Refining
Petrovietnam, partners to delay construction of new Nghi Son refinery
The $9 billion Nghi Son complex, to be located 180 km south of Hanoi, will have a refining capacity of 200,000 bpd. It will process Kuwaiti crude oil supplied exclusively by Kuwait Petroleum International.
Oxford Catalysts to design new biomass-to-liquids plant in Oregon
The BTL project was recently awarded a $4.1 million grant from the US Department of Defense (under the Defense Production Act, Title III), which will help fund detailed engineering for a 1,100-bpd BTL facility. The project will have an opportunity to apply for a further grant.
Royal Dutch Shell appoints van Beurden next CEO
The Board of Royal Dutch Shell has announced that Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as CEO, effective January 1, 2014. Mr. Van Beurden, 55, has been Shell’s downstream director since January 2013.
Vivergo Fuels opens major, wheat-fed bioethanol plant in UK
The greenfield biorefinery from Vivergo Fuels, operating on UK feed wheat, is highly energy efficient with distillation, dehydration and evaporation integrated uniquely, reducing energy consumption. The plant adheres to EU sustainability criteria for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) savings.
IRPC ’13: Indian Oil shows off Panipat complex
The fourth annual International Refining and Petrochemical Conference kicked off Tuesday with a tour of Indian Oil's integrated complex near Panipat in northern India.
Refinery watch: Planned and unplanned US outages
Valero reported the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its Benicia refinery is back at planned rates after a brief outage June 29. Tesoro reported a major unit startup at its Martinez, Calif. refinery July 2. Scheduled maintenance on a unit at ExxonMobil's Torrance, Calif. refinery could cause flaring, Exxon said July 1.
Japan looks to tighten gasoline market by lowering future refinery runs
"We want to tighten the gasoline market by keeping runs a little lower than last year," said Akitsugu Takahashi, senior vice president of JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., Japan's largest refiner by capacity. "Gasoline margins (in the domestic market) have been very slim because of oversupply."
Brazil's Petrobras sets new company record for refinery production
The record volume was volume is 30,000 bbl more than the previous record. This strong performance has enabled a reduction in oil product imports and reflects the high level of operational efficiency at its refineries and in the integrated management of downstream operations.
China's Cnooc considers investment in Uganda refinery, pipeline plan
Cnooc has expressed interest in investing in Uganda's oil refinery and a crude export pipeline. The Chinese company reportedly expressed interest in two projects following a meeting between company chairman Wang Yilin and Uganda's prime minister Amama Mbabazi.
REG starts up new biorefinery in Northeast Texas
The largest US biodiesel producer hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the completion of major upgrades at the New Boston biorefinery, located about 150 miles east of Dallas. REG acquired the 15 million gal/year refinery in November 2012 after it had been shut down for nearly four years.
- Consortium creates world's first supply chain for the production of renewable plastics 2/6
- Valmet to deliver advanced process analytical solutions to Dow’s Path2Zero ethylene project 2/6
- Tampnet brings mission-critical connectivity to hydrocarbon processing industries 2/6
- Cheniere submits application to build massive LNG plant in Texas 2/6
- OQ and Kuwait Petroleum sign PDA for Duqm petrochemical complex project 2/6
- Phillips 66 to lay off workers as Los Angeles (U.S.) refinery shuts down 2/6
