Archive for the ‘Processing’ Category
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…
EPP, Lavaca to build Baymark ethylene pipeline
May 30th, 2019 by Latest News
Enterprise Products Partners reported plans to extend its ethylene pipeline and logistics system further into South Texas, “a leading growth area for crackers and ethylene derivative plants.” The Baymark ethylene pipeline will originate in the Bayport …
Delek expands midstream operations
May 29th, 2019 by Latest News
Delek US Holdings Inc. and its logistics arm Delek Logistics Partners LP are expanding midstream operations to gain access to crude oil feedstock sourced at Cushing, Okla., as part of a plan to increase and improve crude flexibility at Delek US refiner…
Delek plots Krotz Springs refinery improvements
May 24th, 2019 by Latest News
Delek US Holdings Inc. will invest $150 million in a series of projects over the next 5 years to improve operations at its 74,000-b/sd refinery in Krotz Springs, La. The proposed enhancement projects at the refinery will include infrastructure improvem…
MOL Group subsidiary MOL Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. (formerly TVK PLC) has let a contract to McDermott International Inc. to provide technology licensing for a new unit at its Tiszaújvaros petrochemicals complex in northeastern Hungary.
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.
APLNG okay to buy Ironbark CSG project
May 22nd, 2019 by Latest News
The Origin Energy-operated Australia Pacific LNG group has obtained permission to acquire Origin’s undeveloped Ironbark coal seam gas project in permit ATP 788P in Queensland. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would not oppose …
Sale an option in CVR Energy review
May 22nd, 2019 by Latest News
CVR Energy Inc., Sugar Land, Tex., has designated Bank of America Merrill Lynch its financial advisor for a review of strategic alternatives, which might include sale of the company. A subsidiary, CVR Refining LP, operates a 132,000-b/cd refinery at Co…
Shell weighs plan for Louisiana MEG plant
May 20th, 2019 by Latest News
Royal Dutch Shell PLC subsidiary Shell Chemical LP is advancing feasibility studies for a potential $1.2-billion manufacturing expansion of monoethylene glycol (MEG) production at its 841-acre Geismar chemicals complex in Ascension Parish, La.
Bitumen feed delayed for Alberta refinery
May 20th, 2019 by Latest News
North West Redwater Partnership (NWRP) has delayed introduction of bitumen feed from Alberta’s oil sands at the first 80,000-b/d phase of its proposed three-phased greenfield bitumen refinery in Sturgeon County, about 45 km northeast of Edmonton, Alta.