Safety
Digital Exclusive: Improving rotor performance with the high-speed balancing bunker
This technical article demonstrates how a novel high-speed balancing bunker serves as a critical resource for maintaining the performance and reliability of high-speed rotors in turbomachinery.
Novatek partially resumed processing at Ust-Luga complex
One of the three units at the complex was relaunched at full capacity on August 26.
Novatek to reduce naphtha exports due to fire at Ust-Luga complex
Debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone caused a fire at Novatek's Ust-Luga terminal early on August 24.
bp's Whiting refinery (U.S.) continues to flare days after severe thunderstorm
bp's 440,000-bpd refinery in Whiting, Indiana, continued to flare after flooding disrupted its operations earlier this week, the company said.
U.S.: Indiana's bp refinery restarts after severe flooding
The facility aims to be back running at full rates by early next week. The refinery reported flaring due to flooding caused by a severe thunderstorm.
TotalEnergies' Donges refinery fire extinguished
Donges, France's second-largest oil refinery, is located on the Atlantic coast and processes 230,000 bpd.
Lukoil's Volgograd refinery halts oil processing after drone attacks
Oil processing at the Volgograd refinery has been halted at least until the middle of September.
Russian energy facilities targeted recently in drone attacks
Here is a summary of attacks in recent weeks on key energy sites in Russia, one of the world's biggest energy producers.
Idemitsu restarts Yokkaichi's No. 3 CDU on Aug 11 after maintenance
Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan restarted the 155,000-bpd No.3 crude distillation unit at its Yokkaichi refinery in central Japan on August 11, following scheduled maintenance, a company spokesperson said.
Russia's Ryazan oil refinery halves refining capacity after drone attacks
According to sources, two primary oil refining units were stopped following the drone attacks - CDU-3 with a capacity of 8,600 tonnes (t) per day, and CDU-4 with a capacity of 11,400 tpd.
- EU warns of prolonged energy shock, forced cuts if Iran war continues 4/15
- Europe's summer flights at risk as Iran war exposes refining decline 4/15
- Slovak refiner says no deal yet on Adria pipeline tests 4/15
- Japan's weekly gasoline prices largely flat as subsidies offset price spikes 4/15
- Botswana has not requested stake in Lobito refinery, Angola's Sonangol says 4/15
- Petrobras selects Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet technology for large-scale SAF plant 4/14
