Middle East
Saudi to supply full crude allocations to most Asian refiners
SINGAPORE/SEOUL (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia will supply full contracted volumes of crude oil to at least five north Asian term buyers in October, while a sixth regional refiner was notified of cuts to its October Arab Extra Light supplies, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Saudi Aramco to add 1.9 MMbbl of crude oil to its Japan storage
TOKYO (Reuters) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco will on Wednesday add 1.9 MMbbl of crude to storage that it holds in Japan, a Japanese trade ministry official said on Monday.
Industry Metrics
US margins recorded solid gains as crack spreads for all products increased due to healthy domestic demand.
Business Trends: The state of the global refining sector
Over the past few years, the world has witnessed significant downstream capacity growth in all sectors of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).
Industry Perspectives: Emerging trends in the global refining industry
<i>Hydrocarbon Processing</i>’s Construction Boxscore Database is tracking nearly 700 refining projects around the world.
Editorial Comment: Is the refining market oversupplied, or is the capacity needed?
Over the past two years, the editorial comment in our September issue has focused on the topic of overcapacity in the global refining sector.
Iron poisoning investigations enable opportunities for success
The function of fluid catalytic cracking units (FCCUs) is to maximize profits from a given barrel of oil.
Iraq's August oil exports average 3.216 MMbpd
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq's oil exports slipped to 3.216 MMbpd in August from 3.230 MMbpd in July as no shipments were made from the northern Kirkuk field, the oil ministry said on Saturday.
Bahrain's Bapco to meet Technip-led consortium for talks on refinery expansion
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — State-run Bahrain Petroleum Co (Bapco) will meet a consortium led by France's Technip for further talks over the planned expansion of Bahrain's only oil refinery, sources close to the matter told Reuters.
EPC contract signed to establish oil refinery in Pakistan
Wak Group and Guangdong Electrical Design Institute (Gedi), have signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement to engineer, design and construct a Falcon Oil refinery at KP Pakistan.
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- KBC launches Visual MESA Energy Management System 7.3 11/18
- Reliance buys 1 MMbbl of crude from Kuwait's KPC, trade sources say 11/18
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