Equipment
Power loss forces bp to shut biggest U.S. Midwest refinery
bp was purging its 435,000-bpd Whiting, Indiana, hydrocarbon refinery after a transformer failure caused a plant-wide power outage and forced an evacuation of all but the most essential workers.
Stamicarbon secures contracts for ultra-low energy urea plant in China
Jiangsu Huachang Chemical Company awards to Stamicarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor of the MAIRE engineering group, licensing and equipment supply contracts for a urea melt plant in China.
Yokogawa releases Extractive Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer TDLS8220
Yokogawa Corporation of America announced the release of the Extractive Tunable Diode Laser Spectrometer TDLS8220, a new generation OpreX Analyzer product.
MHI Compressor International Corporation selected to supply critical turbomachinery for Dow’s net-zero ethylene cracker complex in Canada
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Compressor International Corporation will supply critical turbomachinery packages to Dow for their Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero Project – the world’s first net-zero scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions ethylene cracker.
Maintenance shutdown planned for Czech Litvinov oil refinery in April-May
Czech oil refiner Unipetrol will perform maintenance on its 109,000 bpd Litvinov oil refinery from April 4 to May 15.
Russia's Novak says NORSI refinery repairs to take at least a month
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that repair work on Lukoil's NORSI oil refinery will take at least a month or a month and a half, in another setback for Russia's oil refining industry.
Guinea plans to replace blast-hit oil terminal in 2024
Guinea is studying proposals to build a new oil terminal in the capital Conakry within the next six to 12 months following an explosion in December that severely damaged its main storage facility.
Pemex runs Deer Park, TX (U.S.) refinery at 80% capacity amid winter storm
Pemex’s Deer Park, Texas refinery was operating at 80% of its 312,500 bpd capacity, said people familiar with plant operations.
Plastic pyrolysis oils as feedstock for steam crackers: Opportunities and challenges—Part 1
Plastic waste is a global challenge. Today, only a minimal amount of plastic waste is recycled, mostly mechanically.
Riding the wave of transition to a sustainable chemical industry
The chemical industry has shown resilience in addressing economic turbulence and supply chain disruptions after the COVID 19 pandemic.
- Vioneo awards Lummus polypropylene contract for world's first industrial scale fossil-free plastics from green methanol facility 8/19
- Research: Developing an energy-saving, carbon-capturing method for making ethylene glycol 8/19
- Emerson announced the release of its new Rosemount 3144S temperature transmitter 8/19
- Chinese refiners sweep up Russian oil after Indian demand falls 8/19
- Indonesia plans quick-to-build oil refineries for U.S. crude 8/19
- Russia's ultra low-sulfur diesel exports from Primorsk scheduled to rise in August 8/19
