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Refiner Neste warns of weaker biofuel outlook, shares drop

Finnish refiner Neste on Wednesday cut the margin outlook for its biofuel business for the third time this year due to falling prices and also lowered its expected sales volumes, sending the company's share price down 10%.

Marathon's Detroit refinery gets new air permit to boost crude throughput

Michigan's environmental agency on Tuesday issued a new air permit to Marathon Petroleum covering emissions from its Detroit refinery, which will allow the refiner to boost crude throughput at the plant.

Comment: What challenges lie ahead for Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery?

Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC Ltd. announced last weekend that it would not be the exclusive buyer of gasoline produced by the $20-B Dangote oil refinery, contradicting a statement made by the refinery last week.

U.S. Gulf Coast LNG export plants, refineries, production facilities brace for Francine

Tropical Storm Francine was intensifying and on track to become a hurricane on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut-in Gulf of Mexico production.

Russia's Yaroslavl refinery FCCU shut for 2-weeks unplanned maintenance

Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery (YANOS) operated by Slavneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft and Gazprom neft, has shut its gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) for unplanned maintenance expected to last two weeks.

Two killed in fire from waste overflow at top Pemex oil refinery in Mexico

Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex.

KBR's ROSE technology selected by Zhejiang Petroleum for the largest SDA unit in China

KBR has been awarded a contract for its ROSE® supercritical solvent de-asphalting (SDA) technology from Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC), a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in China.

AIChE and IChemE sign MoU to strengthen international STEM talent pool

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)—two professional societies dedicated to advancing the application of chemical engineering expertise internationally—have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to further collaboration for the benefit of chemical and process engineering and society as a whole.

Russia's September western port oil loadings to rise 1.5% m/m despite seasonal refinery maintenance

Russia will increase oil exports via its western ports to 1.98 MMbpd in September, up by just 30,000 bpd from August, despite the expected start of seasonal maintenance on Russian refineries.

Transition to cleaner fuels seen dragging on China's oil demand growth

China's shift towards lower-carbon fuels and a sluggish economy are dampening oil demand growth in the world's largest crude importer.