Refining
One killed, three injured in explosion at Rosneft's oil refinery
One worker was killed and three others were injured in an explosion at an oil refinery in Russia's city of Ryazan, TASS and RIA news agencies reported.
Turkey's Tupras imports first Brazilian crude cargo
Turkey's largest oil refiner Tupras is set to receive a cargo of Itapu crude early next month, its first such purchase from Brazil, according to a source with knowledge of the matter, and ship tracking data.
China's January–February refinery output up 2.1% on holiday travel, new refinery
China's crude oil throughput in January and February rose 2.1% vs. a year earlier, official data showed on Monday, supported by a new refinery and holiday travel, but weak refining margins persisted.
COAMO Agroindustrial Cooperativa selects ICM for design and engineering of new corn biorefinery in Brazil
COAMO Agroindustrial Cooperativa has selected ICM Tecnologia em Biocombustíveis Ltda. (ICM) to provide professional services and equipment for a new dry-mill grain ethanol production facility at the COAMO industrial site in Campo Mourão, Paraná.
Canada could restrict its oil exports to U.S. if Trump trade war escalates
Canada could impose non-tariff measures such as restricting its oil exports to the United States or levying export duties on products if a trade dispute with the U.S. escalates further.
EIA: U.S. crude inventories rise, fuel draws down amid ongoing maintenance
U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose and fuel inventories fell last week as seasonal refinery maintenance season ticked along.
TotalEnergies and RWE join forces on green hydrogen to decarbonize the Leuna refinery
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with the German developer RWE to supply 30,000 tpy of green H2 to the German Leuna refinery for fifteen years, beginning in 2030.
Gasoline unit at Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery to undergo maintenance in June
Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery will shut its 204,000-bpd gasoline-making unit for 30-d maintenance tentatively expected to start on June 1.
Indian refiners turn to Latin America, Africa to replace Russian oil in Feb.
India's crude oil imports from Latin America and Africa rose marginally in February as refiners turned to alternative sources, fearing a loss of Russian oil supplies caused by tighter U.S. sanctions.
Russia's idle oil refining capacity estimated up 50% in March from previous plan
Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity in March was revised up 49.7% from the initial plan for this month to 2.96 million metric tons amid drone attacks.
- KazMunayGas starts building polyethylene plant with Sinopec, SIBUR 4/1
- Blue Tide, Shell Lubricants complete re-refining facility to develop high-performance lubricants 4/1
- Lummus successfully starts up PFAS demo unit to destroy "forever chemicals" 4/1
- Solvay partners with Cavalinho to reduce emissions at Brazilian chemical plant 4/1
- Shell completes Singapore refinery sale to Chandra Asri-Glencore JV 4/1
- Japan's Maruzen Petrochemical to shut ethylene unit in Chiba 4/1
