Refining
LyondellBasell retains bank for potential Houston refinery sale
LyondellBasell Industries has retained Bank of America Merrill Lynch to help with the potential sale of its refinery in Houston.
Enerkem's Edmonton biofuel facility obtains ISCC certification
Enerkem Inc. obtained certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system for the biomethanol production of its Enerkem Alberta Biofuels full-scale facility in Edmonton, Canada.
Phillips 66 delays planned SRU maintenance at Borger, Texas refinery
Phillips 66 delayed a planned maintenance on a sulfur recovery unit that was scheduled for Friday at its Borger, Texas, refinery.
EIA: Crude price differentials a factor as refining profits converge
Refinery earnings were lower in Q2 2016 compared with the same time last year and are converging among different locations globally.
Saudi Aramco could reduce stake in $5.5 B Indonesia refinery project
Aramco has asked to cut its share of the project to upgrade a refinery in Cilacap in the province of Central Java to 30% from 45%
Technip, BTG to build pyrolysis plants for biomass-to-oil production
Technip signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with BTG BioLiquids to provide EPC services for its modular pyrolysis plants.
Phillips 66 shuts gasoline-producing unit at Westlake refinery
Phillips 66 shut a gasoline-making reformer unit at its Westlake, Louisiana refinery earlier this month, and advanced planned work on the unit.
Total halts Grandpuits' fluid catalytic cracking unit for maintenance
French oil and gas company Total has shut down the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 102 Mbpd Grandpuits refinery for maintenance.
Unit at Venezuela's Amuay refinery offline after leak
The catalytic cracker at Venezuela's largest refinery Amuay was offline on Tuesday after a problem with a valve.
Emerson to acquire valves & control business from Pentair
Emerson has signed an agreement to purchase the valves & controls business of Pentair for $3.15 B.
- Indonesia to remove import duties on some plastic products and LPG for petrochemical industry 4/28
- Europe's jet fuel imports from Middle East stop, raising supply crunch fears 4/28
- Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery running gasoline unit at 75% capacity 4/28
- Chevron likely to close deal for Singapore refinery stake sale to Eneos in May 4/28
- Geolander pioneers high-density nodal seismic in Angola with first STRYDE deployment 4/28
- Clariant launches new CATOFIN™ 1000 propane dehydrogenation catalyst 4/28
