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Carlyle prepares sale of Gabon oil firm Assala Energy

Private equity fund Carlyle Group is preparing to launch the sale of its Gabon-focused oil and gas producer Assala Energy, hoping to raise over $1 B amid high global energy prices, industry sources said.

Kuwait's KNPC says units at Mina al-ahmadi oil refinery stopped due to malfunction

Some units at Kuwait's Mina al-ahmadi oil refinery abruptly stopped on Monday evening due to a cooling water cut, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) said.

Esso trying to resume refinery operations 'as soon as possible'

ExxonMobil's French business Esso is trying to resume operations as soon as possible now that an agreement has been accepted by two trade unions.

Exxon asks U.S. labor board for new date for hearing on refinery lockout charges

ExxonMobil asked the U.S. National Labor Relations Board to move back by a month a hearing on a complaint the company unlawfully locked out more than 600 workers from its Beaumont, Texas, refinery.

TotalEnergies accelerates refinery wage talks as fuel supply shrinks

TotalEnergies offered to bring forward wage talks, in response to union demands, as it sought to end a strike that has disrupted supplies to almost a third of French petrol stations and led the government to tap strategic reserves.

Air-cooled heat exchanger under natural convection

Contributing Consultant: Pramanik, R.

Determining whether or not to operate an air-cooled heat exchanger (ACHE) under natural convection is a challenge due to the limited information available for simulations of an ACHE under operation without fans.

2022 HP Awards Finalists

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

<em>Hydrocarbon Processing</em>, the downstream processing sector’s leading technical publication for 100 yr, has announced the finalists for its sixth annual <em>HP</em> Awards, which celebrate innovative technologies and people that have been instrumental in improving facility operations over the past year.

A successful case of resid-to-propylene maximization using premium catalyst technology

The world has experienced profound changes throughout the global disruption created by the COVID-19 pandemic.

ASTM D5453 vs. D7039 and the importance of oxygen correction for B100 samples

X-Ray Optical Systems: McHenry, L.

The use of biodiesel is rapidly becoming more popular due to growing trends both inside and outside the petroleum industry.

Petrobras to release new strategic plan in November

Part of the future investment will also be focused in areas such as decarbonization and renewable energies.