Refining
Tesoro fuel transport via Pemex lines in Mexico could begin in Sept
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — US refiner Tesoro Corp could begin transporting gasoline and diesel through the pipeline network owned by Mexico's national oil company Pemex in September, an executive with the Mexican firm said on Wednesday.
IRPC Americas '17: Best practices should not be sacrificed for cost and schedule
HOUSTON—Stephen L. Cabano, President of Pathfinder LLC, spoke on the recognition vs. application of best practices for capital projects on the second day of Gulf Publishing Company's International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) Americas 2017.
IRPC Americas '17: FCC process history driven by war, competition
HOUSTON—Phillip Niccum, Senior Vice President, Process Engineering for KP Engineering, opened the second day of Gulf Publishing Company's International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) Americas 2017 with a keynote talk on the history and development of the fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process.
India allows ONGC to buy out government stake in refiner HPCL
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — India has approved explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp's plan to buy its 51.1% stake in state-refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp , a government source said on Wednesday, as New Delhi seeks to create a large integrated oil firm.
French court repeals law on regulated gas prices
PARIS (Reuters) — France's highest administrative court on Wednesday repealed a law on regulated gas prices, which covers about half of France's retail customers and 11% of professional users, saying it hurt competition and was against European Union regulations.
Saudi's Sipchem in CO2 supply agreement with Sasref
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi International Petrochemical Co (Sipchem) said on Wednesday its methanol affiliate will start receiving supplies of carbon dioxide feedstock from Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (SASREF) in the first quarter of 2019.
China drafts new rules easing state oil majors' grip on storage
BEIJING/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Beijing on Wednesday issued a draft of new regulations for China's growing oil and fuel storage industry, helping loosen the state-owned oil majors' grip on the sector as the nation pushes to reform its vast energy markets.
Vietnam plans oil reserves equivalent of 90 days of imports by 2020
HANOI (Reuters) — Vietnam's prime minister has approved a plan for the country's total crude oil and oil product stocks to be at least 90 days' worth of net imports by 2020.
IRPC Americas '17: IMO 2020 panelists advocate bunker sulfur removal "at the source"
HOUSTON—On Day 1 of Gulf Publishing Company's International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) Americas 2018, Hydrocarbon Processing Technical Editor Bob Andrew moderated a late-morning panel discussion on IMO 2020 regulations.
CPC Taoyuan starts up sulfur recovery units with DuPont technology
WILMINGTON, DEL. — The Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC) awarded DuPont Clean Technologies (DuPont) the contract to supply the technology license, engineering and proprietary equipment for a MECS DynaWave wet gas scrubbing unit to be installed at its Taoyuan refinery in Taiwan in August 2015.
- U.S. fuel ethanol exports rise on strong international demand and low U.S. prices 11/6
- LanzaTech and Eramet plan integrated CCUS project in Norway 11/6
- DG Fuels to launch SAF plant in Minnesota (U.S.), converting biomass into high-value fuel 11/6
- Marathon Petroleum's 3Q profit beats, boosts share buybacks by $5 B 11/6
- U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories rise 11/6
- Fire at Tupras oil refinery in Turkey wounds 12 11/5
