Archive for the ‘Operations’ Category
Fluor Corp.’s joint venture team FDH JV has generated first steam into Kuwait National Petroleum Co.’s (KNPC) Clean Fuels Project to upgrade its refineries to produce clean-burning fuels conforming to Euro 5 standards.
The US Environmental Protection Agency issued final amendments on Nov. 8 to National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants and New Source Performance Standards for refiners. EPA said that it proposed amending the regulations in April to clar…
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. subsidiary Port Harcourt Refining Co. Ltd. has secured support for uninterrupted power supply to its Port Harcourt refining complex—which includes a 60,000-b/sd hydroskimming refinery and 150,000-b/sd full-conversion r…
Trinidad and Tobago’s state-owned Petrotrin is progressing with its previously announced plan to end refining operations at the company’s 165,000-b/d Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. Operations are continuing to wind down at the facility, with operations…
Limetree Bay Refining, a subsidiary of ArcLight Capital Partners, has reached an agreement in principle with the supply and trading arm of an unidentified major international oil company to restart the idled 500,000-b/d refinery at Limetree Bay on St. …
Sonatrach lets contract for Arzew refinery
November 1st, 2018 by Latest News
Sonatrach has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide a suite of its proprietary technologies for production of 200,000 tonnes/year of methyl tertiary butyl ether at its 80,000-b/d refinery in Arzew, Algeria. As part of the contract, Honeywell U…
Survey for API finds voter concern about year-round ethanol mandate
October 31st, 2018 by Latest News
A Harris Poll survey commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute found that a majority of US voters are concerned about the Trump administration’s plans to permit the year-round sale of gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend, API said on Oct. 29. The s…
The US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Justice, and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality have reached a national settlement with Chevron Corp. that will require subsidiary Chevron USA Inc. to implement safety improv…
Irving Oil Ltd. is resuming turnaround work following a “major incident” on Oct. 8 at its 300,000-b/d St. John refinery in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick. The refinery as a whole is safe, and the specific site of the incident is isolate…
Ineos signs PDH technology license
October 2nd, 2018 by Latest News
Ineos AG will use Lummus technology from McDermott for the propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit it plans to build with a gas cracker in northwestern Europe.