Refining
Honeywell’s Symphonite increases supply chain efficiency
Honeywell Process Solutions has launched Symphonite, a comprehensive portfolio of supply chain and production management software services designed to boost supply chain reliability, responsiveness and efficiency for a range of manufacturing industries.
Hindustan Petroleum aims at 60 MM ton refining capacity by 2030
India's third biggest crude oil refiner, Hindustan Petroleum Corp., plans to expand its refining capacity to 60 MMtpy by 2030
KBR dividing wall column technology installed at Port Allen refinery
Placid Refining Company LLC successfully started a grassroots dividing wall column reformate splitter at their Port Allen, Louisiana refinery using KBR's Distill-Max DWC technology.
Enterprise Products Partners withdraws indication of interest in Williams
Enterprise Products Partners LP has withdrawn its indication of interest in The Williams Companies, Inc. regarding the possible combination of Enterprise and Williams.
China's Zhejiang Rongsheng eyes doubling refinery capacity in 2020
Chinese conglomerate Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group plans to double capacity of a joint venture refining project to 800 Mbpd in 2020.
US refiners revamp operations as renewable fuel costs surge
US oil refiners, beset by the weakest profit margins in six years, have been laying off workers, revamping operations and ratcheting up pressure on regulators and lawmakers to tweak the renewable fuel program, whose costs have ballooned.
LiqTech to supply $18. MM filtration system for Chinese bioethanol plant
LiqTech International, Inc. has entered into a letter of intent to supply a $1.8 MM filtration system for a 100 Mtpy bioethanol plant to be located in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
GP Strategies awarded training contract for Kuwait clean fuels project
GP Strategies Corporation has entered into a multi- year agreement with Kuwait National Petroleum Company for training, documentation and competency development services to support Kuwait’s clean fuels project.
Houston Ship Channel re-opens to some vessel traffic
The Houston Ship Channel re-opened to some vessel traffic after a tanker fire prompted closure of the waterway.
Platts proposes change in sulfur content in Asia gasoil benchmarks
Oil pricing agency Platts has begun consulting with traders this week on a change it has proposed in the sulfur content of its key gasoil benchmarks in Asia and the Middle East.
- Shell, CNOOC take FID on 1.6-MMtpy petrochemical complex expansion in China 1/15
- Plug Power seals huge deal with Allied Green Ammonia for 3-GW electrolyzer system 1/15
- Russian oil products trapped at sea by U.S. sanctions 1/15
- California (U.S.) withdraws clean truck EPA waiver request ahead of Trump inauguration 1/15
- Amazon orders 200 new electric heavy trucks from Daimler for Germany, UK 1/15
- Colonial Pipeline shuts main gasoline artery after potential gasoline spill 1/15
