Archive for the ‘Processing’ Category
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 …
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. subsidiary ADNOC Refining (formerly Takreer) has let a contract to McDermott International Inc. to deliver front-end engineering and design for a refinery offgas project at the combined 817,000-b/d refinery in Ruwais, in the …
Hess Midstream Partners LP is expanding natural gas processing capacity at its 250-MMcfd Tioga gas plant in North Dakota, north of the Missouri River.
Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd. has let a contract to Honeywell UOP LLC to provide licensing for an alkylation unit based on ionic liquids alkylation technology at the operator’s 100,410-b/d refining and petrochemical complex in the Binhai…
Valero invests in Louisiana refining projects
April 25th, 2019 by Latest News
Valero Energy Corp. is investing $400 million to expand alkylation capacity at subsidiary Valero Refining New Orleans LLC’s 340,000-b/d St. Charles refinery in Norco, La.
ExxonMobil Corp. has taken final investment decision to proceed with an expansion project to increase production of ultralow-sulfur diesel by nearly 45% at subsidiary Esso Petroleum Co.’s 270,000-b/d Fawley refinery near Southampton, UK.
Shenghong Refining & Chemical Co. Ltd. has let a contract to Axens to provide residue hydrocracking process technology to boost naphtha production at its integrated complex in Lianyungang City in China’s province of Jiangsu.
The US Chemical Safety Board called on the US Environmental Protection Agency to review its existing hydrofluoric acid (HF) study to determine if existing regulations are effective and whether inherently safer alkylation technologies are a better optio…
OMV Petrom SA, Bucharest, has started up a new unit that converts LPG components into Euro 5-quality gasoline and middle distillates at its 90,400-b/d Petrobrazi refinery in the southeast region of Romania, near Ploiesti City.
Saudi Aramco has reached a deal to acquire Royal Dutch Shell PLC’s share of the partners’ 50-50 joint venture Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co.(Sasref), which operates the 305,000-b/d refinery at Jubail, Saudi Arabia.