Refining
New fuel economy labels proposed by US EPA and DOT
As a new generation of cars and light trucks start appearing on the market, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are jointly proposing changes to the fuel economy labels consumers see on the window of every new vehicle in dealer showrooms.
SNC-Lavalin gets Canadian oil sands contract
SNC-Lavalin has an engineering and procurement (EP) contract with Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Jacobs providing services for Indian delayed coker unit project
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has a contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd. (formerly Indian Oiltanking) to provide engineering services for Indian Oil Corp. Ltd.'s (IOCL) delayed coker unit (DCU) project.
TUPRAS Selects Merichem Technologies for jet fuel and spent caustic treatment
Turkish Petroleum Refining Corp. (TUPRAS) has selected Merichem Co. to provide multiple technologies for the treatment of kerosene/jet fuel as well as technology for on-site treatment of associated spent caustic at the company’s refinery in Izmir, Turkey .
Imperial obtains oil sand process rights to Canada
Imperial Petroleum, Inc. has purchased the exclusive rights to Canada for the development of a process designed to recover bitumen or heavy oil from tar and oil sands.
The new biofuel: It’s whisky in a car
Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland has filed a patent for a new biofuel made from whisky by-products, which it says can be used in ordinary cars, without any special adaption needed.
SNC-Lavalin to assist Grizzly in Alberta
SNC-Lavalin has an engineering and procurement (EP) contract with Grizzly Oil Sands ULC for its new Algar Lake steam assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) facility located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
Flint Hills buys two Iowa ethanol plants
Flint Hills Resources plans to acquire the Hawkeye ethanol plants in Menlo and Shell Rock, Iowa. The Menlo and Shell Rock ethanol plants opened in 2008.
A new greenfield refinery in Nigeria?
All possible developments in Nigeria should be taken with a grain of salt, but according to the website of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Imo (a Nigerian state) state government is set to go into a strategic partnership with NNPC to establish a greenfield refinery.
Linde opens ethanol/CO2 plant in New York
Linde North America has begun production at one of its newest plants, which makes carbon dioxide (CO2) from ethanol in Fulton, New York. The new 600 tpd CO2 plant is located at the Sunoco ethanol plant, housed in a former brewery in the Riverview Business Park, some 25 miles north of Syracuse.
- China's Shandong Yulong Petrochemicals to invest > $16 B to incorporate petrochemicals production at Yantai refinery 7/30
- Supertanker delivers oil to sanctioned Nayara Energy's Vadinar refinery 7/30
- Update: Microsoft restores services to Russia-backed Nayara Energy 7/30
- U.S. crude stocks and distillate inventories rise, gasoline inventories fall 7/30
- Mexico exports 39% less crude oil in June, refining and fuel production increase significantly 7/30
- CLG and INA successfully produce SAF from biogenic feedstock 7/29
