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Mexico's Pemex ships first fuel export from new Olmeca refinery to India

Mexico's Pemex this month shipped its first fuel export cargo from its new Olmeca refinery to India, a sign of progress after multiple delays and spiraling costs.

Mexico's Pemex posts drop in oil production as Lopez Obrador exits

Crude output by Pemex fell in August as Mexico's national oil company failed to reduce fuel imports in line with company targets, while overall falling well short of the lofty energy trade goals of the country's outgoing president.

South Korea's S-Oil shuts a crude unit for scheduled overhaul

South Korea's S-Oil has shut the No. 1 crude distillation unit (CDU) and some refining units at its Onsan refinery for a scheduled overhaul this week.

EnerMech partners with KENT for FAST project at ExxonMobil's Fawley petrochemical complex

EnerMech has become the integrated service contract supplier of choice to KENT Energies Ltd. for ExxonMobil’s new low-sulfur diesel facility at its Fawley Petrochemical Complex, located in Hampshire, UK.

Rio Tinto pilots Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock for renewable diesel

Rio Tinto will develop Pongamia seed farms in Australia as part of a new biofuels pilot. The project will explore the potential of Pongamia seed oil as a feedstock for renewable diesel.

Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim petrochemical plant announces major maintenance

Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing, petrochemical and fertilizer complex located in the Bashkortostan region has announced major maintenance.

Singapore's middle distillates stocks dip for third week amid robust net exports

Singapore's middle distillates inventories fell for a third straight week, tracking the strength in gasoil/diesel net exports.

Russia's diesel, gasoline output capacity to fall sharply in Sept.

Russia's ability to produce diesel and gasoline is expected to fall sharply in September as seasonal maintenance at oil refineries peaks.

SOCAR awards NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade/expand Heydar Aliyev refinery in Azerbaijan

SOCAR has awarded NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade and expand the capacity of the Heydar Aliyev Oil refinery industrial complex in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Zeopore prepares for global production of economical, premium hydrocracking meso-zeolites

Zeopore is initiating discussions with candidate partners to jointly commercialize its unique zeolite mesoporization route. Combining improved hydrocracking (HDC), Zeopore’s optimized HDC zeolites bring 3 wt%-7wt% more middle distillates, depending on feedstock and process conditions.