Refining
Port of Rotterdam power outage affects bp's refining operations
A power outage in the Rotterdam port area in the Netherlands briefly interrupted operations at bp's 400,000-bpd oil refinery.
Marathon's Detroit refinery workers to strike starting Wednesday, Teamsters says
About half of the workforce at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit (U.S.) refinery will begin striking on Wednesday, following months of unsuccessful negotiations over pay and safety concerns.
Oxylus Energy raises $4.5 MM seed round for clean fuel technology
Oxylus' solution is the first low-temperature and low-pressure conversion of carbon dioxide to green methanol. The methanol can be used as a drop-in fuel replacement or upgraded to jet fuel and other green petrochemicals.
Nigeria's Dangote refinery releases gasoline into the local market
Nigeria's $20-B Dangote oil refinery on Tuesday has begun supplying gasoline into the Nigerian market, a move its owner Aliko Dangote said will end billions of dollars spent on imports.
Russia says Ukrainian drones target refinery, power plants near Moscow
Ukraine launched waves of drone attacks targeting power plants and a refinery near Moscow, sparking fires, while more than 150 drones were destroyed across other parts of the country.
Germany extends trusteeship over Rosneft assets
The German government extended its trusteeship over the local units of Russia's Rosneft until March 10 next year in anticipation of a sale of the assets to Qatar.
South Korea plans mix of sustainable aviation fuel for international flights from 2027
South Korea aims to ensure all departing international flights use a mix of about 1% of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 2027. The step aims to prepare for a carbon offset and reduction scheme that becomes mandatory for members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) starting from that year.
India's Bharat Petroleum Corp. to boost integrated refining-petrochemical capacity by 2030
India's Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to increase its integrated refining and petrochemical capacities within the next 5 yr-7yr to meet growing energy demand. India's annual consumption of refined fuels and petrochemicals is expected to rise steadily by 4%-5% and 7%-8% in the 'foreseeable future'.
U.S. EPA extends emergency fuel waiver for Midwest states due to refinery outage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the emergency waiver for the second time in response to fuel shortages in four Midwest states where the gasoline supply has been impacted by the outage of ExxonMobil's 251,800-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois.
Czech police safely detonate World War 2 bomb at oil refinery
Czech bomb disposal experts on Friday detonated a World War 2 bomb found on the site of an oil refinery, causing no major visible damage to the Polish-owned plant that has halted operations since the discovery last week.
- Hanwha Ocean signs strategic MoU with Kanata Clean Power for proposed $15.7-B, 12-MMtpy FLNG project in Canada 6/18
- Burckhardt Compression secures milestone order for first industrial scale liquefied CO₂ carrier supporting Northern Lights CCS project 6/18
- Dynelectro dispatches 250-kW electrolyzer unit to Syntholene’s Iceland eSAF project 6/18
- EIA: U.S. crude inventories decline for tenth week to over 40-yr low 6/18
- Australia opens first carbon refinery, making new products from captured CO2 6/18
- ABB expands non-invasive sensing portfolio to advance simpler, safer temperature measurement 6/18
