Refinery

Oil Pipeline

Environmentalists Slam Mexico After Underwater Oil Rig Fireball in Gulf

Mexico’s state-owned oil company said Friday that an undersea gas pipeline ruptured near a drilling platform in the Gulf.

Oil Refinery

U.S. Refining Capacity Shrinks by 4.5% in 2020

The US refining capacity fell 4.5% to 18.13 million barrels per day from a record of 18.98 million barrels per day a year ago.

Oil Refinery

Finland's Porvoo Refinery Restarts After Maintenance

Finnish firm Neste has restarted production at its 197,000 b/d Porvoo refinery after completing a major turnaround at the plant.

Hydrogen Project

Portugal's Galp Moves to Green Hydrogen at Refinery, Eyes $1.2 bln Investment

Portugal's Galp Energia plans to install a 100-megawatt electrolyzer to power its refinery in Sines with green hydrogen by 2025, a project which could be expand…

Oil Refinery

EU to Help Kazakhstan Upgrade Atyrau Oil Refinery to Address Air and Soil Pollution

The remediation work is the result of a long-term engagement between the EBRD and the refinery that combines financing and reforms aimed at reducing the environ…

Oil Refinery

World’s Largest Oil Refinery Project to Help Meet Nigeria’s Oil Demands

XCMG Construction Machinery will be working together with Dangote Industries Limited on the world’s largest oil refinery project to be located at Lekki Free Zo…

Gas Turbine

Japan’s KHI Builds Hydrogen-Gas Power Unit

Japanese engineering firm Kawasaki Heavy Industries is building a small-scale power generation unit for domestic refiner Seibu Oil co-fired by hydrogen and rega…

Oil Refinery

China On Track To Be World’s Largest Oil Refiner in 2021

In the global refining industry, COVID-19 has exposed a seismic shift. While China’s oil refineries forge ahead with capacity expansion, many western-based ref…

Oil Refinery

Mexican National Oil Company to Run USA Refinery

Pemex, whose holdings include six refineries in Mexico, will become the sole owner of a seventh refinery – in the United States.

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 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.

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.