Refining
Puma Energy buys BP’s Southern African fuel marketing businesses
Puma Energy has signed a deal to acquire BP’s fuel marketing businesses in Botswana, Namibia and Zambia. Puma Energy has also agreed to buy BP’s 50% interest in each of BP Malawi and BP Tanzania, subject to the pre-emption rights of BP’s co-shareholders (Press Corp. Ltd. in Malawi and the Government of Tanzania in Tanzania).
Technip awarded a flare gas recovery contract in Texas
Technip has an engineering, procurement and construction support lumpsum contract with Valero Refining for two flare gas recovery units at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery.
Does the US East Coast face a flood of refined products imports?
During the third quarter of 2010, US refining industry performance declined, relative to the prior quarter, said Baker & O’Brien in a recently released report.
EU-wide study confirms hydrogen is a key to zero-emission road transport
Linde Group shares its perspective on a recently released road-transport study.
SG Biofuels and Bunge form strategic alliance
SG Biofuels has established a strategic partnership with Bunge North America to research and develop a model to process Jatropha seeds into a biofuel feedstock.
CB&I has Middle East storage contract
CB&I has been awarded a contract, valued in excess of $60 million, by Daewoo Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. for the construction of several storage tanks for the Ruwais refinery expansion project in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
HHI debuts new FPSO in South Korea
The Usan FPSO can refine 160,000 barrels of oil and 5 million cubic metres of gas daily. It has storage for 2 million barrels of oil. The facility is 320m long, 61m wide, 32m high and weighs 116,000 tons.
Petrobras selects UOP for two new Brazilian refineries
Petrobras has selected UOP to provide all of the process technologies for two new maximum diesel refineries to be built in Brazil.
Dynamic Fuels opens biofuels plant in Louisiana
Operations are underway at the new Dynamic Fuels plant, which is successfully converting animal fats and greases into renewable fuels. Production began in early October and the volume being produced is 2,500 bpd and growing.
European group says biofuels worse than fossil fuels for environment
Plans to increase the use of biofuels in Europe over the next ten years will require up to 69,000 square kilometers of new land worldwide and make climate change worse, according to a recently released study from the Institute for European Environmental Policy.
- Exploring ethanol: Maersk to test 50/50 ethanol-methanol bunker fuel 12/8
- BASF introduces low-VOC polyurethane catalyst Lupragen® N 208 12/8
- Idemitsu Kosan to be first Japanese refiner to supply biofuels to shipping industry 12/8
- China refiner moves forward with expansion despite sanctions 12/8
- Air Products and Yara to partner on low-emission ammonia projects 12/8
- Opinion: G7’s Russian oil tanker ban shows teeth, but bite is in doubt 12/8
