Oil

Oil Refinery

Sinopec's Green Hydrogen Ambitions: Five-Year Growth Plan Crucial to Refiner's Transition

The giant Chinese refiner has lined up projects intended to produce 500,000 metric tonnes of green hydrogen per annum by 2025

Oil Refinery

Oil Refiners to Begin Olefin Business in 2nd Half of 2021

GS Caltex and Hyundai Oilbank will start operating their olefin facilities in the second half of 2021, signaling a big change in the petrochemical industry.

Oil Price

US Pump Prices Become Pressure Point for Biden

Rising gasoline prices heading into the summer are emerging as a political liability for President Joe Biden, as critics try to direct voter frustration about p…

ITER

MHI Completes Four TF Coils for ITER

The completed TF coils will be shipped to southern France from Kobe, and installed on site by the Iter Organisation.

LNG

France’s Total Inks 5-year LNG Supply Agreement with AMNS in India

France’s Total and ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel have signed an agreement for the supply of up to 500,000 tons of liquefied natural gas per year until 2026.

Oil Refinery

South Africa: Engen To Convert Durban Refinery to Terminal

As expected, Engen announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is…

Solar Power Plant

Russian Oil Firm Energises 20MW Solar Plant Featuring Hevel Heterojunction Modules

Oil and gas company Lukoil has commissioned a 20MW PV plant that features heterojunction modules from Hevel and has been constructed at a refinery in Russia’s …

Oil Refinery

France's Donges Refinery will not Restart Until 2022

France's 222,000 b/d Donges refinery will remain offline until next year after operator Total decided to bring forward planned maintenance.

Crude Oil

Biden Defends Alaska Oil Project

President Biden’s administration has backed the Willow oil project in Alaska in a new filing by the Department of Justice.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Turkey to Extract Oil from 3 New Onshore Wells: Energy Minister

Turkey will extract oil from three newly discovered wells in the country's Diyarbakir and Kirklareli provinces.

Oil & Gas Trade

Nigeria Inks Massive Oil Deal With Supermajors

Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation this week signed a deal with Shell, Exxon, Total, and Eni to develop an offshore oil block that includes the deepwater…

Net Zero Emission

Suncor Energy Adopts Net-Zero-by-2050 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Target

Suncor Energy Inc. has become the latest major oil company to commit to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Santos Kicks off Bayu-Undan Drilling Campaign

Australia’s energy giant Santos, as the operator of the Bayu-Undan Joint Venture, has started the Phase 3C infill drilling program at the Bayu-Undan field, in …

Oil Refinery

UK Government Funds Hydrogen Power at Refineries

The UK government is subsidising a shift towards hydrogen-powered operations at two of the country's oil refineries, with £7.7mn in environmental grants.

Natural Gas

Adnoc Signs 10-Year Gas Supply Agreements with Emirates Steel and Arkan

Adnoc has the potential to produce 11 billion cubic feet of natural gas and over 1 billion cf of sour gas per day