Refining
Hungary's MOL and MVM join forces to ship Azeri oil to central Europe
Hungarian oil and gas group MOL and state-owned energy company MVM will jointly charter tankers to ship up to 160,000 metric tpy of crude oil from Azerbaijan to further diversify energy supply for Hungary and Slovakia.
Saudi Arabia crude exports fall to 5.754 MMbpd in March
Saudi Arabia's crude exports in March fell to 5.754 MMbpd from 6.547 MMbpd in February.
Low diversity in critical mineral markets could hurt industry, IEA says
Critical mineral markets are at risk of painful disruptions after becoming more concentrated, particularly in refining and processing, and with the spread of export restrictions.
Akselos tackles flange failures with breakthrough SPM module
Akselos has just launched SPM for Flanges, a new module in its Structural Performance Management (SPM) suite—designed to solve one of the most underestimated challenges in industrial operations: flange failures.
Stronger U.S. hurricane season could mean more oil supply outages
An expected stronger hurricane season than average raises the risk of weather-related production outages in the U.S. oil industry.
ExxonMobil working to resolve operational issue at refinery in Illinois (U.S.)
ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it was working to resolve an issue at its 275,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.).
Neste starts SAF production at its Rotterdam refinery
A major Technip Energies project has come to fruition with the start of production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by Neste at its modified refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
ADNOC and EGA sign $500-MM deal to localize supply of key raw material in aluminum production
ADNOC and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) announced a five-year $500-MM supply agreement for up to 1.5 MMt of calcined petroleum coke (petcoke) from the Ruwais refinery (UAE), a key raw material used in aluminum production.
HPCL aims to start crude unit at 9-MMtpy Rajasthan refinery (India) in October
Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd. announced that it plans to begin crude processing at its 9-MMtpy Rajasthan (India) refinery in October of this year. The company has also announced that it hopes to start petrochemicals production in January 2026.
Russia in favor of extending partial gasoline export ban
Russian government is in favor of extending its partial gasoline export ban, which is in force until the end of August, to September and October

- INEOS to cease phenol production at German site, cites high European energy costs and CO2 tax policy 6/17
- Petrobras signs $892 MM in contracts to complete RNEST Train 2 refinery expansion 6/17
- China's May refinery throughput at 9-month low on plant overhauls (1) 6/17
- bp completes turnaround work at 250,000-bpd refinery in Washington (U.S.) 6/17
- Japan's Eneos restarts 77,000-bpd Kawasaki CDU after unplanned shutdown 6/17
- UPM Biochemicals receives triple sustainability certification for the Leuna biorefinery 6/17