Colombia.
H2scan receives multi-analyzer order from BP
The BP refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, has selected multiple H2scan hydrogen process analyzers integrated with the NeSSI platform system for their analyzer upgrades.
Foster Wheeler working on new delayed coking unit in Argentina
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by YPF.S.A. for a new delayed coking unit to be built at YPF's Complejo Industrial La Plata in Argentina.
Emerson’s new gas chromatograph makes extended analysis easy for natural gas measurement
Emerson Process Management's new Danalyzer 700XA gas chromatograph includes specialized enhancements to help natural-gas distributors and others in the oil and gas industry accurately measure hydrocarbon dew point.
PAA files for Pine Prairie expansion
PAA Natural Gas Storage, L.P. has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for expansion of its Pine Prairie natural gas storage facility in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana.
Marathon selling most of its Minnesota downstream assets
Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (MPC) has entered into definitive agreements with ACON Investments, LLC (ACON) and TPG Capital, LP (TPG) for the sale of most of Marathon's Minnesota downstream assets.
GE snaps up Dresser for a cool $3 billion
GE has purchased Dresser, Inc. for $3 billion. The deal includes all of the Dresser businesses, which provide products and services for compression, flow technology, measurement and distribution infrastructure for customers in more than 150 countries.
BP hires AMEC for onshore EPMS
AMEC has entered into a global agreement with BP International Ltd. to provide engineering and project management services (EPMS) for BP's onshore facilities developments around the world.
BlueFire turns to MasTec for Mississippi ethanol facility
BlueFire Renewables, Inc. has finalized and signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its planned cellulosic ethanol facility in Fulton, Mississippi.
API seeks to intervene on the side of the Pentagon in Canadian oil sands case
Citing the need to protect US jobs and America’s energy security, the American Petroleum Institute and two other organizations today filed a petition in federal court asking to intervene on the side of the Pentagon in a case challenging its use of fuels derived from Canadian oil sands crude oil.
- Australia’s biggest LNG plants suffer outages due to cyclone, straining global supply 3/27
- Iran war chokes petrochemical supply, sends plastic prices soaring 3/27
- Stockholm Exergi taps Inprocess to deliver advanced process simulator for BECCS project 3/27
- Japan to relax rules from April to boost coal-fired power amid LNG import risks 3/27
- Asia 10-ppm sulfur diesel margin hits record high 3/27
- South Korea enforces naphtha export ban amid Middle East supply disruptions 3/27

