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Total says crude exports from Congo Republic Djeno terminal unaffected

PARIS (Reuters) — French oil and gas company Total said on Monday that crude exports from its Djeno terminal in Congo Republic was ongoing and unaffected following a strike last week and the sinking of a loading buoy in an unrelated accident.

South African environmental services company moves into petchem, oil refinery sector

GK-IT Environmental Services, a South African leader in bioremediation and environmental product manufacture, is diversifying from the mining industry to the petrochemical and oil refinery sector.

Enhanced flash zone design for coker fractionators

Bechtel Corp.: Thomas, C.  |  Spalding, M.  |  Patel, D.  |  Varma, H.

Since the flash zone is the first process undergone by the coke drum effluent vapor upon entering the column, the operation of the flash zone is critical to the operation of the entire coker fractionator column.

Could your facility benefit from a marine terminal assessment?

Carmagen Engineering, Inc.: Blundell, R.

How sure would a terminal manager at a distribution terminal, or a line manager at a refinery or a chemical plant that has marine loading and unloading docks, be that those docks are being operated at a level that ensures long-term safe performance?

Refining: Fuel processing vs. imports in East Africa: Will new refinery plans be realized?

Contributing Editor: Oirere, S.

Many analysts believe that Africa will remain a net importer of petroleum products for the foreseeable future. However, a few countries in the region have plans in place to build new refineries.

OPEC oil output jumps to 2017 high as Nigeria, Libya pump more

LONDON (Reuters) — OPEC oil output has risen in June by 280,000 bpd to a 2017 high, a Reuters survey found, as a further recovery in supply from the two member countries exempt from a production-cutting deal offset strong compliance by their peers.

Air Liquide to supply hydrogen production technology to largest single train refinery

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected to supply two hydrogen production steam methane reformer (SMR) units to Dangote Group, the largest manufacturing conglomerate in West Africa.

Dangote awards DuPont contracts for new oil refinery in Nigeria

WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Clean Technologies announced that Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd has commissioned a range of advanced proprietary equipment from DuPont for the construction of a new refinery in Lekki, near Nigeria’s capital, Lagos. The new refinery is set to become the largest single-train refinery in the world and the complex will include a petrochemical plant, a fertilizer plant and a subsea pipeline project.

Nigeria refining capacity is one-sixth of needs, says oil minister

ABUJA (Reuters) — Nigeria's daily domestic refining capacity is now at 6 MM liters, while the country's daily consumption stands at 35 MM liters, the country's oil minister said on Thursday.

Vitol, Gunvor eye Mozambique fuel distributor privatization

MAPUTO (Reuters) — Global oil traders Vitol and Gunvor are interested in buying Mozambique's struggling state-owned fuel distributor Petromac, local media reported on Wednesday.