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bp, Iberdrola take FID on Spain's largest green hydrogen plant

bp and Iberdrola have given the green light for construction of a 25-MW green H2 project at bp's Castellón refinery, which is expected to be operational in 2H 2026.

Japan's Eneos shuts 153,000-bpd Negishi CDU for maintenance

Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., shut the 153,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Negishi refinery near Tokyo on Sept. 9 for scheduled maintenance.

Aramco signs agreements with Rongsheng and Hengli Group

Aramco has signed a Development Framework Agreement with Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. and a Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Hengli Group. This agreements focus on the possible expansion of Saudi Aramco Jubail Refinery Company (SASREF) facilities and the possible acquisition of a 10% stake in Hengli Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

Refiner Neste warns of weaker biofuel outlook, shares drop

Finnish refiner Neste on Wednesday cut the margin outlook for its biofuel business for the third time this year due to falling prices and also lowered its expected sales volumes, sending the company's share price down 10%.

Marathon's Detroit refinery gets new air permit to boost crude throughput

Michigan's environmental agency on Tuesday issued a new air permit to Marathon Petroleum covering emissions from its Detroit refinery, which will allow the refiner to boost crude throughput at the plant.

Comment: What challenges lie ahead for Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery?

Nigeria's state oil firm NNPC Ltd. announced last weekend that it would not be the exclusive buyer of gasoline produced by the $20-B Dangote oil refinery, contradicting a statement made by the refinery last week.

U.S. Gulf Coast LNG export plants, refineries, production facilities brace for Francine

Tropical Storm Francine was intensifying and on track to become a hurricane on Tuesday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said, prompting Louisiana residents to flee inland and oil and gas companies to shut-in Gulf of Mexico production.

Russia's Yaroslavl refinery FCCU shut for 2-weeks unplanned maintenance

Russia's Yaroslavl oil refinery (YANOS) operated by Slavneft, a subsidiary of Rosneft and Gazprom neft, has shut its gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) for unplanned maintenance expected to last two weeks.

Two killed in fire from waste overflow at top Pemex oil refinery in Mexico

Two workers died and another was injured after a fire broke out over the weekend at the biggest domestic refinery owned and operated by Mexico's state oil company Pemex.

KBR's ROSE technology selected by Zhejiang Petroleum for the largest SDA unit in China

KBR has been awarded a contract for its ROSE® supercritical solvent de-asphalting (SDA) technology from Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC), a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in China.