Refining
Murphy Oil completes US refinery sale to Calumet
Calumet Specialty Products has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Murphy Oil’s refinery and associated operating assets and inventories in Superior, Wisconsin, for about $442 million, subject to post-closing purchase price adjustments.
Neste Oil plans €60mn process safety upgrade for Finland refineries
Neste Oil will spend about €60 million in 2012 on process safety improvements for its Porvoo and Naantali refineries in Finland. Investments will focus on further improving process, fire, and personnel safety by modernizing process automation and automated safety systems, the company said.
Halliburton acquires oilfield service firm Multi-Chem
Energy products and services major Halliburton has completed its previously-announced acquisition of oilfield chemicals firm Multi-Chem. Initially announced in September, the acquisition further strengthens Halliburton’s total offering while improving its competitiveness in a rapidly expanding global business, the company said.
Enbridge expands N America crude pipeline access
Enbridge on Monday announced a pair of projects that will provide increased access for refineries in the US Midwest and in Ontario, Canada, to light crude oil produced in the western US and Canada.
Fine-tune diesel hydrotreating operations
This refinery used a simulator to train operators effectively
Consider model-based inferential properties for reformers
A European refiner opts to apply embedded multivariable predictive controllers as part of an advanced process control system
Refinery configurations: Designs for heavy oil
Conceptualization and economic models looked at scenarios to process clean gasoline, diesel from domestic feedstock
HPIn Europe: Europe warily prepares to enter a newly globalized age of biofuels
Biofuels are growing up in Europe. From an exotic outlet for European Union (EU) agricultural product in the 1990s, to a boutique fuel for the green consumer in the 2000s, now today’s industry ha..
HP Impact: Libya at a glance
Wood Mackenzie recently undertook an analysis of Libya, attempting to discern how long it could take for a recovery of oil and gas production. One of the key issues in this respect is how quickly the ..
HP Construction: North America
Dominion is proceeding with its next major project in the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions, the construction of a large natural gas processing and fractionation plant along the Ohio River in Natrium,..
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