Equipment
MOL inaugurated its €1.3-B, 200,000-tpy polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary
MOL inaugurated its €1.3-B, 200,000-tpy polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary.
ExxonMobil completes annual maintenance at Joliet (U.S.) refinery
ExxonMobil has finished annual maintenance work at the 250,000-bpd Joliet refinery in Illinois and is in the process of restarting operations.
Motion enters into agreement to purchase electrical/automation company Allied Circuits
Motion Industries Inc., a leading distributor of maintenance, repair and operation replacement parts, and a premier provider of industrial technology solutions, signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire Allied Circuits, an electrical and automation firm.
NOVA Chemicals launches Canadian Center of Excellence for Plastics Circularity
NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced the launch of its Center of Excellence for Plastics Circularity, a hub for knowledge exchange and technology development for the circular economy of plastics.
Vertex Energy pauses renewable diesel output to switch back to fossil fuels, citing macroeconomic woes
U.S. refiner Vertex Energy will pause renewable diesel production at its refinery in Mobile, Alabama, and convert it to produce fossil fuels instead, citing macroeconomic woes which might persist through next year.
bp’s Cherry Point refinery turns feedstock into renewable diesel fuel. Here’s how.
bp is boosting biofuels production to 50,000 bpd globally by 2025. Here, bp provides insight into the company's Cherry Point refinery, in Washington state (U.S.), and the facility's co-processing techniques.
Heavy oil shortages are driving up refiners' cost
Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin, driving up refiners' costs with a likely knock-on effect to industries ranging from shipping and construction to Middle Eastern power plants.
Ebara Elliott Energy to provide compressor for Thailand’s first SAF project
Ebara Elliott Energy, formerly Elliott Group, has been contracted to provide a motor-driven recycle compressor with a variable frequency drive (VFD) for the Sustainable Fuel Development Project (SFP) by TTCL Public Co. Ltd.
BASF and IPP jointly market the sale/relocation of three plants from Verbund site in Germany
BASF and International Process Plants will jointly market the sale and relocation of three plants-ammonia, methanol and melamine-from BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Holland America starts pilot tests using renewable fuels on cruise liner
Holland America Line announced the start of a long-term biofuel test on its flagship, Rotterdam, leveraging 100% low-carbon intensity biofuel while sailing within the Norwegian World Heritage Fjords.

- LanzaJet expands partnership with Microsoft to strengthen the company’s global growth 6/13
- Phelan Green Group's $2.6-B eMethanol project remains on schedule 6/13
- Algeria launches $7-B investment plan to expand hydrocarbon processing 6/13
- AFPM/API: President Trump officially overturns California (U.S.) gas car ban 6/12
- Decision on oil refiner Italiana Petroli's sale expected around end-June 6/12
- EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline and distillate inventories rise as refining activity increases 6/12