Americas
ONEOK Partners honored by US EPA
ONEOK Partners has been named the "Natural Gas STAR Program's Gathering and Processing Partner of the Year" by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its significant efforts to reduce greenhouse gases through voluntary implementation of methane emission reduction technologies and practices.
Statoil recruits PTTEP for its Alberta oil sands project
Statoil has agreed to sell a 40% interest in its oil sands project in Alberta, Canada, to PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) of Thailand.
Full speed ahead with Praxair’s new Indiana hydrogen facility
Praxair, Inc. has begun supplying BP’s refinery complex in Whiting, Indiana, with hydrogen from its new hydrogen facility. The two steam methane reformers have a total capacity of 200 million standard cubic feet per day.
Eni starts major heavy oil project in Venezuela
Eni and PDVSA are working on two projects: PetroJunín, dedicated to the development of the Junín 5 Block, located in the Orinoco Oil Belt some 550 kilometers south east of Caracas, and PetroBicentenario, dedicated to the construction and operation of a refinery in the area of the existing industrial coastal complex of Jose.
Enterprise purchases isobutylene facility
Enterprise Products Partners has acquired out of bankruptcy a Houston Ship Channel facility previously owned by Bigler LP that produces high-purity isobutylene (HPIB) and provides terminal services for refined products and petrochemicals.
Revamped process gas compressors delivered to Petrobras refinery
Petrobras selected Burckhardt Compression (Brasil) Ltda. to revamp their existing process gas compressors that are operated in the Petrobras Recap refinery in Capuava, Brazil.
ITT picks up OI and enhances its global analytical instrumentation business
ITT Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of OI Corp. for approximately $29 million. OI is a provider of innovative instrumentation for laboratory and environmental testing in the pharmaceutical, petrochemical, power and industrial markets.
Chevron to sell fuels marketing and aviation businesses in parts of the Caribbean and Central America
Chevron has agreed to sell its fuels marketing and aviation businesses in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, St Vincent, Guyana, St. Kitts, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize to Vitogaz, SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RUBIS, an international downstream petroleum company based in France.
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in Texas
Technip has an engineering, procurement and construction support lumpsum contract with Valero Refining for two flare gas recovery units at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.
Arkema to invest $110 million in its US acrylics businesses
Arkema has an investment plan for its acrylics sites in Clear Lake and Bayport, Texas.
- LyondellBasell to likely begin closure of Houston refinery (U.S.) this weekend 1/22
- Enilive (Eni) starts SAF production at 400,000-tpy Gela biorefinery in Sicily 1/22
- Digital Exclusive (sponsored): Improve efficiency via centralized data and advanced collaboration 1/22
- Topsoe to provide technology to Chuangui Lingang New Energy's 300,000-tpy SAF/renewable diesel plant in China 1/22
- Sri Lanka agrees with China's Sinopec to fast-track $3.7-B refinery 1/22
- South Korea's GS Caltex plans Yeosu refinery maintenance in late February 1/22
