Archive for the ‘Refining’ 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…
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…
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.
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.
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…
ExxonMobil has let a contract to a consortium of Maire Tecnimont subsidiary Tecnimont SPA and Performance Contractors Inc. to provide front-end engineering design, early execution studies, and early procurement activities for new process units and asso…
Meridian lets contract for Davis refinery
May 14th, 2019 by Latest News
Meridian Energy Group Inc. has let a contract to Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, to provide automation control systems and technologies for the operator’s grassroots 49,500-b/sd high-conversion Davis refinery to be built in Billings County in the hear…