Archive for the ‘Operations’ Category
Indorama Ventures Olefins, an indirect subsidiary of Thailand’s Indorama Ventures, has achieved mechanical completion of its previously announced project to renovate and restart a dormant ethane cracker in Westlake, La., just west of Lake Charles in Ca…
Chevron USA has completed its purchase from Petrobras America of all outstanding shares and equity interests of Pasadena Refining System Inc., which includes the refinery in Pasadena, Tex., and PRSI Trading LLC for $350 million, excluding working …
Chevron USA has completed its purchase from Petrobras America of all outstanding shares and equity interests of Pasadena Refining System Inc., which includes the refinery in Pasadena, Tex., and PRSI Trading LLC for $350 million, excluding working …
Fire hits Malaysia’s integrated refining, petchem complex development
April 12th, 2019 by Latest News
A fire broke out on Apr. 12 at the jointly held Saudi Aramco-Petronas $27-28 billion Pengerang Integrated Complex in southeastern Johor, Malaysia. The fire occurred about 1:25 a.m. local time at the atmospheric residue desulfurization unit, which is cu…
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (HPCL) will receive major heavy equipment ahead of schedule that is to be installed as part of its previously announced program to expand and modernize its 166,700-b/d Vishakhapatnam (Visakh) refinery in Andhra Pradesh on…
PRL advances upgrade of Karachi refinery
April 3rd, 2019 by Latest News
Pakistan Refinery Ltd. (PRL) is moving forward with its previously announced plan to upgrade and expand its 55,000-b/d hydroskimming refinery along the coastal belt of Karachi, Pakistan
Work proceeds on Egypt’s Midor refinery expansion
April 2nd, 2019 by Latest News
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…
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…
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.
Meridian Energy Group Inc. has signed a letter of intent with an unidentified firm to support midstream logistics for Meridian’s recently approved grassroots 49,500-b/sd high-conversion Davis refinery to be built in Billings County in the heart of sout…