Refining

Aramco completes acquisition of additional stake in Petro Rabigh

Indonesia's Pertamina modifies two refineries to convert cooking oil into fuel

Pertamina is modifying facilities at its Dumai and Balongan, which will join its Cilacap plant that already processes vegetable oils into fuel.

Eni seeks approval for Sicily biorefinery, recycling plant

Italy's energy ministry recently cleared the application to proceed with the project, which will use the area currently occupied by Eni's ethylene plant, set to be gradually decommissioned.

Indonesia aims for B50 biodiesel in second half of 2026

The world's largest producer of palm oil has a biofuel program which blends palm oil with diesel to reduce reliance on fuel imports.

Green Carbon Development selects Axens Vegan® technology for new renewable fuels facility in Texas (U.S.)

Designed for a capacity of 10,500 barrels per stream day (bpsd), the project will deploy the Vegan® hydroprocessing solution to flexibly produce both sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and renewable diesel (RD).

BPCL secures land for $11-B refinery project in southern India

The order said the government has allocated 6,000 acres for a refinery and petrochemicals project costing about 968.62 B rupees and asked BPCL to begin commercial operations by January 2029.

Asia refinery 2024–2025 maintenance/outages

Planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2024–2025 compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.

Gasoline unit at Dangote refinery expected to restart on October 14

The plant, which began processing crude in January 2024, exported a higher volume of fuel oil in September than previous months.

Czech state lending 200,000 tons of oil to Orlen Unipetrol during TAL work

The State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR) said work on modernizing the pier at the port in Trieste, Italy, where the pipeline begins, was limiting the movement of tankers and restricting supplies.

Chevron working to restart units at El Segundo refinery (U.S.) after fire