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Crude oil

Refining outlook: Capacity expansion and rationalization

Muse, Stancil & Co.: Ruwe, P.

Many factors are reshaping the global refined products industry, leading to inevitable change

Understand differences between thermal and hydrocracking

KBC Advanced Technologies, Inc.: Sayles, S.  |  Romero, S.

Successful operation and product yields are controlled by reactions at the molecular level

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Gevo, Inc. has plans with South Hampton Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Arabian American Development Co., to build a hydrocarbon processing demonstration plant at its facility just outside of Houston..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Süd-Chemie, a member of the Clariant Group, has started construction of what will reportedly be the largest German plant for manufacturing climate-friendly biofuel cellulosic ethanol from agricul..

HP Construction Profile: Eni starts slurry technology project at Italy refinery

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Italian oil and gas major Eni has started work on applying Eni Slurry Technology (EST) at its Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi refinery, located near Pavia in northern Italy.EST is Eni’s proprietary ..

Foster Wheeler wins engineering design deal for hydrogen unit at Kazakhstan refinery

Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract for the basic engineering design of a new hydrogen production unit, based on the company’s Terrace-Wall steam reforming technology, to be built at the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan.

Crescent Point buys North Dakota shale acreage

Crescent Point Energy has acquired approximately 750 boe/d of production and more than 78 net sections of lower-risk land in North Dakota through a pair of acquisitions. As a result of the deals, Crescent Point said it was upwardly revising its 2011 capital expenditure plans and production guidance.

Siemens opens Norway subsea technology center

Siemens invested more than €10 million in the refurbishment of a building in which new process equipment will be developed and manufactured. The new facility covering an area of 10,000 square meters will be the global research and development center for the company’s subsea oil and gas business.

Magellan Midstream to reverse Texas pipeline, take crude to Houston refineries

Magellan Midstream is proceeding with the reversal and conversion of a portion of the partnership's 18-inch Houston-to-El Paso pipeline to crude oil service. The reversed pipeline system is expected to have an initial capacity of 135,000 bpd to refiners in Houston and Texas City, supported by long-term committed volumes for a portion of this capacity.

US Gulf oil producers shut in output as storm looms

Offshore oil and gas operators in the Gulf of Mexico have begun evacuating platforms and rigs due to an area of tropical disturbance (Invest 93 L), with nearly 6% of regional oil capacity already shut in. The system is likely to strengthen into Tropical Storm Lee either late Thursday or early Friday, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), packing winds of at least 40 miles/hour.