Sulfur
Indian refiners turn to use dirty fuel to produce power, gas
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) — Indian oil refiners are drawing up plans to use petroleum coke for power generation and to produce syngas after the government banned use of the heavily polluting fuel in and around New Delhi.
Case histories of amine plant equipment corrosion problems–Part 2
Past corrosion incidents provide insight into the causes of corrosion and the preventive actions required to protect plant equipment and reduce costly plant downtime.
Details on high-impact refining and petrochemical projects presently under construction, as chosen by HP editors and readers
The global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI) continues to expand and modernize to efficiently meet growing demand for energy, transportation fuels and petrochemicals.
ADNOC finalizes 2018 gasoil, jet fuel term with at least 1 buyer
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has finalized its 2018 gasoil and jet fuel supply term contracts with at least one buyer, five traders that participate in the market said on Wednesday.
Exxon: $1 B Antwerp clean fuels unit will be running by mid-2018
LONDON (Reuters) — ExxonMobil expects a new $1 B fuel upgrading unit at its Antwerp refinery to be fully operational in the first half of next year, the company said on Tuesday.
Thai Oil's refinery to produce only clean fuels from 2022
SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand’s largest refiner Thai Oil PCL will stop producing fuel oil from 2022 once it completes a $4-B upgrade that will boost output of clean fuels, officials said.
IMO: Ships will be "unseaworthy" if miss sulfur emission rule
LONDON (Reuters) — Ships which do not meet cuts to the amount of sulfur they can burn in their engines risk being declared "unseaworthy," the International Maritime Organization (IMO) said on Thursday.
Sulphur ’17: Oil and gas market outlook
ATLANTA — James Preciado, liquid fuel markets team leader, US Energy Information Administration (EIA), spoke about an “in-balance” global oil market, but at what price, during the CRU Group’s Sulphur 2017 conference in Atlanta. In Q4 2017, the market is tight, but in future years oil may need to go over $100/bbl to meet supply demands.
Business Trends: Preparing for a sea change in global refining
The global oil refining industry has been buffeted by many events in recent years.
Operations: Maximizing the opportunity of discounted crudes
As the oil and gas industry adjusts to a business environment in which crude oil prices will likely remain lower for longer, refiners continue looking for ways to maximize their profitability.
- Petrobras selects Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet technology for large-scale SAF plant 4/14
- Technip Energies awarded two FEED contracts by SOGARA for refinery complex in Gabon 4/14
- SUBLIME Energie inaugurates world's first system capable of liquefying biogas into a renewable fuel 4/14
- Petrobras in talks with Mubadala to buy back Mataripe refinery 4/14
- IEA ready to further tap global oil reserves if needed, chief says 4/14
- Russia’s Rosneft diverts oil to Tuapse refinery from drone-hit Novorossiysk port 4/14
