Refining
Petroperu close to boosting crude supply for Talara refinery, president says
Peru's state-owned energy firm Petroperu is negotiating with oil producers in the Americas and Asia to import about 63,000 bpd of crude for its newly modernized Talara refinery.
China to become oil refining juggernaut, raising global risks
China is both the biggest driver of future demand for crude oil, and the biggest risk to global refining as it will continue to hold much of the world's spare capacity.
Cushing, OK chosen as new site for $5.6-B oil refinery project
El Campo-based Prairie Energy Partners has chosen Cushing, Oklahoma as the location for its proposed $5.6-B oil refinery project, despite property tax incentives offered by Victoria County officials in Texas.
Fire extinguished at oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar
A fire at an oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region has been extinguished, a local emergency task force said.
bp's Toledo refinery suffered cascade of malfunctions before fatal explosion
Supervisors at bp's Toledo, Ohio refinery opted to keep the plant running despite a series of malfunctions and a petroleum spill in the hours before an accident that killed two workers last year.
Venezuela's PDVSA resumes operations at El Palito refinery unit
Venezuela's state energy company Petroleos de Venezuela PDVSA has resumed operation at the catalytic cracking unit at the El Palito refinery.
Leak halts unit at Shell's Pernis oil refinery in Rotterdam
Shell has halted a unit at its Pernis oil refinery in Rotterdam because of an unspecified leak, the company said in a statement.
Naphtha tank at Calcasieu Refining catches fire due to lightning
A tank containing naphtha at Calcasieu Refining in Lake Charles, Louisiana caught fire due to a lightning strike, local media reported.
FCC and HDS feed flexibility and integration with the delayed coker in the Izmit refinery
Operational flexibility is one of the key parameters that leads to success and sustainability in refinery production.
Critical considerations for retrofit designing a platformer reactor’s partial bypass piping in a NHT plant
The naphtha hydrotreater/continuous catalyst regeneration (NHT/CCR) platformer produces reformate to be utilized as a blending stock in the gasoline pool (FIG. 1).
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