Refining
Update: Rosneft's complaint over Schwedt stake sale unlikely to succeed
Russia's Rosneft is unlikely to succeed with its complaint against Shell's planned sale of a stake in Germany's PCK Schwedt refinery, a German court said on Wednesday, citing a preliminary assessment.
Venezuela's biggest refinery suffering power outage since Sept. 12
Venezuela's Amuay refinery, the country's largest, is almost completely offline following a power outage last week.
SOCAR awards NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade/expand Heydar Aliyev refinery in Azerbaijan
SOCAR has awarded NEXTCHEM two contracts to upgrade and expand the capacity of the Heydar Aliyev Oil refinery industrial complex in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Zeopore prepares for global production of economical, premium hydrocracking meso-zeolites
Zeopore is initiating discussions with candidate partners to jointly commercialize its unique zeolite mesoporization route. Combining improved hydrocracking (HDC), Zeopore’s optimized HDC zeolites bring 3 wt%-7wt% more middle distillates, depending on feedstock and process conditions.
Shipping industry outlines protocol to incentivize methane reduction
The Methane Abatement in Maritime Innovation Initiative has opened a new protocol for consultation to encourage methane reductions in shipping. The Methane Measurement Protocol is the first industrywide effort to establish a universal method for measuring methane.
KBC acquires Flaretot Limited, a software provider specializing in flare system designs
KBC announced it had acquired Flaretot® Limited, a leading simulation software provider specializing in the design and evaluation of flare systems for hydrocarbon processing plants.
Chinese court rules two Sinochem refineries in Shandong bankrupt
A Chinese court has ruled that two refineries owned by state oil and chemical group Sinochem were bankrupt after creditors failed to agree on restructuring plans.
Emerson to join the Margo initiative, an open-standard pathway to optimize edge applications
Emerson is joining the Linux Foundation’s Margo, a new open-standard initiative designed to make edge applications, devices and orchestration software work together seamlessly across multi-vendor industrial automation environments.
Russia's oil refining capacity seen rising in 2nd half of September, data shows
Russia's primary oil refining capacity is expected to rise in the second half of September as refineries are wrapping up their maintenance.
Germany to increase Kazakh crude oil imports, won't circumvent Russia sanctions
Germany will sign two contracts to increase oil imports from Kazakhstan for Berlin's main Schwedt oil refinery.
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