Refining
Digital Exclusive: Are you overlooking an easier sulfiding solution?
Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) has long been the default choice of sulfiding agents in hydroprocessing catalysts, even though its inherent hazards can pose major operational challenges. However, for refiners, there is a better way.
Marathon overhauling Galveston Bay refinery, FCCU
The 140,000-bpd FCC-3 is scheduled to be shut for up to eight weeks for the overhaul, the sources said.
Update: Indonesia scraps plan to introduce B50 biodiesel this year, will raise palm oil export levy
Indonesia had planned to launch the B50 grade - a blend of 50% palm oil-based biodiesel and 50% conventional diesel - in the second half of this year.
Venezuelan oil exports to China set to drop as U.S. blockade limits cargoes
The number of oil tankers departing Venezuela for China has fallen sharply after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a blockade in December on sanctioned ships transporting Venezuelan oil, part of its pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that culminated in a U.S. military incursion that captured him.
Sinochem says Quanzhou refinery to resume operations soon
The overhaul at the 300,000-bpd refinery, which started on November 25, has lasted for nearly two months.
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