Engineering & Design

Lummus Technology completes acquisition of NAPCON from Neste, expanding digital and AI capabilities

Lummus Technology announced the successful closing of its acquisition of the NAPCON portfolio, the digital technology business of Neste. Initially announced in April 2025, the transaction includes the transfer of Neste's NAPCON intellectual property, select assets and key personnel.

Petroecuador declares emergency at Ecuador's biggest refinery after fire damages

Ecuador's state oil producer Petroecuador declared a 60-day emergency at the South American nation's largest oil refinery, its second emergency in one month, after a fire this week caused damage to some fuel tanks.

U.S. administration considers plan to clear record backlog of small refinery biofuel waivers

The White House (U.S.) is weighing a plan to clear a record backlog of requests from small refineries for exemptions from U.S. biofuel laws, which could include approving many current applications and requesting industry input to deal with older ones.

Nigeria's Dangote refinery to run at reduced rates through October

The 650,000-bpd Dangote oil refinery in Nigeria is expected to operate its gasoline-making unit at reduced rates through October after a string of issues in recent months.

Hitachi Energy provides solution for Chinese green hydrogen-ammonia-methanol integrated project

Hitachi Energy has delivered rectifier transformers for electrolytic hydrogen to a hydrogen industry park built by China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) in Songyuan, a city in northeast China.

Digital Feature: FuelEU: A growth opportunity for U.S. Midwest ethanol producers

Emulsion breaker increases refinery profitability and treating performance

This article details a novel emulsion breaker that was used at Reliance Industries Ltd.'s Jamnagar refinery in India.

Overcome cost and infrastructure barriers to implementing direct-air carbon capture in refining operations

This article explores the key cost and infrastructure barriers to implementing direct-air carbon capture (DACC) systems in refining operations and outlines actionable steps to overcome them.

UPM cancels second Rotterdam biomass-to-fuels refinery

UPM plans to discontinue the development of its potential second biomass-to-fuels refinery at the Port of Rotterdam. UPM plans to halt all engineering work related to the CAPEX investment and withdraw from all site-related commitments associated with the Rotterdam investment

Uniper, thyssenkrupp Uhde partner to build large-scale ammonia cracker in Germany

thyssenkrupp Uhde and Uniper are entering into a strategic partnership to bring a key technology for global hydrogen trading to industrial maturity: the large-scale ammonia cracker. In a first step, a demonstration plant with a capacity of 28 tpd ammonia will be built at Uniper’s Gelsenkirchen-Scholven site in Germany.