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bp Rotterdam oil refinery's crude unit restarted on June 4 after unplanned outage

bp has restarted a crude distillation unit at its Rotterdam oil refinery on the morning of June 4, having shut the 200,000-bpd unit because of an unplanned outage the previous day.

Both crude units at bp Rotterdam oil refinery are offline

Both crude units at bp's Rotterdam oil refinery are offline following a shutdown at one 200,000-bpd unit in the morning of June 3, energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie said.

Thermo Fisher Scientific launches new raman analyzer for hazardous locations

Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced the Thermo Scientific™ MarqMetrix™ All-In-One X Process Raman Analyzer, engineered specifically for safe, real-time, in-line chemical analysis in hazardous environments, particularly in the oil and gas, chemical, polymer, and pharmaceutical industries.

Polish oil pipeline to Germany restarts after checks for potential leak

Polish oil pipeline company PERN restored the operation of one of two branches of the western Druzhba pipeline transporting oil to German refineries after halting it briefly to check for a potential leak.

Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery extends WTI buying spree into July

Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery will import at least 5 MMbbl of U.S. WTI crude oil in July, three trading sources said, extending its buying spree after a potential record tally for June.

Japan's Cosmo Oil undergoes unplanned shutdown of No. 2 CDU in Chiba refinery

Japan's Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, underwent an unplanned shutdown of the 102,000-bpd No. 2 crude distillation unit (CDU) at the Chiba refinery, near Tokyo

Asia jet fuel exports to U.S. West Coast to hit 1-year high in May

Asia's jet fuel exports to the U.S. West Coast (USWC) are expected to hit at least a one-year high in May, according to shiptracking data and three trade sources, as refinery outages in California boosted prices and import demand.

Japan's Eneos says unplanned shutdown began at 145,000-bpd Sendai CDU on May 23

Japan's biggest refiner, Eneos Corp., experienced an unplanned shutdown of the 145,000-bpd crude distillation unit (CDU) at its Sendai refinery in northern Japan, starting May 23.

U.S. crude and fuel inventories fall, Nigerian crude imports jump

U.S. crude and fuel inventories all fell last week, while crude imports from Nigeria hit their highest level in nearly six years.

ADNOC, TotalEnergies announce national launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants in Egypt

ADNOC Distribution, in partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Egypt (TEME), has announced the launch of ADNOC Voyager lubricants across Egypt.