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Essar commissions diesel hydrotreater unit in India

Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, announced that Essar Oil Ltd. has successfully commissioned diesel hydrotreater unit 1 (DHDT-1) as part of the Phase I expansion at its Vadinar refinery in India.

National fuel-retailing association speaks out on rising transportation fuel prices

"The retail fuels market is a complex system that is influenced by a wide number of factors. The best strategy for providing long-term relief and stability to consumers is to enact a comprehensive transportation energy policy," National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Vice President of Government Relations, John Eichberger, told Congress.

OPEC pins high oil prices on speculators, IEA warns of supply woes

Leaders of some of the world's largest oil producing nations Wednesday pinned current high oil prices primarily on market speculators, just as consuming nations warned that even present increased output levels are being more than offset by numerous supply problems.

Petrobras to boost gasoline, diesel imports in 2012

Brazil's Petrobras will need to import more gasoline and diesel fuel in 2012 as the company's refineries continue to fall short of domestic demand, Petrobras downstream director Paulo Roberto Costa said. Petrobras is also suffering from delays to refinery projects that will help trim the company's shortfall.

Motiva to convert N.J. storage to ULSD, biodiesel

Motiva plans to convert all of its high sulfur diesel heating oil (2000 ppm) storage to ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) (15 ppm) at its Sewaren Terminal in New Jersey. That will allow Motiva Sewaren, a 5mn bbl refined products terminal, to take deliveries of ULSD for NYMEX-based contracts via marine and pipeline.

Closed-loop control can clamp down on crude unit corrosion

Nalco Company, Energy Services Division: Hilton, N. P.

Automating the detection process and controlling applications in real time dramatically boosts performance

HP Impact: BP’s energy outlook to 2030

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Thinnes, Billy

Global energy demand will continue to grow over the next 20 years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fueled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries. Increased energy efficiency and stro..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

BASF will build a single-train 300,000 metric-tpy production plant for toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. It will also expand additional plants for TDI precursors by cons..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Qatargas has signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Samsung Engineering Ltd. for a diesel hydrotreater (DHT) unit that will treat 54,000 bpsd of diesel, from high-sulf..

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Total is consolidating its positions in petrochemicals in Asia with a new expansion and upgrading project for the Daesan complex in South Korea, which the group owns with Samsung as part of the Samsun..