Europe
HPIn Europe: China enters and Russia deepens its influence in European refining
Like for the local couple that went long-distance ice skating here on the Swedish west coast recently, there are disconcerting rumblings of change underfoot in the European refining industry. This cou..
HP Water Management: Passivation in cooling water circuits
Passivation—the formation of a corrosion-resistant oxide on a clean metal surface—is the key to optimizing system reliability on the waterside of heat exchangers. Most plant personnel are aw..
HP Construction: Europe
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Sojitz Corp., Japan, jointly with China National Chemical Engineering Corp. (CNCEC), have received an order from Joint Stock Co. Ammoni of the Republic of T..
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Human factors research identifies early warning signals to anticipate failures of workplace
A new independent research report has presented industry with a practical way to measure the human factors health of their safety regimes, potentially opening the way to significant advances in workplace safety, environmental stewardship and operational efficiency.
RINA coordinates EU information highway development
International classification society RINA is coordinating, on behalf of the Italian Ministry of Transport, a €16 million EU-funded project to develop a new information highway for shipping and logistics.
Mitsubishi and Korea Gas to collaborate on natural gas projects
Mitsubishi and Korea Gas have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for strategic collaboration in their natural gas businesses, mainly for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
Neste Oil and ADNOC partner in VHVI base oils
Finland's Neste Oil and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) have entered into a partnership concerning very high viscosity index (VHVI ) base oils.
Study confirms viability of Jatropha plant oil for power generation
SG Biofuels and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have released results of a study revealing the performance and emissions benefits of using Jatropha oil as a drop-in replacement for diesel fuel in industrial furnaces used for electric power generation and industrial heating
- Envision sets sail with world's first commercial green ammonia cargo to South Korea 2/27
- Eni takes FID on biorefinery conversion project in Sannazzaro 2/27
- Valmet launches Valmet FlexBatch 8, the latest version of its advanced batch automation and recipe management software 2/27
- AFPM to the U.S. EPA: Please, no last-minute RVP waivers in 2026 2/27
- Druzhba pipeline carried Ukrainian and Russian oil before January attack 2/27
- Motiva buys cargo of Venezuelan heavy oil for March delivery; first purchase since 2019 2/27
