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Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

The 20th edition of Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference (ADIPEC) will take place 13–16 November at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.

Industry Perspectives: What is the future of the global HPI?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past year, the world has witnessed significant downstream capacity growth in all sectors of the hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).

Design atmospheric aboveground storage tanks for accident prevention

TurboTech Consulting Corp.: Zardynezhad, S.

The design and construction of oil, gas and petrochemical facilities is continuously improving, as increasing compliance with ever-changing codes and standards, such as the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), is resulting in fewer atmospheric above-ground storage tank (AAST) accidents.

Diversification: The catalyst for the Middle East’s downstream transformation

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

Over the past several years, the Middle East has made substantial investments to increase its downstream processing capacity.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

US product crack spreads surged amid refinery outages as Hurricane Harvey affected US Gulf Coast (USGC) refinery operations.

API: US petroleum demand last month highest for August since 2007

WASHINGTON — Total petroleum deliveries in August moved up by 1.3% from August 2016 to average 20.5 MMpbd, a report by the America Petroleum Institute (API) said. These were the highest August deliveries in 10 yr, since 2007. Compared with July, total domestic petroleum deliveries, a measure of US petroleum demand, decreased 0.6%. For year-to-date, total domestic petroleum deliveries moved up 1.3% compared to the same period last year.

S. Korea's KNOC refreshes Iraqi crude supplies in oil reserves

SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) issued several tenders to buy and sell Iraqi crude from its strategic petroleum reserves (SPR) this week, three industry sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.

Vietnam's Sept crude oil output falls 9.9% year-on-year to 1.06 MMt

HANOI (Reuters) — Vietnam's crude oil output in September is estimated at 1.06 MMt (259,000 bpd), down 9.9% from a year ago, the government said on Friday.

Pembina Pipeline adding infrastructure, increasing Phase V pipeline expansion

CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced that in order to accommodate incremental volume commitments from customers, the Company is adding additional infrastructure and increasing operational flexibilities to its previously announced Phase V pipeline expansion (Phase V), which included a 20-in pipeline from Lator to Fox Creek, Alberta.

Statoil charters last of the world's largest oil tankers to hold crude for Asia buyers

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Norway’s Statoil ASA has chartered the last remaining Ultra-Large Crude Carrier (ULCC), the world’s largest oil tankers, to store oil off of Malaysia for distribution in smaller parcels to its clients in Asia, company executives said.