Europe
Major turnaround at Neste refinery to complete planned production structure change
In mid-August, Neste will begin a two-month shutdown at its refinery in Naantali, Finland. The major turnaround will complete the plan first introduced in 2014 to implement closer integration of the operations of the two Finnish refineries under uniform management. The Finnish refinery operations of Neste consist of four production lines at the Porvoo refinery, and one in Naantali.
OPEC expects laggards to comply more fully with oil cut pact
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) — OPEC expects greater adherence to its pact with non-OPEC producers to cut oil output after two days of meetings in Abu Dhabi aimed at boosting compliance with the accord.
Russia's Rosneft plans to close Essar deal in coming days
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia's Rosneft plans to close the deal to buy a stake in India's refiner Essar Oil in the coming days, Pavel Fyodorov, Rosneft first vice-president, told a conference call on Tuesday.
Shell restarting units at Pernis oil refinery
LONDON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it was restarting a number of units at Europe's largest oil refinery in the Netherlands following a 10-day outage.
Amec Foster Wheeler wins FEED contract for Total's Donges refinery
LONDON — Amec Foster Wheeler announces that it has been awarded a Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contract by Total Raffinage France, a subsidiary of Total, the French multinational integrated oil and gas company.
Shell mulls German refinery upgrade to meet 2020 IMO sulfur rules
LONDON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell is considering expanding the capacity of one of its German refineries to make oil products that meet an upcoming cap on the sulfur content of fuels used in shipping.
OPEC supply-cut compliance runs up against ire over country targets
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) — OPEC has delivered record-high adherence to its oil output-cutting pact so far in 2017, but with laggards Iraq and the UAE yet to show how they can meet their prescribed targets, sources say a refocusing on exports may be the key to further progress.
Finnish oil refiner Neste reports lower profits, shares fall
HELSINKI (Reuters) — Finnish oil refiner and biofuel producer Neste on Thursday reported a drop in second-quarter earnings due to expiry of a US biofuel tax break plus the impact of maintenance stoppages at its conventional refineries.
INEOS Phenol to invest in world-scale cumene unit in Germany
The construction of a new cumene plant will support customer demand improve the security of raw material supply to INEOS phenol and acetone plants located in Gladbeck and Antwerp.
Azerbaijan's oil shipments via Russia jump to 818,664 t in Jan–July
BAKU (Reuters) — Azerbaijan's oil shipments via Russia jumped to 818,664 t in January–July this year from 559,065 t in the same period last year, state oil company SOCAR said on Tuesday.
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