Russia >> 10/6/2016 - LUKOIL has successfully completed reconstruction of the diesel fuel hydrodearomatization block of the hydrocracker at Perm Refinery, accommodating it for hydrodewaxing. This modernization will allow t... |
India >> 10/6/2016 - Sri Lanka will build a second refinery with a capacity of at least 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in a tie-up with Indian Oil Corp, a top Sri Lankan official said on Thursday, a move that strengthens N... |
United Kingdom >> 9/26/2016 - Amec Foster Wheeler has won a contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site in the UK. The contract, valued at £7m, was awarded by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited ... |
Iraq >> 9/25/2016 - Mr. Jabbar A. Allibi the minister of oil to present the Nasiriya refinery in Thi-Qar province to be invested by the domestic & foreign companies. ... |
Iraq >> 9/22/2016 - Mr. Jabbar A. Allibi the minister of oil said that it is necessary to restart Baiji refinery in Salah Uddin province to make use of it in providing and producing the oil derivatives for the local use,... |
United States >> 9/22/2016 - Refinery utilization in the US averaged around 93% in August, corresponding to 16.7 mb/d, a level similar to the previous month and to the same month a year ago. Refinery levels were impacted by heavy... |
United Arab Emirates >> 9/19/2016 - Since oil prices began to fall in 2015, the oil, gas and petrochemicals sector in the Middle East has been looking for ways to increase efficiency and maximise profitability of their assets. This has ... |
Brazil >> 9/16/2016 - Petrobras hereby announces that for the fourth consecutive month, the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST) achieved record oil processing volume. In August, the refinery processed 3.09 million barrels, equiv... |
Netherlands/Holland >> 9/16/2016 - Shell formally marked the start-up of a new aromatics unit at its Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the company stated in a press release. ... |
Austria >> 9/12/2016 - Product markets in the Atlantic Basin strengthened during August on the back of
positive performances at the top of the barrel. Gasoline was supported by strong
US demand amid export opportunities t... |
Venezuela >> 9/10/2016 - In order to maintain the profitability of refinery operations in Curacao and Aruba, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is implementing a crude oil blending strategy, using light crude acquired throu... |
China >> 9/8/2016 - Chinese conglomerate Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group plans to double capacity of a joint venture refining project to 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, two years after the first phase starts up, ... |
Yemen >> 9/4/2016 - Yemen's 150,000 barrels per day Aden oil refinery resumed operations after being shut for more than a year as the conflict in the country worsened, an industry official at the refinery said. ... |
Austria >> 9/4/2016 - Product markets in Europe showed mixed performances during July, with gasoline and gasoil crack spreads weakening due to regional oversupply, while the bottom of the barrel continued exhibiting a stro... |
Venezuela >> 9/1/2016 - Cardon refinery, belonging to PDVSA’s Paraguana Refining Center (Centro de Refinacion Paraguana) located in Falcon state, was affected by an allegedly provoked electrical interruption at dawn. This d... |
Kuwait >> 8/30/2016 - Van Oord successfully executed the impressive ground improvement project for client Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC). The project, which started in 2014, involved the reclamation of 65 million... |
United States >> 8/30/2016 - Refinery utilization in the US averaged around 93% in July, corresponding to 16.7 mb/d, which was around 200 tb/d higher than a month earlier. However, this level is more than 100 tb/d lower than the ... |
Russia >> 8/30/2016 - Work has begun on the installation of a carbon-filter unit at the Gazprom Neft Moscow Refinery’s “Biosfera” water treatment facility. The pre-fabricated unit is designed to remove organic compounds an... |
India >> 8/30/2016 - India’s fastest-growing fuel seller will spend $8 billion over the next five years to help its 60-year-old refineries earn profit margins closer to modern processors such as billionaire Mukesh Ambani’... |
Russia >> 8/26/2016 - Major equipment (produced by domestic manufacturers JSC Volgogradneftemash and Izhorskiye Zavodi) passed through St Petersburg via the Neva. The equipment is to be used in the construction of new faci... |