Construction
John Crane unveils next-generation seal to maintain integrity of ethane/ethylene pipeline performance
John Crane has launched the Type 8628VL, a next generation mechanical seal engineered to solve the oil and gas industry's toughest challenges: maintaining sealing integrity in multiphase ethane and ethylene pipelines.
Swift Fuels advances light gas (LG2F™) demonstration plant plans in Louisiana (U.S.)
Altalto awards Maire engineering study contract for 23,000-tpy sustainable aviation fuel plant
MAIRE announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary MyRechemical, has been awarded an engineering study contract by Altalto Ltd. based on its proprietary NX Circular gasification and NX CPO technologies for a SAF plant in Immingham, Lincolnshire, UK.
Chevron seeks diversified approach to refinery investments
"There'll be places like Korea where we go investment heavy in petrochemicals and in heavy oil upgrading."
BAPCO expects to commission 400,000-bpd Sitra refinery in Q4
Bahrain's state oil firm Bapco Energies expects to commission its Sitra refinery expansion in the fourth quarter of this year, and will be looking to buy heavier crudes than it now runs and more LNG
Borealis invests over €100 MM in Austria to expand polymer compounding capabilities
Borealis is strengthening its position as a reliable partner for sustainable, high-performance materials with a major investment at its production location in Schwechat, Austria. The new PP compounding line is expected to begin operations in the second half of 2026.
HIF Global to revitalize Burnie’s former Pulp Mill site with eFuels facility
HIF Global has announced that it plans to locate the HIF Tasmania eFuels Facility at the former Burnie Paper Mill site in South Burnie.
Steel cut for Yara Eyde: The world’s first ammonia-powered container ship
This milestone marks the official start of construction for a vessel that will transform short-sea shipping and demonstrate the potential of ammonia as a low-emission fuel.
- Indian Oil buys first Colombian oil under Ecopetrol contract 12/31
- Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire, damages equipment at Tuapse refinery 12/31
- Chile's $2.5-B Volta green ammonia project wins environmental permit 12/31
- China begins issuing second batch of 2026 crude import quotas to refiners 12/31
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30
