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BP plans $388mn cleaner diesel project at Cherry Point refinery in Washington

BP will begin a $388mn project in May to install hydrogen diesel units at its Cherry Point refinery in Washington, according to a recent report in the Bellingham Herald newspaper.

Technip awarded EPC contract for Petrobras refinery in Brazil

Brazilian energy major Petrobras awarded Technip, in consortium with Tomé Engenharia, a lump sum turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for five new units at the Presidente Bernardes refinery in Cubatão, state of São Paulo.

China’s Sinopec to cut fuel exports, lower chemical plant operating rates

Chinese refiner Sinopec will reduce fuel exports and lower chemical plant operating rates in order to increase domestic refined oil products supply, the company said on Tuesday.

Australian Renewable Fuels finalizes acquisition of domestic firm Biodiesel Producers

Australian Renewable Fuels Ltd finalized its acquisition of fellow domestic firm Biodiesel Producers Ltd, seeking to reinforce its offering and global position in the biodiesel market.

Puma Energy buying ExxonMobil's downstream businesses in six Central American markets

Puma Energy has agreed to acquire ExxonMobil's fuels marketing and supply businesses in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

Meeting diesel specifications at sustained production

Shedded Uhde Pty Ltd.: Singh, D.

New approach rethinks operations of crude and vacuum distillation units to recover more distillate

HPIn Europe: Nervous Petroleum Week crowd thinks the geopolitically unthinkable

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

These are nervous times in energy markets and on the bridges of oil tankers. Things are going belly up for oil users (which is everyone). And, as I fly home from International Petroleum (IP) week in L..

Innovation drives new catalyst developments

The Shaw Group: Letzsch, W.

Future challenges in environment and product specifications involve more sophisticated catalyst systems

Global demand for catalysts to exceed $17 billion in 2014

World demand for chemical synthesis, petroleum refining and polymerization catalysts will rise 6%/yr to $17.2 billion in 2014, reflecting a combination of healthy volume and price growth from a weak 2..

Rare earth dilemma forces catalyst changes

The success from catalysts depends on its structure and composition. Tremendous research has been devoted in fine-tuning the melding of structure and raw material makeup to provide efficient catalyst ..