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Repsol accelerates its commitment to polyolefins recycling by becoming Acteco's shareholder
This operation aligns with Repsol's strategic commitment to the circular economy as the axis of its industrial complexes' transformation to manufacture products with a low, zero, or even negative carbon footprint and achieve zero emissions by 2050.
Carlyle prepares sale of Gabon oil firm Assala Energy
Private equity fund Carlyle Group is preparing to launch the sale of its Gabon-focused oil and gas producer Assala Energy, hoping to raise over $1 B amid high global energy prices, industry sources said.
Executive Viewpoint: Sulfur removal and much more
Hydrocarbon Processing (HP) sat down with Pinti Wang (PW), President and CEO, GTC Vorro Technology, to get his insights on sulfur removal processes, technology licensing and other topics within the process industries. Wang was the recipient of Hydrocarbon Processing’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award.
TotalEnergies accelerates refinery wage talks as fuel supply shrinks
TotalEnergies offered to bring forward wage talks, in response to union demands, as it sought to end a strike that has disrupted supplies to almost a third of French petrol stations and led the government to tap strategic reserves.
French refinery strikes are timed to hit hard
Strike action and unplanned maintenance has taken offline more than 60% of France's refining capacity - or 740,000 bpd - forcing the country to import more when global supply uncertainty has increased the cost.
Strikes knock already struggling French refined products sector
More than 60% of France's refining capacity is offline as strikes over pay and unplanned maintenance pile pressure on the refined products sector.
Argentine oil workers strike after refinery explosion kills three
Argentina's largest oil union said it launched an indefinite strike on Thursday after an explosion at a refinery in the western province of Neuquen killed three.
BP says two killed in Ohio refinery fire
BP said on Wednesday two of its staff were killed after sustaining injuries in a fire at its 150,800 barrel-per-day Toledo, Ohio, refinery.
The Downstream Rundown: In case you missed it 09/16
In case you missed any downstream news, here are the top stories from last week. These articles include announcements from Clariant, Aemestis, Evonik, ADNOC, Technip and more. Stay up to sate with the latest industry news.
Gulf Energy Information and AIChE to cohost the ChemE Show
The ChemE and Process Engineering Tradeshow will be the leading exhibition and technical event for chemical engineers in North America.
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- Eni strengthens its global LNG strategy with long-term supply agreements in Indonesia 5/22
- Breakthrough shows how electricity could replace heat to turn CO₂ into useful chemicals 5/22
- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
