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Shell in talks to sell Malaysia fuel stations to Saudi Aramco

Shell is in talks with Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco to sell its gas station business in Malaysia, a deal that could be worth up to $1 B.

Asian refiners eye output cuts due to diesel surplus

Asian refiners are considering cuts to refined fuel output in the coming months, with some already trimming production in May, after excess diesel supplies squeezed profits.

ADNOC terminates talks to buy stake in Brazil's Braskem

Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem said that Abu Dhabi oil company ADNOC has decided to terminate talks to buy a stake held by conglomerate Novonor in the firm.

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.

INEOS completes purchase of LyondellBasell's EO&D facility in Bayport, Texas (U.S.)

INEOS Oxide and LyondellBasell completed the sale of LyondellBasell’s ethylene oxide and derivatives (EO&D) business and associated production facilities located in Bayport, Texas to INEOS.

Shell records nearly $8-B Q1 profit on the back of refining, chemicals/products and LNG divisions

Shell reported a Q1 profit of $7.7 B, boosted by Red Sea trading disruptions, Russian refining outages and Shell's LNG production increases.

Borouge increases Q1 net profit nearly 40% to $273 MM

Borouge saw its Q1 net profits increase 37% to $273 MM. Total revenue for the quarter topped $1.3 B.

Improve energy efficiency of assets

Neste completes its organizational change process to improve long-term competitiveness

Neste announced that it will merge its three renewable business units into one Renewable Products business unit as well as restructure its functions to better support business-driven ways of working.

bp awards Kent a five-year global commissioning framework agreement

Kent, a global integrated energy services company, announced that it has been awarded a five-year global commissioning framework agreement by bp.