Maintenance & Reliability
Venezuela's largest refinery in service after power outage following earthquake
Venezuela's 645,000-bpd Amuay refinery, the country's largest, was back in service on Friday.
IGS launches Rovex, a next-generation robotic cleaning technology for fired heater efficiency
IGS, a provider of asset integrity and energy efficiency solutions for energy, power and heavy industry, has launched Rovex, its next-generation robotic cleaning technology for fired heater convection sections.
Moscow oil refinery hit by drone attacks is unlikely to resume production this year
The refinery, located on the southern outskirts of the Russian capital, is the largest fuel supplier to the Moscow region.
Singapore's Aster plans August maintenance for crude, petchem units
Aster, a joint venture between Indonesia's Chandra Asri and trading major Glencore, operates a 237,000-bpd refinery in Singapore's Bukom Island.
Viva Energy to restart Geelong refinery this week, alkylation unit offline
Viva said work at a key processing unit of the refinery, the Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit (RCCU), was completed and that operations will resume this week at over 90% of normal capacity, more than two months after the unit was shut down due to a fire.
TotalEnergies' Saudi Arabia refinery will not be fully repaired until early 2027, CEO says
TotalEnergies' SATORP oil refinery in Saudi Arabia, which was hit by three drones in April, is still running only at 70% capacity.
- OMV receives €450-MM loan from the European Investment Bank for its 140-MW green hydrogen production facility 7/13
- Poland's Unimot says it will supply crude to Germany's Schwedt refinery 7/13
- Hormuz traffic slows to two-month low as renewed U.S., Iran strikes raise safety risk 7/13
- Sinopec deepens aviation fuel push with CNAF restructuring 7/13
- Indian naphtha premiums surge as Gulf, Russian supply tightens 7/13
- Less than a month's supply: Europe's jet fuel stocks are wafer thin as Iran tensions flare 7/13
