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ExxonMobil Corp. has taken a final investment decision on a multibillion-dollar expansion to convert fuel oil and other bottom-of-the-barrel crude products into higher-value lube base stocks and distillates at subsidiary ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Lt…

Borealis AG, Vienna, has let a contract to a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont SPA for work related to the operator’s previously announced plan to build a grassroots propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at its existing production site in Kallo, Belgium.

TechnipFMC PLC has completed remaining conditions required to enable work to begin on an earlier awarded contract let by the Egyptian government for delivery of engineering, procurement, and construction services related to the modernization and expans…

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released a report on Mar. 20 that recommends improved routine and emergency air monitoring at major refineries and in nearby communities in the state.

A group of 58 US-based oil and gas producers and refiners reported full-year 2018 net earnings of $54.75 billion on revenues of $1,012 billion compared with full-year net earnings of $44.38 billion on revenues of $835.21 billion in 2017.

A California refiner has implemented technology to reduce contents of nitrogen oxides (cNOx) and carbon monoxide (cCO) emissions as part of a retrofitting project at the site.

A California refiner has implemented technology to reduce contents of nitrogen oxides (cNOx) and carbon monoxide (cCO) emissions as part of a retrofitting project at the site.

HollyFrontier Corp. has completed unplanned maintenance during this year’s first quarter at subsidiary HollyFrontier El Dorado Refining LLC’s 135,000-b/sd refinery in El Dorado, Kan. As of Mar. 26, the crude unit was back online, and the refinery remai…

Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co. has let a contract to a China-based joint-venture of John Wood Group PLC to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for a 1 million-tonne/year ethylene expansion project at its 240,…

Unipetrol RPA SRO-Rafinerie, the refining arm of Unipetrol AS and parent company Polski Koncern Naftowy SA (PKN Orlen), has let a contract to McDermott International Inc. to provide engineering, procurement, and construction management services for a u…