Environment & Safety
History of the HPI: The 1980s: Oil spike/collapse, liquid crystals, conducting polymers and the rise of AR/VR
Several major impactful events took place in the global oil and gas and petrochemical industries in the 1980s.
Enabling a circular economy delivery model through truckable modularization
As resources become scarcer, and as costs continue to rise, companies are looking for new methods to reduce their material feedstock costs and remain competitive.
HRSG water/steam sampling: Do it right or face potential consequences
Many large industrial facilities—including refineries, and chemical and petrochemical plants—are increasingly turning to co-generation for process steam and power production.
Environment and Safety: Gas flaring: Necessary, or a waste of resources and a source of greenhouse gases?
Flaring is the controlled burning of hydrocarbons at oil refineries, gas processing plants and petrochemical plants.
Wärtsilä supplies battery to Pivot Power as part of cutting-edge Energy Superhub Oxford project
The hybrid battery system, which was officially launched at the opening of Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO), will play an essential role in the UK’s shift to renewables.
The downstream rundown: In case you missed it 7/1
In case you missed any downstream news, this piece will give you a summary of some of the top stories from last week.
Victor and Neste announce partnership to reduce private jet charter emissions by up to 80%
Neste and Fly Victor, the on-demand private jet company, announce a partnership which sets a new sustainability benchmark in business aviation.
Neste invests in its world scale renewable products refinery in Rotterdam
Neste has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers' higher climate ambitions.
Novoshakhtinsk refinery resumes operations after fire
The Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the south of Russia resumed operations after a fire caused by a drone attack on June 22.
VTT and Neste to build an integrated e-fuels demonstration facility for CO2 capture, green hydrogen and e-fuels production
Power-to-Liquids technologies are on their way to commercialization in scale. E-fuels offer a way to expand the carbon-neutral transport fuel pool beyond biomass-based renewable fuels to replace fossil fuels in existing internal combustion engines.
- INEOS to cease phenol production at German site, cites high European energy costs and CO2 tax policy 6/17
- Petrobras signs $892 MM in contracts to complete RNEST Train 2 refinery expansion 6/17
- China's May refinery throughput at 9-month low on plant overhauls (1) 6/17
- bp completes turnaround work at 250,000-bpd refinery in Washington (U.S.) 6/17
- Japan's Eneos restarts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki CDU after unplanned shutdown 6/17
- UPM Biochemicals receives triple sustainability certification for the Leuna biorefinery 6/17
