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Colonial announces pipeline expansions
Colonial Pipeline has announced recent pipeline system improvements have netted an additional capacity of 24,000 bpd.
Porocel and Inprocat join together
Porocel International and Integrated & Proven Catalyst Technologies (Inprocat) announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement to combine their forces into a joint venture to be called Quanta Technologies, LLC.
Nuclear disaster will shift $200 billion investment to fossil and renewables
In the next five years over $3 trillion will be invested in dynamic segments of the power, energy and water industries. However, forecasts regarding the division of this investment made just months ago are now revised to reflect lower investment in new nuclear power plants and higher investment in alternatives.
Haldor Topsøe's contract with Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.
Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and the Danish company Haldor Topsøe have signed a contract for the Centro de Refinación Paraguaná Project.
Update on dire refining situation in Japan
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on March 11th has caused considerable interruption to oil refinery operations in the country. Hydrocarbon Processing’s Boxscore Database has complied data indicating that with a total of 28 oil refineries, Japan is the second largest refining country after China in the Asia-Pacific region.
Japan's refining industry partially closed
Chaos continues as bleak news from Japan streams in from devastated areas
Refinery margins may increase on heels of disaster
Profits from gasoil production in Asia may surged to the highest in 2 ½ years, and fuel oil’s loss narrowed the most in a month after Japan’s biggest earthquake knocked out power plants and refineries, according to Bloomberg online article
Canadian oil association supports oil sands monitoring
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers supports a robust environmental monitoring system in the oil sands region of northern Alberta.
Foster Wheeler aiding with design of waste plastics to liquid fuels plant in Ireland
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Cynar Plc to provide basic process engineering design services for a 6,000 tpy plant to convert non-recyclable waste plastics into liquid fuels, primarily diesel.
Monster quake wreaks havoc on Japan’s refining industry
An 8.9-magintude earthquake caused catastrophic damage to Japan’s northern Pacific coast on March 10.
- 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
