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Japan's Cosmo Oil restarts 86,000-bpd Yokkaichi CDU after maintenance

Japan's Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, has restarted the 86,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at the Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on Nov. 9 after planned maintenance.

Update: U.S. says 13.5 tons of deadly gas released at Texas refinery in Oct. incident

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said on Wednesday that 27,000 pounds (13.5 tons) of deadly hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas were released at Pemex's Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Oct. 10, causing the deaths of two contract workers.

Asia's jet fuel imports from India to hit multi-year highs in November

Asia's imports of jet fuel from India are set to hit multi-year highs in November ahead of peak winter demand after refinery outages and lower exports from China crimped supplies.

Sinochem may keep bankrupt refineries as auctions draw little interest

Sinochem Group may keep three bankrupt oil refineries located in eastern China after auctions to sell them drew little interest from other companies, sources familiar with the matter said.

bp delays Whiting refinery (U.S.) restart from maintenance

bp has delayed the restart of a crude distillation unit and a coker at its 435,000-bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery from maintenance.

ClonBio Group selects Seeq for enterprise-wide analytics

Seeq, a leader in industrial analytics, AI and monitoring, and ClonBio Group Ltd., an Irish agribusiness company, have announced a multi-year commercial agreement for the Seeq Industrial Analytics and AI platform to be leveraged across ClonBio’s biorefinery assets in Europe and its principal asset in the U.S. to further accelerate digital transformation outcomes.

Firefly partners with waste giant Sanepar, strengthening global feedstock access

Firefly Green Fuels, a British sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sanepar, one of Brazil’s largest water and sanitation companies.

Synata Bio’s Sylonto Project awarded $4.5-MM NDRC grant

Synata Bio, a U.S. company delivering turnkey carbon utilization technology to transform onsite waste gases into ethanol, has been awarded a $4.5-MM grant (RMB 32 MM) from China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) for its Sylonto project.

Lukoil to launch gas chemical complex, gas processing unit in Stavropol in 2029

PJSC Lukoil plans to commission a gas chemical complex (GCC) and a gas processing unit (GPU-2) at its Stavrolen facility, a 100% subsidiary of Lukoil in Budyonnovsk, Stavropol region, by 2029.

CB&I ships Viva Energy Modules from its Thailand fabrication facility

CB&I, a wholly owned unrestricted subsidiary of McDermott, has shipped three out of five process assembly unit (PAU) modules for Viva Energy Australia.