Refining
Full speed ahead with Praxair’s new Indiana hydrogen facility
Praxair, Inc. has begun supplying BP’s refinery complex in Whiting, Indiana, with hydrogen from its new hydrogen facility. The two steam methane reformers have a total capacity of 200 million standard cubic feet per day.
Eni starts major heavy oil project in Venezuela
Eni and PDVSA are working on two projects: PetroJunín, dedicated to the development of the Junín 5 Block, located in the Orinoco Oil Belt some 550 kilometers south east of Caracas, and PetroBicentenario, dedicated to the construction and operation of a refinery in the area of the existing industrial coastal complex of Jose.
Aker Midsund delivering separator and scrubber packages for FPSOs
Aker Midsund has signed a contract to deliver four separator and scrubber packages to Hyundai Heavy Industries for the Goliat FPSO.
Chevron to sell fuels marketing and aviation businesses in parts of the Caribbean and Central America
Chevron has agreed to sell its fuels marketing and aviation businesses in Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, Dominica, St. Lucia, St Vincent, Guyana, St. Kitts, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Belize to Vitogaz, SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RUBIS, an international downstream petroleum company based in France.
Puma Energy buys BP’s Southern African fuel marketing businesses
Puma Energy has signed a deal to acquire BP’s fuel marketing businesses in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Puma Energy has also agreed to buy BP’s 50% interest in each of BP Malawi and BP Tanzania, subject to the pre-emption rights of BP’s co-shareholders (Press Corp. Ltd. in Malawi and the Government of Tanzania in Tanzania).
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in Texas
Technip has an engineering, procurement and construction support lumpsum contract with Valero Refining for two flare gas recovery units at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.
Does the US East Coast face a flood of refined products imports?
During the third quarter of 2010, US refining industry performance declined, relative to the prior quarter, said Baker & O’Brien in a recently released report.
EU-wide study confirms hydrogen is a key to zero-emission road transport
Linde Group shares its perspective on a recently released road-transport study.
SG Biofuels and Bunge form strategic alliance
SG Biofuels has established a strategic partnership with Bunge North America to research and develop a model to process Jatropha seeds into a biofuel feedstock.
CB&I has Middle East storage contract
CB&I has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of $60 million, by Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. for the construction of several storage tanks for the Ruwais refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- CLG and INA successfully produce SAF from biogenic feedstock 7/29
- HAMR Energy announces plans for Australia’s first major methanol-to-jet fuel facility 7/29
- Johnson Matthey’s tech enables successful start-up of the world’s largest single-train methanol plant 7/29
- Clariant and Shanghai Boiler partner to develop green methanol/ammonia and SAF projects in China 7/29
- China ramps up exports of refined fuels as margins rise 7/29
- Baker Hughes to acquire Chart Industries for $13.6 B 7/29
