Engineering & Design
Aramco and TotalEnergies to build $11-B Saudi petrochemicals plant
Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and TotalEnergies will join forces to build a new petrochemicals complex in Saudi Arabia, the French energy group said on Thursday.
thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by CF Industries and Mitsui for blue ammonia project
The new greenfield facility will produce blue ammonia by leveraging carbon capture and sequestration processes to reduce carbon emissions by more than 60% compared to conventional ammonia.
ExxonMobil starts operations at large-scale advanced recycling facility
The facility at the company’s integrated manufacturing complex in Baytown, Texas, uses proprietary technology to break down hard-to-recycle plastics and transform them into raw materials for new products.
Shell to test carbon capture technology at Technology Center Mongstad in Norway
Shell Catalysts & Technologies has entered an agreement with Technology Centre Mongstad to test a technology for capturing CO2. The test will start in January 2023 and will last for five months.
Eni eyes biorefinery in Malaysia with Petronas, Euglena
Italian energy group Eni is studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in Malaysia together with Japan's Euglena and Malaysia's Petronas, the three groups said on Wednesday.
Rockwell Automation partners with Fortinet to secure operational technology environments
Rockwell Automation, Inc. announced that Fortinet integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, has joined the PartnerNetwork Program as a Gold Technology Partner.
Air Liquide, Fluxys Belgium and Port of Antwerp-Bruges win funding to build Antwerp@C CO2 Export Hub
The EU Commission announced it will grant Air Liquide, Fluxys Belgium and Port of Antwerp-Bruges €144.6 MM under the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF-E) funding program.
The upgrade at PT Pertamina's Balikpapan refinery will increase production to 360 MMbpd
The PT Pertamina (Persero) refinery in the Indonesian town of Balikpapan will increase its production of oil derivatives to 360 MMbpd once its upgrading and improvement works are completed during 2024.
STRABAG Umwelttechnik and Atlas Copco Energas agree on industrial and high-performance heat pumps
The two companies will work together to bundle their respective resources and expertise, with the goal of further improving customer focus in the vastly growing market for large-scale heat pumps.
Siemens Energy halves emissions in its operations
Siemens Energy improved in almost all areas of sustainability this past year, as reflected in its fiscal year 2022 Sustainability Report, published today.

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- U.S. Gulf refiners seek Middle East, S. American oil to offset Venezuela, Mexico losses 7/25
- CEO of Russia-backed Indian refiner Nayara resigns after EU sanctions 7/25
- PetroChina makes FID for new northeast refinery complex 7/25
- Valero Energy beats Q2 profit estimates as refining margins improve 7/24