Archive for the ‘Operations’ Category
ADNOC, OCI form fertilizer joint venture
June 18th, 2019 by Latest News
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. has entered a strategic partnership that will combine ADNOC Fertilizers into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nitrogen fertilizer business of OCI. The new joint venture “will become the largest export-focused nitrogen …
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers asked a federal appeals court to review the US Environmental Protection Agency’s authorization for gasoline with 15% ethanol (E15) to be sold year-round in the US. AFPM submitted its petition June 11 …
Petrobras advances downstream divestment plans
June 12th, 2019 by Latest News
Petrobras has signed a commitment agreement with Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense consolidating an understanding between the parties on the operator’s previously announced plan to divest its Brazilian refining assets.
A final rule signed May 31 by US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew R. Wheeler that waives summertime Reid Vapor Pressure limits and allows year-round sales of gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend was met with disappointment by refiners …
Petronor begins turnaround at Bilbao refinery
May 31st, 2019 by Latest News
Petroleos del Norte SA (Petronor) has started planned maintenance on the largest of two crude distillation units at its 240,000-b/d refinery at Muskiz near Bilbao, Spain. The more-than 140,000-b/d Refining Unit 1 was taken offline on May 27 for a sched…
Total’s Leuna refinery operating at reduced rates
May 22nd, 2019 by Latest News
Total SA subsidiary Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland GMBH has halted operations of some units at its 241,000-b/d Leuna refinery in Germany following contamination issues resulting from supplies of Russian crude oil volumes.
IHS Markit: COTC process seen doubling profits
May 16th, 2019 by Latest News
Crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC), a new chemical process technology, could more than double the profitability derived from a barrel of crude oil, according to IHS Markit. Based on its analysis, global, integrated refining and petrochemical companies curre…
Bangchak Corp. Public Co. Ltd. (BCPCL), formerly Bangchak Petroleum Public Co. Ltd., has scheduled a shutdown of the hydrocracking unit for a month of planned maintenance at its 120,000-b/d refinery in Bangkok, Thailand.
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals, a subsidiary of Oil & Natural Gas Corp., has implemented a partial shutdown of process units as part of a force majeure at its 300,000-b/d integrated complex in Mangalore, India.
Official: Normal Druzhba flow due mid-May
May 8th, 2019 by Latest News
The Druzhba oil pipeline between Russia and Europe will resume normal operations in mid-May after a month-long curtailment responding to contamination, according to Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak in a report by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.