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Refining

Drive efficiency and sustainability through process optimization

Seeq: Harp, C.

Business philosophies often stress the importance of continuous improvement to gain sustainable competitive advantages.

Evaluating pressure recovery turbines as a clean energy solution

Engineers India Ltd.: Chakraborty, S.

Petroleum refining is an energy intensive process. Although the level of energy efficiency, in general, is relatively higher in oil refining compared to the steel or cement sectors, there is still a scope for improvement.

Optimize energy consumption with modern instrumentation

Endress+Hauser: Flannery, M.  |  Marcon, C.

The global pressures posed by climate change and other environmental challenges have elevated sustainability to a worldwide corporate priority.

India to boost refining capacity to 6.19 MMbpd by 2028

India's annual refining capacity is projected to rise by about a fifth to a 309.5 metric MMt equivalent to 6.19 MMbpd by 2028 to meet rising local fuel demand.

Cepsa swings back to profit in 2Q on higher prices, wider refinery margins

Spain's second largest oil company Cepsa said on Monday it returned to profit in the second quarter thanks to higher oil and gas prices, lower costs and wider refining margins.

Libya's NOC denies it is in talks to supply crude oil to Nigeria refinery

Libya's National Oil Corporation (NOC) has denied holding negotiations to supply crude oil to a refinery in Nigeria.

Nigeria's Dangote refinery said to be reselling crude

Nigeria's major Dangote oil refinery is reselling cargoes of U.S. and Nigerian crude, four trade sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.

Petrobras wrapping up due diligence to buy back refinery from Mubadala

Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras is wrapping up due diligence for a bid on the Mataripe refinery it sold to Abu Dhabi sovereign fund Mubadala for $1.65 B in 2021.

US court rejects EPA denials of 2022 small refinery biofuel waivers

A federal appeals court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision in 2022 to deny small oil refineries temporary waivers from the nation’s biofuels blending program, and sent the matter back to the agency for review.

Mexico seeks more 2025 fuel import deals after refinery delays

Mexico is seeking to import more motor fuel for next year than it had previously planned, to compensate for delays in the startup of its new Olmeca refinery.