Refining

KT Tech awarded early engineering works contract for 60,000-tpy SAF plant in Indonesia

Union workers ratify contract at ExxonMobil's Louisiana (U.S.) refining and chemical complex

Gevo announces major ethanol expansion project at North Dakota (U.S.) facility

Russian oil tanker enters anchorage of Cuba's Matanzas port

Cuba has not received an oil tanker in three ⁠months, according to President Miguel Diaz-Canel, a predicament which exacerbated an energy crisis that has brought repeated blackouts across the country of 10 million people, crippling healthcare, public transportation and farming.

China's smaller independent refiners to curb output on rising oil prices

The so-called teapot refiners had benefited in recent months from cheap stocks of Russian and Iranian crude, but temporary U.S. waivers allowing purchases of Russian and Iranian oil stranded at sea for 30 days have driven prices for those barrels sharply higher as buyers, especially Indian refiners, rush to secure supply.

South Korea to start crude oil swap with local refiners

The policy enables refiners to borrow crude oil from the national reserve and return the same volume once crude shipments secured abroad arrive.

The role of integrated biorefineries in achieving alternative fuel goals

The research and development of feedstocks and the conversion platforms will allow future integrated biorefineries to continually increase its diversity and complexity further increasing effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.

The entire Itabus fleet travels with Enilive HVO diesel biofuel

Produced at Enilive's biorefineries in Venice and Gela mainly from waste, such as used cooking oil and animal fats, and residues from the agri-food industry, HVOlution is a hydrogenated vegetable oil that can be used in all validated diesel engines and is available in more than 1,550 Enilive service stations in Italy.

Czech government agrees to release 100,000 tonnes of crude from reserves

The Czech government agreed on Monday to release 100,000 tonnes of crude oil from state reserves as a loan to Orlen's Czech refining operations.

South Korea's LG Chem to import Russian naphtha

The country's Industry Ministry had earlier confirmed the shipment, including its size, but did not disclose the importing company's name.