Europe
Industry Perspectives: Global desulfurization capacity to skyrocket over the long term
According to OPEC’s World Oil Outlook 2016, desulfurization capacity additions represent the largest capacity increases among all process units to 2040. This trend is due to increased regulations on the amount of sulfur allowed in transportation fuels.
Refining: Europe’s refineries: Walking dead or happy valley?
Unloved and increasingly unneeded, Europe’s oil refining sector has been under duress for an astonishing four decades.
Editorial Comment: The future of refining lies in clean fuels
Each year, <sub>Hydrocarbon Processing</sub> devotes an issue to the topic of clean fuels—and rightly so. As the world continues to welcome more vehicles on the road, and as emerging economies invest in civil, industrial and energy projects, global fuels demand is forecast to increase through the end of the decade.
Neste sells Pietarsaari terminal to Swedish company Wibax Ab
Neste has sold its terminal in Pietarsaari to the Swedish company Wibax Ab. The terminal has not been used for Neste's own operations for many years because the tanks and other facilities are not suitable for storing oil products without investments.
GE O&G '17: Snam CEO foresees LNG boost from 30 new markets
FLORENCE, ITALY—Near the conclusion of GE Oil & Gas' Annual Meeting 2017, Marco Alverà, CEO of Snam Group, spoke on Tuesday about fueling the future with natural gas.
GE O&G '17: Oil and gas execs tout need for digitization, data analytics
FLORENCE, ITALY—During a late-morning panel discussion on the second day of GE Oil & Gas' Annual Meeting 2017, representatives from GE Oil & Gas, Aker BP, Woodside, Petronas, RasGas and SBM Offshore discussed how digitization and big data are driving trends in the oil and gas industry.
GE O&G '17: Reliance Industries CIO talks digital optimization, big data
FLORENCE, ITALY—Manoj Chouthai, CIO of Reliance Industries Ltd., spoke about the digital optimization of his company's operations on the second day of GE Oil & Gas' Annual Meeting 2017.
Oil steady as rising US output offsets OPEC-led cuts
LONDON (Reuters) -- Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as rising US drilling activity helped undermine efforts by OPEC and other producers to cut output to try to prop up the market.
Sulfur-rich crudes, usually discounted, shine after OPEC cuts
LONDON (Reuters) -- Efforts to stem the world's surplus of crude oil have thus far only moderately balanced the market -- but have turned typically lower-quality crude into the most sought after barrels.
GE O&G '17: Petrobras strategist details company's "Project Revolution"
FLORENCE, ITALY—Nelson Silva, Chief Strategy and Performance Officer for Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), opened the second day of GE Oil & Gas' Annual Meeting 2017 with a keynote address on the company's efforts to turn its business around.
- INEOS to invest €250 MM in Lavera cracker modernization project in France 11/19
- BASF adds ISCC EU certification to certified biomass-balanced methanol portfolio 11/19
- Siam Cement to invest an additional $500 MM in Long Son chemical complex 11/19
- LanzaJet produces first jet fuel from ethanol at a commercial scale 11/19
- Ducor Petrochemicals, Blue Circle Olefins partner to create a fully circular supply chain for polypropylene 11/18
- World's first: Air Liquide’s innovative technology converts ammonia into hydrogen at industrial scale 11/18
