Refining
TUPRAS Selects Merichem Technologies for jet fuel and spent caustic treatment
Turkish Petroleum Refining Corp. (TUPRAS) has selected Merichem Co. to provide multiple technologies for the treatment of kerosene/jet fuel as well as technology for on-site treatment of associated spent caustic at the company’s refinery in Izmir, Turkey .
Imperial obtains oil sand process rights to Canada
Imperial Petroleum, Inc. has purchased the exclusive rights to Canada for the development of a process designed to recover bitumen or heavy oil from tar and oil sands.
The new biofuel: It’s whisky in a car
Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland has filed a patent for a new biofuel made from whisky by-products, which it says can be used in ordinary cars, without any special adaption needed.
SNC-Lavalin to assist Grizzly in Alberta
SNC-Lavalin has an engineering and procurement (EP) contract with Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Flint Hills buys two Iowa ethanol plants
Flint Hills Resources plans to acquire the Hawkeye ethanol plants in Menlo and Shell Rock, Iowa. The Menlo and Shell Rock ethanol plants opened in 2008.
A new greenfield refinery in Nigeria?
All possible developments in Nigeria should be taken with a grain of salt, but according to the website of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Imo (a Nigerian state) state government is set to go into a strategic partnership with NNPC to establish a greenfield refinery.
Linde opens ethanol/CO2 plant in New York
Linde North America has begun production at one of its newest plants, which makes carbon dioxide (CO2) from ethanol in Fulton, New York. The new 600 tpd CO2 plant is located at the Sunoco ethanol plant, housed in a former brewery in the Riverview Business Park, some 25 miles north of Syracuse.
Jacobs recruited for new Serbian hydrogen plant
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from Heurtey Petrochem SA, France to provide engineering services for a new hydrogen plant generation unit at the Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) refinery. The NIS refinery is located in Pancevo, Serbia and is under a license from Haldor Topsoe
Fluor to aid Cobalt in commercializing biobutanol
Cobalt Technologies has signed an agreement with Fluor Corp. Under the agreement, Fluor will provide engineering consulting services as Cobalt gears up to commercialize its biobutanol production technology. Additionally, Fluor will offer a broad range of EPCM services for Cobalt’s demonstration and commercial-scale butanol production plants.
Mewah Group invests in Malaysian palm oil refinery
Mewah Group is investing RM150 million to set up a 900,000 metric tpy palm oil refinery in Lahad Datu, Malaysia.
- Eneos plans to shut Marifu CDU in mid-January for maintenance 12/26
- China's 2026 first batch fuel export quotas steady year on year 12/26
- Singapore fuel oil stockpiles rise to two-week high 12/26
- Asia refinery 2025–2026 maintenance/outages 12/26
- Serbia's NIS gets U.S. approval to negotiate sale of Russian stake 12/26
- India's Reliance gets one-month US concession to buy Rosneft oil 12/24
