Refinery

Brazil

Petrobras Refinery Tests Co-Processing of Vegetable Oil With Traditional Feedstock for SAF Production

In the first week of September, Petrobras carried out tests at its Henrique Lage Refinery (Revap) in São José dos Campos, São Paulo, for th…

Oil Refinery

SOCAR Agrees to Buy Oil Refiner Italiana Petroli, Sources Say

Italiana Petroli’s founding Brachetti-Peretti family has agreed to sell the oil refiner to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), handing the buyer …

United States

Ingevity to Sell Crude Tall Oil Refinery in West Virginia

Ingevity Corp., based in North Charleston, West Virginia, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its North Charleston crude tall oil (CTO) refinery assets an…

Oil Refinery

Indiana’s BP Refinery Restarts After Severe Flooding

BP’s 440,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Whiting, Indiana, the largest in the U.S. Midwest, began restarting operations on August 20, 2025, following disru…

Australia

JordProxa Building Co₂ Capture Plant at Eneabba Rare Earths Refinery in Western Australia

Iluka Resources, a leading mineral sands company, has awarded JordProxa Pty Ltd, based in Perth, Australia, a contract to supply a custom-engineered CO₂ captur…

Crude Oil

China Still Storing Crude Oil Even as Refinery Runs Rise

In July 2025, China’s refineries increased processing rates but maintained a crude oil surplus of 530,000 barrels per day (bpd), driven by robust imports …

SAF

Indian Oil to Start SAF Production in December

Indian Oil Corporation has established a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production unit at its refinery in Panipat, Haryana, with an annual capacity of 35,000 …

SAF

Indonesia’s Pertamina Delivers First Used Cooking Oil Aviation Fuel

PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, the refinery arm of Indonesia’s state-owned energy company Pertamina, announced the launch of its first sustainable avi…

Oil Refinery

India Approves $3.4 Billion Payout to State-Run Refiners for Cooking Gas Losses

India’s government approved a 300 billion rupee ($3.4 billion) compensation package for state-owned oil marketing companies to cover losses from providing…

Oil Refinery

India’s Biggest Refiner Buys US, Middle East Crude as Trump Slams Russia Purchases

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India's largest refiner, has secured 7 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, Canada, and the Middle East for Se…

Renewable Diesel

Canada’s Imperial Oil Posts Lower Quarterly Profit; Announces First Production From Renewable Diesel Plant

On Friday, Imperial Oil, a Calgary, Alberta-based oil producer, reported a decrease in second-quarter profit, primarily due to lower crude oil prices and reduce…

Green Hydrogen

Hynamics UK and HY24 to Develop $407M Green Hydrogen Facility in UK

Hynamics UK, a subsidiary of EDF Group, has partnered with Hy24 to advance the Fawley green hydrogen project, located adjacent to the Esso Fawley refinery in Ha…

France

AFYREN Achieves Continuous Production at Biorefinery

AFYREN, based in Lyon, France, has announced that its first biorefinery, AFYREN NEOXY, has successfully transitioned to continuous production. This milestone en…

Mali

Mali Breaks Ground on $130BN-A-Year Gold Refinery

Mali has officially launched construction of a major gold refinery in Senu, on the southern outskirts of Bamako. The project is a strategic move by the governme…

Oil Refinery

China’s May Refinery Throughput at 9-Month Low on Plant Overhauls

China’s crude oil throughput declined by 1.8% year-on-year in May, reaching its lowest level since August 2023, according to official data released on Mon…