Refining
Asia: India
The Indian economy has come a long way since the 1991 economic reforms. A decade and a half of economic reform and globalization is yielding returns that cut across all income groups. The domestic eco..
Asia: Japan
The Japanese economy showed steady recovery for 2003–2007. However, due to the global recession in late 2008, Japan’s GDP growth decreased to –1% in 2008 and to –5.5% in 2009. Due ..
Europe: United Kingdom
The United Kingdom (UK) is Europe’s fourth largest chemical economy, after Germany, France and Italy. It accounts for 8% of the European Union’s (EU’s) $900 billion overall chemical pro..
US auto group issues new E15 gasoline warning
Though the ethanol industry fought for approval to roll out E15, carmakers and blenders continue to resist the move, citing concerns about its impact on vehicles and equipment. AAA warned its 53 million motorist members that most vehicles aren't approved by manufacturers to run on E15.
Oneok postpones planned Bakken Express pipeline
The company referred to the project as 'postponed' and said the problem was that shippers were not interested in sending oil to the pipeline's proposed destination at the oil storage hub of Cushing, Okla., currently the site of a supply glut that has helped keep US benchmark oil prices low.
DuPont breaks ground on Iowa commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant
The new facility is expected to generate 30 million gal/year of cellulosic biofuel produced from corn stover residues. That represents more capacity than original estimates called for, as data from a piloting facility in Tennessee has allowed DuPont to further optimize the process and technology
Libyan ex-rebels block access to main oil refinery
The refinery in Zawiyah supplies around 70% of the country's fuel, and a similar four-day protest there in early November cost the government $30 million. Thursday there were already queues forming at petrol stations in Tripoli, although an official said there was no danger of a fuel shortage.
Fujian picks KBC software for China petrochemical, refining optimization project
Under this multi-million dollar contract, KBC will provide a 5-year Petro-SIM and ProSteam software license, build a refinery and petrochemical integrated flowsheet model, online utility optimiser and complex-wide LP model, and will train company personnel on software model building and applications.
Chevron replaces pipes at other US refineries after Richmond fire incident
Investigations of the Richmond accident have so far focused on corroded pipes found in the crude-distillation unit, where the fire started, that hadn't been flagged as dangerous in an earlier unit inspection. "We changed out pipe in some other locations," Mr. Watson told reporters on Thursday.
US Senate votes to let Navy keep buying biofuels
In its vote, the Senate rejected a measure introduced earlier this year by Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.) that would have banned the military from buying any fuel that costs more than traditional fuel. That measure would have prevented the Pentagon from buying small batches of pricey biofuels.
- EU warns of prolonged energy shock, forced cuts if Iran war continues 4/15
- Europe's summer flights at risk as Iran war exposes refining decline 4/15
- Slovak refiner says no deal yet on Adria pipeline tests 4/15
- Japan's weekly gasoline prices largely flat as subsidies offset price spikes 4/15
- Botswana has not requested stake in Lobito refinery, Angola's Sonangol says 4/15
- Petrobras selects Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet technology for large-scale SAF plant 4/14
